"I tried to ride out my first wave of 'should-feel". You know when you first hear bad news and your first reaction for some reason is 'OK,' right before you flip your shit? [...] You know that in a moment or two, it's going to be a shit show, because honest reactions come from the gut once the brain has chewed and swallowed. But during the seconds it takes you to hear the words--you practically see them like they're in a cartoon, coming out of a silhouette's mouth and landing in your ear--you think to yourself for a split-second: "Maybe I can deal with this." And then, "Wow, that's a surprise, but maybe it will be all right." And then, finally, the unhealthy one: "Ooh! Drama!"
And there was never a better time in the history of time for me to read this paragraph.