anxiety

Morning Agitation

August 23, 2010

I am agitated this morning.  I didn’t sleep well.  I awoke in the middle of the night worried about Daddy.  Is he getting the care that he needs?  I think he is too weak to be alone, but I can’t be there all day, everyday; neither can my sister.  He is just stubborn enough that [...]

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Unfolding from Hiding

August 5, 2010

From time to time, I’m concerned that I don’t give an accurate account of who I am in these blog posts.  I suppose it’s easier to write about the ways in which I have overcome, triumphed, and expanded than it is to write about my shortcomings and struggles.  There is a part of me that [...]

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Needless Suffering

May 5, 2010

“Ultimately, Happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.” Yongey Mingyur Rinnphoche I hit a wall yesterday.  Exhausted from our move and the news about my father, I had a mild melt down early in the day.  I was quite [...]

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Opening to the Energy

April 21, 2010
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The low-level anxiety that I’ve written about in the last couple of days has passed.  Something opened in me yesterday afternoon following a yoga therapy appointment.  Somehow I was able to let it go, perhaps because I recognized that much of what I took to be anxiety was simply a great deal of energy moving [...]

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Practice, Practice, Practice

April 20, 2010
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Yesterday, I described my insane brain.  That’s how I woke up, and it remained throughout the day, even though I tried repeatedly to take Marcie’s advice to breathe.  I experienced low-level anxiety for most of the day. It was interesting, though, and I’m not altogether bothered that I felt that way because it gave me [...]

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