Fiction has to be believable. Reality has no such constraints.
Madness string 111993
One patch of black ice. I lost my ability to walk, my career, my house, and nearly my kids. One patch of black ice away from ruin. Welcome to America.
Someone once told me I needed to face fear to get over it, and I thought well why not take a step further and cut my fear into little pieces then set my fear on fire then throw the hot ash of my fear into a lake and then poison the lake. Simple!