So I booked myself another roundtrip flight for this last January, which was slightly more than a year of panic attack. A literary agent who knew how the improvisation helped her worry, so I signed up for a six -week course. If I can escape from six improvised classes with a group of strangers, of course, I can take myself back to an aircraft.
For my first grade, to distract from my nervous tingles, I put it on a brooch. A small Macon at lescwoy hedgehog That I bought in Paris. I was collecting brooch on my trip and sale of estate, but was never sure to wear them. Smile me by sticking that cute little hedgehog into my sweater.
When I went to class, my heart was tired in my temples. But as soon as I sat down, the woman next to me bowed down, her shoulder touched me, and praised my brooch. I thanked him. I breathed a breath. My feelings of fighting and fighting began to decrease, like our small conversation expressed some peace.
Every week I wore a brooch for the following five weeks – and someone always commented or praised. I started calling him my “confidence brooch” as he always broke the snow. By the time the classes were over, everyone agreed that the brooch was “my talk”.
And I did not wear confidence brooch just to improve. I wore them for dinner, for social ceremonies – that concrete wall was visible at any time. The confidence continued to create himself. Whether someone commented or not, wearing a confident brooch found me out of my head and in the present moment.
That is why, when I went to the airport to fly to Austin two weeks ago, I wore a confident brooch: a circular silver pin with a red stone, which was placed below my husband’s grandmother. While no one commented at the airport, it really gave me courage because my group was called, as I went to the jetway, climbed my seat, and bowed to my seatbelt. I listened to the door clunk and we flew. I made it. And I also made it home.
To be honest, this is not a story of anxiety, but of hope. Hopefully with exposure, connection, and perhaps with a confident brooch, anxiety can be reduced into an unconscious we because you live a life you want to lead – whether you are particularly flying somewhere, about giving a presentation, going for a big interview, or having a tough interaction with your children. Because life is difficult and we all have difficult moments.
