My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety

by Georgia Pritchett

I used to worry about the monsters under my bed a lot. Were they comfy enough? How could they sleep on a hard floor surrounded by crumbs and dust? Sometimes I slept under the bed so that they could have a turn on top.

My favorite stories were “Naughty Georgie” stories. I loved these because not only was the Georgie in these stories naughty, but she didn’t worry about it. She didn’t worry about anything.

When I was little I used to think that sheep were clouds that had fallen to earth. On cloudy days I used to worry that I would be squashed by a sheep.