Present

Tony learns that thinking becomes rumination when the same questions stop bringing anything new.

A layered version of Tony leaving the waiting room of analysis and returning to ordinary life.

Tony learns that a trigger can feel like the past returning without actually taking him back there.

A layered version of Tony measuring progress by how quickly he remembers he is safe again.

Tony learns that a memory can exist without becoming the whole room.

A layered version of Tony allowing the ghost to remain without making it the center of the present.

Tony learns that a memory can return without taking him all the way back with it.

A layered version of Tony measuring recovery by how quickly he returns to his ordinary day.