Short

You Don’t Read Enough

The film chronicles the beginning of an anxiety spiral when her mom doesn’t come home, and won’t answer her phone. She jumps to the worst case conclusion that her mother might never come home and prepares to take on the responsibilities left behind. As her catastrophizing escalates, she begins to consider her mother's affect on her, and with the help of a semi-conscious stress ball, explores her fears in a world without her mother, but also the possibility that she may finally be free from a codependent relationship. This thought plunges her into a fantasy in her mind where she is free from the weight of expectations, and is able to fill her life as she sees fit. However, as she fights to assert her own ambition and identity, the dark recesses of her trauma reclaim their hold on her, even in this mental haven. Will her mom make it home, and if she does, would it save Kasia from herself?