Posted by sigismund on May 25, 2011, at 13:59:53
In reply to Re: vacation anxiety, posted by Willful on May 25, 2011, at 10:24:00
Let me see what I can make of that with the anticipatory dread of Valium withdrawal, which is what I am currently doing.
The thing to do is have quiet time and get used to living in the state where everything is buzzing and fear is at the hand. My coping strategies are taking Chinese herbs and rereading "Europe Between Hitler and Stalin" and reflecting on European culture in a general way and our cultural and political inheritance, and the (very limited!) role Valium plays in that, and asking the question 'Do I want to be part of this?'
Nothing is going to help with the feeling except accepting and welcoming it as the way out of a pharmaceutical trap.
Nothing is going to help me work out how to deal with someone when in this state (especially when I spent so long doing exactly the opposite) except getting used to the feeling. In this way everything will seem so much more easy when there is less of the feeling. Like people, for example.
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