Turby and John » neuroticism http://turbyandjohn.com Love and Life in the Deep South Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:00:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Panic Attacks, anyone? http://turbyandjohn.com/2010/06/22/panic-attacks-anyone/ http://turbyandjohn.com/2010/06/22/panic-attacks-anyone/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:53:08 +0000 Dawn http://dawnandkirby.porchswingmedia.com/?p=546 Maybe it’s only because I’m on my period, but I’ve felt a very real sense of dread all day long.  I drank two cups of coffee, and they successfully made me feel much worse.  I keep thinking about all the bad things that may or may not happen and how little control I have over most things, and I feel like I may be going crazy. I’ve always been a worrier,  but this is a little ridiculous. I know that it’s likely a culmination of the stress I feel concerning moving out of the state and my lack of direction associated with choosing a career, but I have no idea how to fix it. I’ve been reading up on panic attacks, and I’m 90% positive that this is what I’m experiencing.  I’m considering buying these:

anxiety relief tablets

I found these while shopping for toothpaste, conditioner, and styling creme on drugstore.com.

Anyone ever tried those little guys? I’m open to any and all natural remedies for anxiety.

Update: I typed this post last night, and I am feeling much better today. A friend gave me some St. John’s Wort. I took it promptly with a cup of tension tamer tea and a warm bath. I fell asleep to King of the Hill.  When I woke up this morning, I felt much better. I’m still considering buying the sublingual tablets. Periods are a real drag.

]]> http://turbyandjohn.com/2010/06/22/panic-attacks-anyone/feed/ 3 a big bad bug leg http://turbyandjohn.com/2009/12/05/a-big-bad-bug-leg/ http://turbyandjohn.com/2009/12/05/a-big-bad-bug-leg/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:24:04 +0000 Dawn http://turbyandjohn.com/?p=155 I found an insect leg in my hair shortly after waking up on Friday morning.  I’m not even entirely sure it was an insect leg. It could’ve very well been a spider leg. The kind of small creature it belonged to is actually negligible.  The point is, finding a detached leg in my hair filled me with a real and undeniable feeling of dread. I starting asking questions like “where is the rest of this bug?” and “why did its leg fall off in my head of all places?” and  ”did I swallow that little bitch?” and “why am I bothered by this so much?” (There are too many things wrong with the construction, punctuation, and capitalization of the previous sentence for me to even begin to fix it.)  I then sat on the toilet and attempted to calm my breathing.  After some time to mull it over, and after realizing that I was in no real danger, I took a shower in hopes of ridding my body/hair/head of any undetected bug parts.  The point of this story is that I am getting more neurotic every day, and I have no idea how to stop or even slow the process.  I am destined to one day be just like my crazy grandmother, and there is probably nothing I can do about it. The silver lining in this cloud of unstoppable crazy is that my grandmother is awesome.  I can probably deal with a little crazy if there’s also some awesome.

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