A Foolish Experiment

"There is something making her stupid, but I can't figure out what it is." one scientist said to the other. The young woman sat in the lab, dangling her feet over the edge of a bed. They were watching her through the spy glass. "She willingly signed up for this programme, right?" the other scientist asked the first scientist. "She did indeed. We don't get many of those. I guess, she's looking for answers."

"And when did she say she started acting dumb?"

"Well, she says the symptoms started about a week ago."

"And what kind of dumb are we talking about? Academically or socially?"

"Socially. Her social skills have decreased and her anxiety has increased."

"Wait, what is she doing?" The young woman started searching for something around the room.

"Oh, that's a classic case of phone withdrawals. We took her phone away from her." the first scientist answered and pushed his glasses back into place.

"Why? Was she dropping it?" the other scientist said, not taking his eyes off the young woman who had given up on finding her phone and who was now just slowly pacing around the room.

"No, she said she was being bad at texting. Her anxiety levels aren't as high when she's not texting. Now it's more seperation anxiety that is in play. In about 30 min I'm suspecting she'll bang on the door and yell that she really needs to answer somebody. Although it's exactly this, she needs help with."

The other scientist smiled. "Ah, I see what's going on here."

"You do? What's happening?"

"It's one person in particular who is making her feel foolish and like she's not in control anymore."