Modern horror short

One time I was on a call and started panicking because I couldn't find my phone. I expressed this panic to the other end of the line, increasingly anxious, until he went "dreamer, it's in your hand"
"Oh."
- Few things scare you like thinking you’ve lost one of the most expensive and fragile things you use nearly 24/7. And even fewer can make you feel like a complete idiot to realise you’re already holding it. Such a crazy crosswire of feelings.
- I did a similar thing. I was talking to my friend through my headphones as I was getting ready to leave the house and put my phone in my hoodie pocket. Then I put my rain coat over my hoodie and left. 5 minutes later I freaked out when I couldn't find my phone in my rain coat pocket. My friend reassured me that I must have it because I was still talking to her but I didn't remember what I'd done until I took my rain coat off. Was a weird experience and one that made me realise how dependent I was on my phone.

My daughter was in a state searching all over before she left the house, when I asked what she was looking for, she said "my phone". My other daughter piped up " you have it to your ear, you are talking on it"

On lemmy but posting on bluesky and not mastadon. Curious
- I barely have the energy for social media in the first place. Mastadon feels like work.
  
  It's probably the same amount of work you put in for bluesky. Make an account and start posting.

Maybe not smoking so much weed might help with this.
I quit smoking weed after I had been looking for my phone under the bed for half an hour - using the flashlight of my phone.
- No weed. Just pure unfiltered ignorance.

One time when my kids were little I was at Walmart and I suddenly realized I didn't know where my son was and he was just little. So I was like, oh my god, where's Buddy? Where's Buddy? Where's Buddy? And he busted up laughing because I was fucking holding him.
Insomnia does weird things to you.