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Varieties of internal butterfly
Dec. 28th, 2017 11:13 pmAs a teenager I experienced the proverbial butterflies in my stomach on entering the company of somebody on whom I had a crush. Recently I have experienced a similar sensation higher up in my chest, seeming to coincide with a new sense of non-specific anxiety. It is an interesting experience as I like to learn more about being human.
I once knew somebody suffering such non-specific anxiety that they were admitted to hospital for a short spell. For one example they described to me how they may be unable to stay sitting at their desk at work because they had such a strong sense that they had better get up and attend to some matter, though they knew not what. This piqued my curiosity because my anxiety to date had tended to have specific foci.
Now I get these brief moments of a chill behind my sternum I find that, while I do not know what my worry is about, I do have the sense that it is something specific but I have forgotten what. I stop and think but it does not seem as if there really is anything that requires urgent attention.
I once knew somebody suffering such non-specific anxiety that they were admitted to hospital for a short spell. For one example they described to me how they may be unable to stay sitting at their desk at work because they had such a strong sense that they had better get up and attend to some matter, though they knew not what. This piqued my curiosity because my anxiety to date had tended to have specific foci.
Now I get these brief moments of a chill behind my sternum I find that, while I do not know what my worry is about, I do have the sense that it is something specific but I have forgotten what. I stop and think but it does not seem as if there really is anything that requires urgent attention.
