tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post2306249387779583571..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: High AnxietyAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-20485367995083147502015-07-28T22:37:41.174-04:002015-07-28T22:37:41.174-04:00I also have early morning angst. It's part of ...I also have early morning angst. It's part of why I'm incapable of sleeping in. As soon as I wake up, I get flooded with worry. You've both portrayed it really powerfully. (Although all my worries, of course, make much more sense than anyone else's... [/sarcasm]). Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-63814863806681453472015-07-28T10:38:19.381-04:002015-07-28T10:38:19.381-04:00We, here in America, can afford to be cavalier abo...We, here in America, can afford to be cavalier about our wars. We haven't had a war on our turf for 150 years. Witnessing war changes people, makes them more humble, not so aggressive. We seem to like it so much we don't think one lick when we enter other people's conflicts. Like a barroom bully, we'll insinuate ourselves into any beef on earth. What's with that? Would we tolerate other countries having military bases in the US? Unheard of, but how many bases do we have in other countries? Makes for lots of angst for Americans with a conscience.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-27442334026147096352015-07-28T09:58:46.736-04:002015-07-28T09:58:46.736-04:00I do think that many people, especially women, hav...I do think that many people, especially women, have that before-dawn kind of angst. All of those things you mention plague me, too, with the addition of worrying about how people who depend on me now will manage if I go first. I suppose that last is a form of egocentrism.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-29107100916655042332015-07-28T09:54:00.410-04:002015-07-28T09:54:00.410-04:00Thanks, Garce. It's the beginning of a 5000 wo...Thanks, Garce. It's the beginning of a 5000 word short story, but as with so many things I write, i can see how the characters and circumstances deserve a novel-length treatment, but I'll never get around to it.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-15611865460034796102015-07-27T23:07:40.071-04:002015-07-27T23:07:40.071-04:00There's something about lying in bed, just bef...There's something about lying in bed, just before dawn, that kindles anxiety. That happens to me, too. I'll wake to worry. My husband behind me stops snoring and I worry that he has stopped breathing. I feel a bit sick to my stomach and worry about cancer. I think about all that I have to do and start to panic. I consider the utter emptiness of life as those I love die, and sink into despair.<br /><br />I've learned to push those thoughts away. Sometimes it works.<br /><br />I love the story, especially the carefully observed details of nature. I suspect that even though the tale is set in England, it has been influenced by the Pioneer Valley.<br /><br />And I'm often grateful I never had children. I'd smother them with my constant worry (the way my mom did me).<br />Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-2870705465454201062015-07-27T21:38:11.632-04:002015-07-27T21:38:11.632-04:00I enjoyed the story too. I get the feeling it'...I enjoyed the story too. I get the feeling it's part of a larger context. <br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-21518362733696709232015-07-27T21:30:45.161-04:002015-07-27T21:30:45.161-04:00Hi sacchi!
I think I'm a bit like your mother...Hi sacchi!<br /><br />I think I'm a bit like your mother in that I think life arranges itself in windows of time, little currents of hot and cold, peace and routine and then freak out. Then the freak out ends and a period of peace. It does sound like you have the genetics to live long and see many things. <br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.com