Dear Girija:

“I am anxious, not because I am afraid, I am anxious when I feel helpless about what I am afraid of” – you weren’t afraid to kill the snake because you felt powerful over the snake. On the other hand, you are afraid to do what you feel powerless to do…  and afraid to stop doing what you feel powerless to stop.

“I have an underlying discontent with life that seems to be a consent. I am sick of drama” – you meant “seems to be a constant” right? I think that it’s a typo, but an interesting one: your discontent is a matter of your consent perhaps… you are consenting to and participating in the drama that you are sick of?

anita