#i also momentarily forgot jack zimmermann is fictional
the only interview jack ever does about his anxiety/past addiction is a “kids meet a person with anxiety” youtube video where he explains it to various kiddos aged 5 to 14 and is met with incredible compassion, never-ending curiosity, and ridiculous questions.
kid 1: d’you have anxiety right now?
jack, smiling: yeah, a bit
kid 1: *GASP*
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kid 2 (not fully getting the point): are ya scared o’ heights?
jack: no
kid 2: are ya scared o’ planes?
jack: no
kid 2: are ya scared o’ birds?
jack: birds?
kid 2: I’mscared o’ birds.
jack: why?
kid 2: they got weird snake eyes like the snake in the movies when at night they’re in the windows
jack: yeah that’s scary. are you scared sometimes that a bird will come close even if there are no birds around?
kid 2: yeah!
jack: that’s like anxiety! your brain tells you to watch out for mean birds all the time, even though there aren’t any around, and birds wouldn’t hurt you anyway.
kid 2: okay. (pause) are ya scared o’ bugs?
jack: ha, I’ll tell you a secret, I am, a bit. but my boyfriend usually takes them out for me.
kid 2: thass’ very nice o’ him!
jack: it is, yeah!
