Tag: anxiety

  • Praise as Medicine

    Written December 22, 2023 I think I’m getting a little looney in my old age. Does anybody else do this? Does anybody else talk to themselves, especially while driving, and rehearse conversations you anticipate having in the future? Or maybe, do you rehash previous conversations, restating what you truly meant and hope the other person…

  • The Plans He Has For Me

    Written October, 2023 It starts as I reach toward the coffee pot sitting on my kitchen counter.  I’ve been holding it in, just under the surface, until now. The shaking. The trembling. The terror. My hands move like the hands of a junkie – unsteady, weak, nervous with an unpredictable electric energy. It’s the moment…