The snuffling sounds of his sleep fill me with both foreboding and peace.
TAGS: anxiety, sleep, foreboding, peaceHarry Potter remembered the dreadful day Dumbledore had told him he must either kill Voldemort, or be killed; however, over the years, the lack of a timeframe for this showdown had stretched his fear into a kind of rubbery anxiety, so that often he could not recall exactly what was worrying him.
TAGS: death, books, anxiety, worry, harry potterAt first there were just spots which could be ignored or mopped up, but as the rising tide of paper covered his entire office floor, a cold layer of anxiety floated on top, quickly rising to envelop his chest, heart and lungs.
TAGS: work, anxiety, heart, paper, chest, panic, lungsI’ve been voluntarily unemployed for two weeks now…why does the fact that I’m not panicking make me feel like I should panic?
TAGS: anxiety, panic, unemploymentI’ve been holding my breath for about 18 years.
TAGS: anxiety, anticipation, breathMy tummy’s filled with teeth that grind, my head is filled with butter-
TAGS: anxiety, head, teethHis psychologist tended to stare upwards just above his head, a fact which caused him no small amount of neurotic anxiety.
TAGS: anxiety, neurotic, psychology, staring, psychologistSomehow, knowing that it was only a practice exam brings me no comfort at all.
TAGS: anxiety, exams, St. Joseph of Cupertino