The Story of Maya: The Quicksand Trap Let’s look at Maya. Maya has been struggling with depression and overwhelming worry about her future. She describes her mind as a constant "noise machine" that tells her she’s failing. When Maya feels a wave of sadness, her instinct is to struggle. She tells herself: "Stop feeling this way," "You have no reason to be sad," or "Just get it together." In ACT, we compare Maya’s struggle to being trapped in quicksand. If you fall into quicksa