You need to calm down

If you’re anxious about the election (and who isn’t?), I hope this blog from last October will help.

~*~ You need to calm down

I could barely catch my breath as I went to the kitchen to feed the cats. I had just received some distressing news that pressed several buttons, and it sent me tumbling back in time to all the familiar places where I’d felt the feeling before. My body was a storm – tight chest, shallow breathing, rigid arms, heart slammed shut. Desperate to release the anxiety, I picked...