one second to panic
By savypat
@savypat (20216)
United States
September 17, 2010 1:28pm CST
This morning I walked into the Yoga class and there was no one there. For just one moment I felt panic. Then I went out and asked if the class was cancelled, they said no. So I returned to the room, sat down on my mat and talked to myself. "So what if nobody shows, I can do my relaxaction and then I can get up and go home.
How stupid is it to panic just because things don't happen as they usually do. There is always a way to make any situation into something positive." After I had had that little speach, I did just that, relaxed. Sure enough people showed up late and the class started a little late, NO BIG DEAL. It never ceases to amaze me how our minds work.
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
18 Sep 10
You handled it very well Pat. I’ve been in situations like that and panicked myself into a state for no reason. I felt the same way you did when my daughter’s doctor was late and I presumed he wasn’t going to show. I worried about seeing another doctor who didn’t know my child’s situation so I did what you did and relaxed as much as possible with the knowledge that no matter what happened it would be okay and before I knew it the doctor turned up.
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@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
19 Sep 10
hi pat,
it happens. especially in the office when the boss suddenly asks for a file and i could not locate the folder. i panic instantly. "where could it be? what to do? what to say?" then suddenly i find it in my drawer and not on the shelves where it needs to be kept. whoooosssh! what a relief!
ann
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@Beautyfactor (1512)
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18 Sep 10
I remember I had a panic with my daughter at school. It was a Thursday and I waited in the playground for her to come out in the line with the rest of her classmates. I saw her teacher coming out of the door and I waited to see my little baby, but all the kids came out and she wasn't there. I kind of had to stop and go down the line of kids and mentally check them all off to confirm that indeed, my little girl wasn't there. I had that same single moment of panic and with my paranoid head spinning in my best Spanish I asked where my baby was. The teacher told me she had left her jacket in the classroom and went back to get it.
Reflecting back I think I must have looked like a nutcase. I mean where else would she have been? Like you say, she forgot her jacket so we went to fetch it no big deal!
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@wendie2781 (108)
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19 Sep 10
hi hun! i know it does seem silly, but even from an early age we like routine, and anything other than the 'norm' can inspire an uneasiness in us.
i went to a tutorial yesterday, left in really good time so could park and find where i had to go.. it wasnt where we were meant to be, but went to where was sent, empty room only ten minutes before due to start... did i have it right? had i been told right? room number matched but had i made a mistake?
there was a relief when the next person to arrive came in i do have to say, and it is really quite bizarre.. but routine, and being able to explain what is happening in certain situations, and an amount of 'saving face' i guess exists as part of human nature in the event... as you write, separated from the situation you have better clarity of vision and perspective maybe! :)
@jugsjugs (12967)
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17 Sep 10
I think that you are right there,that we can all make things positive.I once went to a party where only a few people turned up,so i took it upon myself to go and find the people that had not turned up and another friend rang others up,asked them how they would feel if it was their party,all of a sudden there were loads of people all rather late,but all with their make believe excuses.The person said that no matter how many people were there he would still enjoy the party that people had gone to the trouble to set up for him,so he was positive when there were hardly any people to begin with.
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