This may be a bit of a trigger warning

But I was having an episode in the adolescent unit of a psych hospital in 2007 and I was restrained to the bed and then my vitals dropped so I was just lying there for like an hour and I had the blood pressure cuff just left on my arm and the staff who was watching me would get up every 15 minutes and would take my vitals and then give me sips of red Gatorade. And I just remember feeling so sick both physically and mentally.

Now whenever I think of red Gatorade it reminds me of that incident. I still drink it. You’d think it would bring back bad memories. It’s on my grocery list actually.

Now, strawberry Fanta, that brings back really bad memories and I can’t drink it. I’ve only had about 3 or 4 bottles in the last 14 years.