Prescription Pick Up

Description

“Prescription Pick Up” is part of the Notes From the Inside: Teen Mental Health Collection

Under fluorescent lights that make everything feel too bright and too exposed, a simple pharmacy errand turns into something heavier than a paper bag and a stapled receipt. For one teen, picking up a prescription isn’t just “getting help” it’s stepping into the word anxiety where strangers might hear it, where shame might recognize it, where even a well-meaning joke can sting like a bruise. As her mother fumbles for the right language and fear disguises itself as humor, the line between support and embarrassment blurs. But in the middle of the checkout beeps, the
coupon drama, and the ordinary chaos of a busy pharmacy, something unexpected happens: kindness shows up without fanfare, and honesty finally finds a way through.

Joanna Anderson’s short story collection, Notes from the Inside: Teen Mental Health, includes six short stories about teen mental health issues:
 “Attendance”
 “Bathroom Mirror”
 “Group Chat Ghost”
 “Lunch Table Astronomy”
 “Prescription Pick-Up”
 “The Sound of Small Things”

Titles in the collection are sold seperately. For descriptions see “Prose: Short Stories” in the Online Store.