All posts tagged anxiety

Accepting What Is

We muse and reflect, this sister and I and kick around the hows and whys of what we’ve become.  He was a boozer, a selfish, narcissistic disconnected man… and when children are raised with an uninterested, absentee parent, they become fearful and burdened with insecurities.  We never knew what we were coming home to each [...]

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by Bodhirose on March 1, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Bodhirose on March 1, 2012

http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/accepting-what-is/

Vigilant–A Haibun

It’s subtle but I immediately sense the telltale tightening throughout my body.  It quickly moves to hyper vigilance.  I look down at my hands and find them clutched together as if seeking sanctuary with the other from the impending increase in tension.  My heart rate quickens…there’s slight dizziness, nausea–which only serves to ratchet up the [...]

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by Bodhirose on January 3, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Bodhirose on January 3, 2012

http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/vigilant-a-haibun/

Social Anxiety

“Image by roeyahram via Flickr” Anxiety floods over me; I can’t do this. Society insists that I must join in. I prefer not; I don’t know you, banal chit-chat puts me under duress. Heart starts a-thumping, adrenaline’s at full power, sweat springs forth, while my mouth turns to cotton. You’ll scoff at my inability to [...]

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by Bodhirose on December 8, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Bodhirose on December 8, 2011

http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/social-anxiety/

Mom’s Emergency

It began with a phone call between 12:30 and 1PM Sunday afternoon.  It was my mother.  Her voice had that familiar tension in it when she’s feeling anxious.  “Gayle, something’s happening to me.  When I woke up this morning, I felt very groggy, like I was drugged and I lost my balance when standing up [...]

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by Bodhirose on January 5, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by Bodhirose on January 5, 2011

http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/mom%e2%80%99s-emergency/

Nightmare

I have a reoccurring nightmare where I am frantically trying to lock the kitchen door at the house where I grew up, while an unknown, sinister presence is fast approaching and trying to get in at me.  I fumble with the latch, opening and closing the door, and I am beside myself that I just [...]

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by Bodhirose on September 26, 2010  •  Permalink
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Posted by Bodhirose on September 26, 2010

http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/nightmare/