Distress Tolerance – Running for Disney

Anxiety and the Police

I have been thinking about anxiety and uncertainty recently. Mostly this is because it is hurricane season in Texas and we’ve been grappling with a near-miss over the last 24 hours with a hurricane approaching the coast and, after that, our city. Securing patio furniture, ensuring we have fuel for the generator, planning for waysContinue reading “Anxiety and the Police”

Frustration and tolerance

I wanted to shift things around on my homepage today and found myself lost in a morass of competing prompts and confusing directions. It’s still not how I want it to look. Do you ever find yourself setting out to do “one quick thing” before settling in to do what you actually wanted to accomplishContinue reading “Frustration and tolerance”

Shame and uncertainty

I watched that video of the interaction in Central Park between a man politely asking a woman to put her dog on a leash and her extraordinarily inappropriate and dangerous over-reaction and thought of one thing. Shame. I watch videos of grown people throwing tantrums in grocery stores about being asked to wear a mask.Continue reading “Shame and uncertainty”