Tag: anxiety

Fighting Anxiety & People

The week was weird. I mean, I was feeling overpeopled. And those people who sent me to this place did not respect the boundary I had set and were not hearing my words when I spoke. Ever meet …

Unexpected Adult Things: The Time I Surprised Even Myself

When I got married and we started having kids, I was careful to assess regularly how my children treated others. I wanted to make sure we didn’t raise any bullies. I wanted to make sure my children never …

Unexpected Adult Things: The Adult Aggressor

It occurs to me there are some things we never outgrow from our childhood. For some, it is the reaction we have to others. Our insecurities never completely go away. We are sometimes surprised by the natural responses …