Lately I’ve been hurting. Now before you dismiss this as another overly sentimental post, let me explain: I broke up with my boyfriend almost two years ago now. I don’t miss him. At least I thought I didn’t.

Lately I’ve been getting these strange pains in my joints (roundabout the knee area) that come and go during a specific time of the month (as if menstruation wasn’t enough for a woman to worry about). That time of the month just happens to be the 28th, our former monthsary date. It’s been driving me mad.

I went to the doctor and he told me that it might be a “psychosomatic disorder” – meaning the pain is only being caused by my mind and is closely related with someone of my past. Despite my insistence that I in fact had no feelings left over for my former lover, however, the doctor repeated that joint pain relief is totally dependent on my mind – my subconscious mind that is. Either I need psychiatric help, or I need to see a better doctor.