How to Avoid Your Problems

1. Distract YourselfDoug did just about anything he could to avoid thinking about the giant interdimensional hole in his living room. He tried mediation, pottery, weight lifting, even tai chi. His therapist told him the hole didn’t exist. Doug generally agreed, but found that position harder to maintain when an interdimensional tentacle reached through his wall and accidentally slapped him while groping for fodder to feed one of its dozen mouths. But better a tentacle than the bug-eyed gaze of a Peeping Tom⁠—as happened once on a date.2. Pretend It Isn’t ThereDoug had been in the kitchen preparing tea, leaving his date to bask in the radiating glow which filled the living room. The colors which trickled in didn’t belong on the visible spectrum, though green is a fairly close approximation.To his date, the strange colors and ominous humming felt like an unwelcome acid flashback. Yet for all her uneasiness, the interdimensional hole wasn’t quite a dealbreaker. Everybody had their…