Life in Caracas
Everyone I Know Is Depressed and Medicated: Life in Caracas
Venezuelans are sharing feelings and pills and screaming into mirrors.
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Editor’s Note: There are few places as chaotic or dangerous as Venezuela. “Life in Caracas” is a series of short stories that seeks to capture the surreal quality of living in a land in total disarray.
It started with a rapid heartbeat that woke me at dawn. The doctor said it wasn’t a heart attack, only a panic attack, due to “intense stress.”