Me?

What makes you nervous?

A lot of things.

Not as many things as there used to be.

When I was a kid everything made me nervous. I worried. I feared. I worried about everyone and everything. My little daredevil brother. Oh man. If it was dangerous, he tried it, if he could get into trouble, he’d do it anyway. Me? I would get nervous.

Grown up people in costumes always made me nervous, especially if there was excessive make up involved. One time, Seseame Street did a thing for my kindergarten class. I was completely freaked out by Big Bird. I think my mom had to come get me. Overly made up people…yikes! (the Big Bird costume had a hole cut for a face which was painted yellow and not fooling anyone. The two faced big yellow bird was unnerving for four year old me.

Getting lost. I was born with no natural sense of direction. GPS changed my life. I still feel grateful for it every day.

Shopping, public speaking, tests, grades, teachers, authority figures, obvious untruths, wierd energy. That one still freaks me out. I can still lose sleep over weird energy…

I had no idea that I was so anxiety ridden as a child, but now I can see plainly why I’m all about breathwork and why. I think kids could benefit from it. I could have for sure!