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You just reminded me of something really substantial that happened in the first three to six months of my retirement. I'm doing great now, having a blast. I'm over it. But in those first months, I would be sitting at my computer and literally the word something's wrong would come across my mind. I mean, not like I was hearing voices, but like I would immediately feel like something's wrong. And this overwhelming like blanket of dread would just cover me. And I'd start trying to figure out like, what did I miss? What am I forgetting? You know, what have I done? And it was terrifying. And it took me a long time to unpack what was going on. But it was mostly for me, it was just the quiet. I didn't have anything distracting me. I wasn't trying to put out fires. I wasn't trying to solve problems. And my mind was kind of like turning in on itself. I got over it, but it was a tough time.