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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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arfie
arfie

Today started with the anxiety jolt of a panic attack. Shortly after the kids rode off on the school bus, we received a phone call saying the school was closed and the driver would be returning the kids home. No explanation and I bet you already guessed what we assumed. Another global shutdown. . . The world has been pulled out from under us --AGAIN! ! !


Turns out there was a broken water main which affected 3 campuses (Elementary, Middle and High School) which are grouped together. Now that my nerves are settling, I feel a bit sadistic for happy dancing over a broken water main, but? ? ? sigh. . . Processing. . .


Plying therapy tools. . . Methinks the next step is to purge the anxiety hormones.

Brockster
Brockster
It seems like frayed nerves are standard issue these days. I'm not feeling great this morning so what unconsciously springs to mind, "I got covid!". Maybe, eventually, we'll get through this and put enough distance in the rear view mirror that that is not the knee-jerk response... here's hoping.

Sending gentle thoughts your way while you try to purge those hormones. May we all find some peace today.
arfie
arfie
Thank you, Brockster. Frayed nerves and panic do seem to be in generous supply these days. The bus driver was in the grips of a panic attack, as well, for the assumption that it was a Covidic closure. The relief on his face was quite visible when I updated him on the actual reason for the closing. He got a kick out of my happy dancing over a broken water main. The kids nearly cried in their relief.

The anxiety hormones still have us jittering, but I believe we are holding steady. Healing is a process, not an event.

I'm still not afraid of The Virus, but the political instability is scarier than ever.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
I know exactly what you mean.

Scary to read, and relieved that it is something physical that can be fixed with tools.
malibumark
malibumark
Glad it was a fixable thing. A happy dance seems definitely a reasonable thing to do!!
arfie
arfie
So far as we can tell, school is back in session today. Happy relief, all the way around.

This morning was dedicated to a car inspection. A morning news program was playing interviews of masked Mamas and Papas who want the mask mandates re-imposed at stricter levels, even for Kindergarten. Yet another panic attack. . .

Venting. . .
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