I’m having one of those
days. I call them my Italian Job
days. Not because I am going around
stealing safes, but for the scene where Donald Sutherland explains to Mark
Wahlberg what fine means
Freaked Out
Insecure
Neurotic
Emotional
These days normally occur when I
have too much going on, thoughts swirl madly round in my head and I start to
panic. I’ve learnt to see the warning
signs now so I know what to do. I have a
plan that I go through that usually works.
I always start with that sick
feeling in the pit of your stomach when you know that something is wrong, but
you don’t know what. The breathing gets
heavier and a panicked feeling starts. You
reach the point where you feel like you are going to cry.
Before, I would let that emotion take over and meltdown, now I can stop myself.
- Breathe. Just breathe. In and out, slowly and calmly. Nothing can happen if you just breathe.
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What’s wrong?
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Yes, you do know what’s wrong, say it.
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Breathe.
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Everything is fixable, make a plan,
step by step, find the fix.
Sometimes, you just forget to
breathe.