this cold has brought with it an inability to hear people speaking when there’s background noise (“what did you say?”  “huh?”  “sorry, i can’t hear too well right now.”), an inability to hear myself talk (“am i talking too loud?  i can’t really tell.”), an inability to understand anything anyone’s saying to me due to the immense pressure inside my head (“i heard you this time, but i don’t know what you mean.”), a feeling of being underwater, and an inexplicable feeling of emptiness, as if nothing makes sense, nothing is actually happening, and nothing matters at all.

it’s not so fun.