When I enter the room, the room enters me: piercing my mind with distortions: smiling faces, baring teeth, a swaying ceiling. The chairs come to life, their wooden legs snapping together over and
over, laughing. The lights blur.

I swallow back my fear, but it sticks in my throat.

Therapy.

Ada Jenkins is a feminist, vegan, and animal rights activist. Her writing has been published by _Lip_ magazine, United Press, and The Flaming Vegan. She is in the middle of setting up a blog called Spiritual Vegan.