Snakes apparently have a reaction time of 30 to 50 milliseconds, while the average human has a reaction time of 200 milliseconds. The snake would have bitten him and ran away before he would have had the opportunity to lift it from the ground.

I looked it up and it seems that the map might be from a book published in 1985.

Thanks! I have gotten medication and no longer suffer from daily panic attacks. I got diagnosed with a bunch of stuff a year ago, including AvPD, which means that I have severe social anxiety.

So far, it feels like the only response I have gotten from the doctors has been, “Tough luck; that’s your life now.”

I am trying my best to come out of it, but it’s difficult.

Not great. My depression and anxiety have left me bedridden in the last few days. I feel worthless and like the whole world either doesn’t care or despises me. I don’t know which is worse.

I also suffer from dissociation and feel like I don’t know who I am as a person, it’s like I am being pulled in different directions, and it’s a real struggle.