Have you ever been in a new apartment... showering... two knobs in the shower... hot and cold... full turn them both off... only to have one side completely shut off and the other double power... and that sinking panic feeling sets in milliseconds before that scalding burning feeling hits you when body registers hot... jump before you even feel it kind of hot... (heat sense has a reflex mechanism in your spine so your body will move before your mind even registers a burn)... and stuck in the corner trying to acrobat yourself around the water with your arm... you flash back to a discovery channel episode explaining how scalding hot showers were used in insane asylums because it was believed it would rouse people out of their stupor... and you feel sorry for them... ... ...
... your still somewhat unsure of which way exactly you turned it last time... woah! wrong way and by now the water in the tub is burning your toes making you hop/adjust feet... small inches of turns (because any more and it takes your arm into the jet) slowly bring the water down... the pain will go away... memory won't... a battle fought all your own lasting tops 5 second yet the adrenaline is still pumping... you walk out all casual... ... ... you haven't?... me niether.
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