Thoughts From a Frazzled Mind

I hate heights!  I can't even ride a Ferris Wheel without total panic!  The thoughts of going to the Grand Canyon and looking down make me physically sick. Perhaps the phobia that affects my everyday (winter) life is driving or riding in a car in snow.  For some reason I am absolutely and totally terrified while driving in a snowstorm.  I feel such a loss of control -for myself, the driver, and every other car on the road. Unfortunately this phobia makes me an unpopular traveler during the winter months! Another great fear of mine is the fear that I am not good enough, as a mother, as a wife, as a homemaker, as a friend, as a nurse, as a Mormon, and as a daughter of God.  Fortunately I am able to tame this fear and keep it somewhat under control most of the time.  I only lose control of it when I start comparing myself to others - usually comparing my faults to other's positive traits.  I struggle with this fear when I get depressed.  Thank go...

First of all, I HAVE to fall asleep to the television.  The sleep timer is the most used button on the remote!  I usually put on some old sitcom or show that I'm not very interested in (but NOT the Food Network's Diners, Drive-ins, or Dives  - for some reason it just grates on me when I am trying to sleep and I end up both angry  and awake!   Whenever I try to sleep without the TV, I toss and turn, worry and fret, and soon become extremely stressed.  Kim knows that most times if he just lets me watch for 5 minutes or less then I will be sleeping soundly and then he can either turn it off (so he can fall asleep) or else he can then watch the Food Network! I bought a set of VERY expensive pillows a few years ago.  What a great investment!  My pillow is long enough that I can rest my head on it and at the same time wrap my arms around it.  I almost always sleep on my side, usually in the fetal position.  If Kim isn't home then I tend to ...