Dear Anita,

Sometimes I wish I wasn’t so observant or aware. It haunts me at times.

You’re very right, it does then make sense that children would pick up on their parents actions and tensions. It is then no wonder that children start acting out, they are just emulating what they know.

Yes, indeed lucky dog. However, I love him so much that I hate him having to feel and sense my anxiety if even for a little. His life is short and I want him to enjoy it, not spend it feeling my anxiety.

Well, that sounds good. In reference to in the future not having to worry so much about planning in the future when I can better manage it.

Ah, so even the rushing dictates that part of my life, what I thought was my escape from it. Right now, in light of my pulled muscle I will do some yoga and see how that goes.

“Oh, and talk to your dog, tell him calming things: this way he hears your calming tone and you get to hear it too!” Oh yes, I most definitely will, I confide in him, tell him what I don’t say to others. I think he most of all, deserves to be calm.

If you don’t mind me asking, you said you’ve struggled with anxiety most of your life. Before you started, what was your anxiety like, and how is it now? You know, just as a comparison, to see what it is like, to see what it could be like for me one day.