starting over

threshold \THRESH-hohld\

noun
1 : the section of wood or stone that lies under a door
2 a : the means or place of entry : entrance b : the place or point of beginning
3 : the point or level at which a physical or mental effect begins to be produced

I've been here before, I know what it looks like. But this time it's unwelcome and full of pain. I can't be at the threshold of a new beginning if I'm still spiraling into the abyss.

psychopharmacology

alleviate \uh-LEE-vee-ayt\

verb
1 a : relieve, lessen: as b : to make (as suffering) more bearable c : to partially remove or correct

Psychopharmacology began alleviating our suffering in 1954 with Thorazine. In 2012, they give it to you for hiccups. But there's still to pill to cure a broken heart.

past-future

hyphenate \HYE-fuh-nayt\

noun: a person who performs more than one function (as a producer-director in filmmaking)

Just as the producer-filmmaker fulfills multiple roles, so does the married hyphenate née maiden.