Comments on: Sunday Science

By: L

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:42:58 +0000

I view anxiety to be like a temporary sickness that one must patiently allow itself to ride out into healthiness. It should clearly be embraced, as you say, though the sickness and being sick does “suck.” But in its end, hopefully the patient will be rewarded with new found wisdom and courage. On this subject Rilke would also say on the subject that “if an anxiety, like light and cloud-shadows, moves over your hands and over everything you do… You must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall.”

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:18:54 +0000

I don’t even know where to start my response to this one. Anxiety and I are close chums now. Currently I am worrying about the day long chemo. appointment for my 2 year old tomorrow. And then the appointments that follow every day for 2 weeks.

Anxiety has become a huge issue for me as of late, I have started unconsciously picking my face and scalp….ew, gross I know. I have not done this since I was a preteen. To cope I take medicine when I need it, or exercise, or just get myself out of the house and away from everything and everyone.

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:20:36 +0000

Only anxious about having been away from the computer for 3 days which means that’s pages of editing that didn’t get done. There’s always tomorrow right? That doesn’t really help. But the anxiety-inducing 3 days were spent with my boys and living in the moment so that part does help:)

Oh and then I start thinking that if I’m only anxious about one thing I have obviously overlooked something I should be anxious about, now I’m feeling anxious.

See you can’t win so cope! Which I do with prayer, perspective and sweet iced tea. Wish I could say exercise but that would be lying.

By: D

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:08:13 +0000

Lol! Thanks Gale! I really could, though I am more of a chocolate person !

By: Gale

Gale — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:27:31 +0000

D – it sounds like you could really use some candy corn!

By: D

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:54:02 +0000

This is an easy question to which, I am not the least bit anxious about responding. I am sitting here, in my office in my 4th hour away from my children on a Sunday preparing for my case that statrs 2 weeks from tomorrow. I am anxious about screwing it up in the following ways (1)forgetting to do something big or small, (2) not anticipating my adversary’s strategies and how to defeat them, (3) being too tired to care about the first two. I am also anxious that am going to be relying on “auto-mother” the next 3 months while I do this case (which means my husband, nanny and mother will chiefly be responsible to make sure the kids’ permission slips are signed, they haven’t descended into drug addiction etc). I adore my nanny and love my mom and husband deeply and respect them immensely. I am also a control freak and I suppose I am anxious about losing control but I must relinquish some if I am to get through this successfully.
I haven’t even thought about swine flu (beyond getting the kids vaccinated next week) or our finances or the usual stuff. I think I am anxious that I forgot about that stuff too !
I look forward to getting back to my regularly scheduled anxieties! Okay, getting back to the drudge so I can see my kids for dinner. Thanks for the thought provoking break, oddly I feel better albeit hyper-aware of how anxious I am!

By: Gale

Gale — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:46:34 +0000

I can’t help you with all of your anxieties. But I have suggestions for a few of them:

Kitchen countertops – get granite in a pattern that doesn’t hide dirt, otherwise you’ll never know when they’re clean or dirty.

Calories in candy corn – Net calorie intake = 0. Calories are offset by benefits to you soul derived from candy corn consumption.

Swine Flu – Keep pestering your kids’ ped’s office until the vaccine comes in.

Future Children – Keep working on Husband. He’ll cave on Baby #4 sooner or later.

Unreturned e-mails – No sweat. Anyone who knows you well enough to be e-mailing you knows your life is crazy and to cut you some slack.

Unbought airline tickets – Expedia.com

As for me, we got 10 inches of rain in October and now we have a leak in our basement floor. This means that we will almost certainly have to move out the furniture, pull up the carpet, jackhammer into the floor, and replace 75-year-old iron floor pipes. This will also almost certainly cost umpty-thousand dollars. I cope with it by thinking of the future relief I will have in not cringing every time it rains…