Maybe it’s “energy.” Maybe it’s just human.

Seeking esoteric answers to normal, messy questions

When I was seven, I had to have my first blood test. A few seconds into the draw, I fainted, and for years after that, I was terrified of needles. At some point, my mom spoke with a psychic about my phobia, who said that I likely had a past-life thing around blood that carried over. We both shrugged. It…