Tag: anxiety

  • Sanitizing My Sanity

    I need to stop letting certain things get to me.

  • What Would You Do If You Were Not Afraid?

    What an intriguing question.

  • The Other Shoe

    I can’t have nice things.

  • Sweet Relief

    I felt as though 500 pounds had been lifted off my shoulders.

  • Healthy Self-Soothing

    Here are some suggestions that I’m going to try to take instead of consuming sugar and/or grease.

  • Anticipatory Stress

    Fight or flight should be reserved for the moment when you spot the mountain lion, not for when you’ve heard that there might be one within a 10 mile radius.

  • Helpless Stress

    Sooner or later, every train engineer will have someone step in front of his or her train as a way to permanently solve a temporary problem. That must be a heartbreaking experience. You want to stop, but you know you can’t. I suspect that all you can really do is close your eyes, swallow really…

  • How I Live Now

    There was a time, not so very long ago, when I could have told you the exact amount of cash I had in my wallet, down to the penny. I’d wake up in a cold sweat, wondering how I’d pay my bills, or what on earth I’d do if I became seriously ill with no…

  • Part of Me Sleeps

    This will come as no big surprise, but a very large part of me likes to avoid conflict, stress, and confrontation. Decades ago, I decided that the most effective way to not deal with the slings and arrows of life was to sleep. I absolutely love to sleep. My spirit animal is probably one of…

  • Oh, Happy Day!

    One of my favorite sayings is that a fish doesn’t realize it’s in water until it jumps out of it. I can totally relate to that. I just jumped out of something myself. Epic revelation! I just got some really, really, really good news, which unfortunately I can’t share with you, dear readers. Just think…