…is hard. When I am nervous, anxious, or fearful, I do not enjoy naming or saying these feelings. I often prefer to just feel the panic or fear then just wait for it to be over. Without talking about them. I think it is a way of hoping they will move out of my system faster.

The other thing that has been true is that when I

name

it, I feel better after. I don´t necessarily feel better at the time. But I made a point of sharing something I have resisted sharing. I usually also learn something. And then I find I hold onto the sharing after the fact. It meant something that I talked about fear. I talked about anxiety. I talked about dread. I did that.