matriarch
Rotund retiree
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I found SC's thread on music to combat nervousness, quite revealing.
It wasn't until I read Lucky's post that she 'rarely gets nervous', that it made me think.
So here's the question.........:
WHAT MAKES YOU NERVOUS??
Me:
Nervousness is, and has been, the bane of my life.....not so bad now, but in past lives, it has reduced me to a physical wreck.........requiring quick access to a bathroom for constant peeing, and/or a bucket to cope with stomach contractions. My first ever job interview at 18 had me retching in the gutter outside the building, as did my first driving test at the age of 20. (sorry for the graphic). My list:
~Interviews
~Meetings with unknown people (on my own) (be warned Perdy and others, when we meet in January.....I'll be excited,but very very nervous, especially after the drive into unknown territory - furtherest north I've been in the UK, I have driven to Manchester, so the distance isn't new, just the area.)
~Driving test
~Social gatherings mostly, where I know I'll say and do lots of stupid things, talk way too much (even more than here)
~Dentist appointments simply terrify me....never sure how I get through those, I pace the floor for hours before an appointment.
~In my adult life, examinations - strange how that came back, they never bothered me at school, but in the 7 years I spent studying for my degree, every end of module/year examination reduced me to a quivering wreck.
~Hospital appointments - I have a very very low physical pain tolerance level (I can't help it people, but I do acknowledge it), and the anticipation of being hurt in any way.......*shudder*
~My first ever aeroplane flight in 1990. I had to be propelled onto the plane by two fellow travellers in my party, before I turned tail and ran. Now I love it, providing its calm and uneventful. I can manage without the turbulence thank you.
And having read that, hell, do I sound pathetic.
It wasn't until I read Lucky's post that she 'rarely gets nervous', that it made me think.
So here's the question.........:
WHAT MAKES YOU NERVOUS??
Me:
Nervousness is, and has been, the bane of my life.....not so bad now, but in past lives, it has reduced me to a physical wreck.........requiring quick access to a bathroom for constant peeing, and/or a bucket to cope with stomach contractions. My first ever job interview at 18 had me retching in the gutter outside the building, as did my first driving test at the age of 20. (sorry for the graphic). My list:
~Interviews
~Meetings with unknown people (on my own) (be warned Perdy and others, when we meet in January.....I'll be excited,but very very nervous, especially after the drive into unknown territory - furtherest north I've been in the UK, I have driven to Manchester, so the distance isn't new, just the area.)
~Driving test
~Social gatherings mostly, where I know I'll say and do lots of stupid things, talk way too much (even more than here)
~Dentist appointments simply terrify me....never sure how I get through those, I pace the floor for hours before an appointment.
~In my adult life, examinations - strange how that came back, they never bothered me at school, but in the 7 years I spent studying for my degree, every end of module/year examination reduced me to a quivering wreck.
~Hospital appointments - I have a very very low physical pain tolerance level (I can't help it people, but I do acknowledge it), and the anticipation of being hurt in any way.......*shudder*
~My first ever aeroplane flight in 1990. I had to be propelled onto the plane by two fellow travellers in my party, before I turned tail and ran. Now I love it, providing its calm and uneventful. I can manage without the turbulence thank you.
And having read that, hell, do I sound pathetic.
