One breath at a time

[Underdog]

I'll just have to admit that my case of overfunctioning is really a control issue to mask my anxiety. I'm cringing when I type this: I might have done the same thing with the mock interviews as well. Isn't that completely nuts?

But I also appreciate your story with SDA lady. I think you illustrated it perfectly... and it all boiled down to us thinking that we can fix things for others. Yet we can't seem to fix what's wrong with ourselves? Yikes?

I'm going to be vigilant about this, and thank you again for making this the topic du jour. I can see my issues seeping out of the sides because my anxiety level is high.

I hope you'll all appreciate this one... I'm taking a muscle relaxer for my TMJ (hello, anxiety in the subconscious world), my options for treating the all night insomnia due to night sweats are really limited. So until my consultation appointment, they're putting me on a very low dose of an anti depressant. I'm kinda laughing about it. Because even when I *was* depressed, I made myself treat it the hard way. LOL. So I asked her the potential side effects. #1? Low libido. Again I said, "Like who'd want some crazy woman who sweats like a hog and can't sleep?"

Mish, I suspect we do all share that trait and the outcome. Wouldn't you just hate to be on the opposite side of our fence? Seriously. I'm thinking my D20 might be counting down the days until she heads back to school!

Good luck and everyone be nice to themselves. It all starts with self care. In fact, it IS the cure to anxiety.

Wii, you just keep being the awesome, reasonable person here. God knows, we need you!