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disorderly- asylum door #5

anxiety neurosis

(noun)

: a psychoneurotic disorder characterized by anxiety unattached to any obvious source and often accompanied by physiological manifestations of fear.

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anxious?

(why are they asking?)

no
not
-part-
-ic-
-ur-

-lar-

-ly-

just little

                                   maybe

           (so very anxious)

                        thumb

                             s

                                            twiddling?

i

didn't really

notice

i can stop if you'd like.

               (i can't stop. what will happen if i stop??)

kinda
jump
y

is it hot
in here

or is that just me?

                      panic?
this isn't panic

                  ::take deep breaths::

(don't let them know you're anxious)

breathe
                                       breathe

          damn it i'm breathing!!

         they keep telling me
to stay
         calm
  and to breathe

                they think i'm anxious

                           (how'd they get into my head? what else do they know?)

i'm twiddling my thumbs?

                                    ....oh....

             what makes you think i'm anxious?

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On Wednesday March 10th, 2004, flying_fox (764) writes:

the emotions are crystal clear...your poetry is more descriptive and gives more insight than any dictionary definition. Fox

On Tuesday September 16th, 2003, SilentStalker (1316) writes:

You're so good it's scary. I'm in awe

On Tuesday August 19th, 2003, SalemLex (42) writes:

I gotta say you got this down perfectly, I couldnt have written it better myself. truely great

On Saturday July 26th, 2003, An Expired Member (25) writes:

I've had anxiety attacks and I remember the hiccup-y feeling I got when I tried to breath and the way you split the words made it even more believable.

On Wednesday July 9th, 2003, Jonas (877) writes:

it's hard for me to continue to come up with original comments for each piece... i believe i will stop commenting here and just say (again) that you've charactarized in quite a livable way each of these disorders... stunning both literarily and visually

On Wednesday July 9th, 2003, Six-Out (1799) writes:

This is so.....real. So, you. *sigh* Great.

On Tuesday July 8th, 2003, Nightingale (555) writes:

Ooooh yes. Are we one and the same? Seriously, another one I can relate to... we should chat sometime, we seem to have a lot of the same problems. :-)

On Tuesday July 8th, 2003, SnowQueen (64) writes:

I actually suffer from that too. Gets really hard to breath whenever I feel I'm being watched or around people.. stressed n whatnot. Good write. I know what you mean about nobody being able to tell.

On Tuesday July 8th, 2003, anathema (62) writes:

obviously... this is a piece on anxiety disorder... something i struggle with quite a bit, though no one would ever guess to watch me in public...

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