Good news. Well, kind of. First, your affliction has a name. Which is always comforting. Some psychologists call it misophonia, which means fear of sound.
A few weeks ago I shared a post about songs that can lull anxiety. And why. To refresh, this is the top ten list as
Music can very much help with my anxiety. It lulls, it distracts, it provides a lofty, expansive perspective from which I’m able to “see” my
Oh I do love a bit of Thich Nhat Hanh. I recently discovered that the Vietnamese monk who brought us the mindful concept of “washing
Before Cheryl Strayed became That Wild Girl, she was an agony aunt at Rumpus.net. She went by the moniker “Sugar”, it so happens. In light
Decisions are hard. I struggle with them. So these words from writer and feminist Rita Mae Brown are sweet salve… “A peacefulness follows any decision, even
I take comfort in this from Friedrich Nietzsche: “Haste is universal because everyone is in flight from himself.” But, following the “I’m no Robinson Crusoe” relief
Have you caught the science news? Psychologists have advanced a new theory linking neurotic unhappiness and creativity in the brain, giving over-worrying an evolutionary purpose.
Today, just this from Anais Nin on the connect between emotion and writing: “You must not fear, hold back, count or be a miser with
Love Louis? I’d be surprised if you didn’t. He’s humanely and humanly funny. By which I mean, he plants the basics of life in front