The College Years.

You just graduated from your Natural Science program with straight A's. You ponder, should you take a year to travel or continue your studies?

Choice 1 : Go To University.

Choice 2 : Travel The World.

Go To University.

You made new friends while arguing about the use of assisted suicide on anti-depressor resistant patients. While you learn the ropes of Freudian psychology, you get bored and turn towards your comrades who were speaking of going to a party tonight. You know you should study, the SSRI's pharmacology is still unclear in your mind, and you have a class about that tomorrow. You are faced with a choice; will you put aside your study?

Choice 1 : Party.

Choice 2 : Study.

Travel The World.

Being on a budget, you gather all necessities in a bag and go to the airport to buy any cheap last-minute tickets. Your destination is Doha. After drugging yourself to sleep using diphenhydramine, you wake in what must be the most beautiful airport in the world. You suddenly feel very stupid; your impetus for change made you forget about picking a country where you can read the signs. A Muslim man, wearing a traditional outfit, approaches you. He offers you a place to rest and food. Will you take on his proposal or continue your journey alone?

Choice 1 : Go With M.Stranger.

Choice 2 : Continue Journey Alone.

Go With M.Stranger.

Upon arriving at the man’s home, you are astonished by the sheer size of the building. The gentleman's attitude hints you to his secure attachment style, which is exactly what an anxious person as you needs. The next evening, seeing your budding bond has the potential to flower (metaphor), he invites you to a fancy bar. He doesn’t drink alcohol yet, knowing your American roots, he offers you a couple of glasses. While he is away, familiar traits approach you; a gold clad (hyperbole) American who must have an amazing wage. He seems very friendly and asks if I want to drink with him. Do you still cheer with him or do you wait for your companion to come back?

Choice 1 : Wait For Stranger.

Choice 2 : Take The Drink.

Take The Drink.

Your friend comes back and the American apologizes for his disturbance. You suddenly feel exhausted, yet you want this marvelous date to last. You retire to the bathroom, hoping some fresh water will freshen you up. You sit down a bit and doze off. You are jolted awake by a loud explosion. You appear to be in a dark van filled with crying people. Your mind rushes as the truck’s back doors open and you are kicked out by armed men. You are used to protect a soldier from adversary fire, yet, none of the enemies seems to care about human shields….

Choice 1 : The College Years.

Wait For Stranger.

You declined the drink and your friend quickly comes back. The American went away, pestering you no more with his beverages. You both chat all night long and fall deeply in love. The Arab offers you to pay for your education if you marry him. You gladly accept, crying tears of joy. You study at the very prestigious Oxford University and become one of the most prominent cardiologists in the world. Once you finished your internship, you come home to find your husband lying asleep. Will you greet him?

Choice 1 : Say Hello Anyway.

Choice 2 : Do Not Disturb Him.

Continue Your Journey Alone.

You decline the stranger's offer and find yourself a comfortable motel. You visit the city for a week, building wonderful memories, but the time has come to head back home and go to university.

Choice 1 : Go To University.

Study.

You chose to stay in and study, and so did you every time your friends offered to go party. You become more and more isolated in your cold and drab room. Unbeknownst to you, a melancholic and dull feeling creeps in your mind and slowly shapes a part of you. It hits you during a class on psychopathology, you let depression make its way into your life. Luckily enough, once you understood the cause of your gloom, you got help. Fret not, you still ironically end up in the psychiatric aisle.

Choice 1 : The College Years.

Party.

When you get there, you are welcomed by the reeking scent of alcohol and the deafening music blasted by enormous speakers. Your new buddy insists that you follow him to the restroom. He knows your enthusiasm for drugs and offers you ecstasy. He misinterpreted your passion for studying drug mechanisms. This worries you and you ask your friend if he is all right. He admits that he feels very anxious and that narcotics make him fine. Knowing MDMA depletes the brain's dopamine supplies, you tell your companion a detoxification therapy would make him feel better. His dependence went away with your constant support. This experience made you very empathetic towards addicts and you treat them with great success.

Choice 1 : The College Years.

Do Not Disturb Him.

Little did you know that no one wanted to marry this man because of his heart disease. His lack of medical support killed him.

Choice 1 : The College Years.

Say Hello Anyway.

No stimulus can wake your husband. Your medical reflexes tell you to check for his pulse. You realize he has a cardiac arrest and quickly summon the ambulance. You defibrillate him using two forks and a toaster, a feat never seen before. At the hospital, you call for a CT scan. His survey comes out fine, so you request a blood sample. You discover that his liver suffers from a rare mutation that produces an enzyme that blocks the calcium ions from triggering an action potential in his cardiac cells, effectively stopping the heart from contracting blood. You prescribe a drug that alters the protein's structure to depolarize it and you and your husband live happily ever after.

Choice 1 : The College Years.