How a paperclip or kindness fixed my anxiety

Kindness from a stranger recently reduced a sphincter-clenching episode of anxiety completely.

When you travel, how much do you plan what you pack in your bag?

When I’m travelling overseas, and sometimes interstate, I get anxious about forgetting something I really need. If I find myself past the security screening (inappropriately and stupidly called the ‘sterile’ zone by imbeciles with no understanding of science or the English language) at the airport or worse, on an aeroplane and I suddenly realise I’ve forgotten something I get into a mental lather. I fret and worry. No one else would know, but the thought of what I’ve forgotten consumes my head. The forgotten thing will be all I can think about.

Yea, I know, first world problems. I get it.

The kindness from someone I did not know quickly eased the tension in my bowels and calmed the tempest in my head.

 

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