Learning to Love Time Loops Without Going Insane

“And brings you here today Mr. Thomas?” The woman asked Andy as he sat down on the couch. He wasn’t sure this was a good idea, but he needed to talk to someone not connected to all of this. He was scared and he just needed some to hear him out, even if he sounded like a mad man.

“Hi Amanda, so I’m going to tell you a story, and let me preface it by saying I know it’s clearly not true, but for the sake of our conversation can we pretend it’s true and you talk to me as though it is?” He asked, knowing the request was incredibly weird.

“It’s your time, and we can spend it how you choose, even if you need a fantasy to address what’s going.”

“Thank you. Okay so I’m trapped in a time loop. Only I don’t remember any of it from loop to loop, but my friend Cal does. As we get closer to the end of the loop my future self takes over my body and he is able to remember the loops, but he only has any power over my body at the very end of the loop. We are currently working to stabilize the void he’s stuck in, and I’m terrified that means he will overwrite me entirely. I don’t want to die, but is it even death if it’s just me taking back over my own body?” Andy got these words out at about four times the usual rate of someone trying to explain a complicated series of events.

“I’m sorry, could you explain that again, maybe a little slower this time Mr. Thomas?” She looked completely lost.