tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post6179264692748901839..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: The Baseline AnxietyBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-71650535517645041292008-12-03T10:49:00.000+00:002008-12-03T10:49:00.000+00:00We often wonder as well elberryWe often wonder as well elberrymaltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-73688099325329205672008-12-03T10:00:00.000+00:002008-12-03T10:00:00.000+00:00i occasionally wonder if i might be insane. i have...i occasionally wonder if i might be insane. i haven't got to the stage of asking people if i seem insane, as most would probably say 'yes', but i do sometimes go over my, uh, 'beliefs' and think 'these are the sorts of things crazy people believe', then think 'but i'm not crazy, am i? or at least not like THEM.' It's kind of reassuring that some friends believe the same things as me, and seem Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-20272888048899432032008-12-03T08:49:00.000+00:002008-12-03T08:49:00.000+00:00Beware Bryan, asteroids are no respecters of eggs ...Beware Bryan, asteroids are no respecters of eggs ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-87457766646476668922008-12-03T07:41:00.000+00:002008-12-03T07:41:00.000+00:00The most often recurring anxiety dream is one I've...The most often recurring anxiety dream is one I've only started having quite recently - going into my finals completely unprepared. <BR/><BR/>My waking anxiety is the fear of losing my only child. It doesn't pop up often but when it does, it renders me incapable of speech or movement.Sophie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212037697701712380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-86308022572383803142008-12-03T07:34:00.000+00:002008-12-03T07:34:00.000+00:00A doctor told me when I was 5 years old that his h...A doctor told me when I was 5 years old that his house had burnt down and he'd lost all his photos so he had no photos to show his children when they were older of their mother, who had died a few years previously. Ever since then I've always worried about my photos being burnt or burgled or swept away in a flood. Now because of digital photos, there's the added burden of the computer crashing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-91917125761966110222008-12-03T04:39:00.000+00:002008-12-03T04:39:00.000+00:00Oh, my, Malty, you and I had similar childhoods me...Oh, my, Malty, you and I had similar childhoods methinks. Never thought of mountaineering as an antidote, but then -- I was in Florida. Did marry a guy with a Ph.D. in psychology, though....<BR/><BR/>I'm about to go back to university teaching in January after a hiatus of 8 years, which I spent in a newsroom. I *was* a kick-*ss teacher, won all kinds of awards, loved and was loved by students, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-43994672415525194802008-12-03T00:16:00.000+00:002008-12-03T00:16:00.000+00:00At one time my baseline anxieties would quite like...At one time my baseline anxieties would quite likely have got me taken away and locked in a padded cell so you're not going to hear about them. Hahaha. If only they knew. Hahaha. Having taught myself not to care in order to deal with them, I now have to make an effort to care rather than say "it really doesn't matter" and hang loose. Actually very few things matter. Just a few do a lot. The rest Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-10066538219219457942008-12-02T21:04:00.000+00:002008-12-02T21:04:00.000+00:00Two separate phases, had a volatile relationship w...Two separate phases, had a volatile relationship with a domineering mother and at an early age decided to keep my own council, as a result became quite anxiety free for a long time. When in business it was twelve anxieties per year plus a massive one at the end of it, times thirty.<BR/>Now strictly limited to the ups and downs within the family, the rest can go screw.<BR/><BR/>Disgust however, maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-85720775409529707462008-12-02T20:39:00.000+00:002008-12-02T20:39:00.000+00:00According to the most constant theme of my dreams ...According to the most constant theme of my dreams it would be procrastinating for so long that I completely miss something rather important or exciting. (A word to my subconscious - just put <A HREF="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5ngBF8BoDB4" REL="nofollow">Gabriela</A> in my dreams and everyone's happy, right?)simbnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811721880591573545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-23494139273546773742008-12-02T18:36:00.000+00:002008-12-02T18:36:00.000+00:00I've been aware of the dangers of cyberchondria fo...I've been aware of the dangers of cyberchondria for some time. Never, ever Google your symptoms. Told myself and my wife that a million times, but neither of us listen. <BR/><BR/>Apart from a deep-rooted dread of dementia and other cognitive malfunctions, the main day-to-day anxiety concerns acts of random violence in city centres. Probably been reading too much Elberry.<BR/><BR/>Also motorway Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.com