Anxiety Superhero Gifts

'Bad Day?'

'I don't want him experiencing anything until I've totally checked it out.'

"Barking sometimes helps me relax. But then it drives the neighbors crazy."

Fight or Flight

Pinocchio's Second Realization

"Try thinking about something else."

'I had no idea aspirin came in such a large bottle.'

'I guess my brain just started to really care about itself.'

"I think I'm having pre-traumatic stress disorder."

That party went well.

The Great Pyramid of Paperwork

"Why can't I get anything done unless I'm totally stressed out about it?" "Is it possible to be relaxed and still be productive?" "What is wrong with my brain?" "Why don't you work better?"

"We're going to the Vet aren't we."

A Hypochondriac's Worst Nightmare

Flu vaccine.

Newfangled contraceptions phobia: 'David, David, we're sinking! Our water bed has sprung a leak!'

"I'd like to be a shake-it-off kind of person, but I'm more of a cling-to-it-and-focus-on-it-until-it's-irrevocably-weaved-into-my-psyche sort of gal."

Worries of the first single cell organism. Should I divide? Maybe I won't like my other self! Maybe it won't like me! Two might be nice company. Three, though, that could be crowded.

"I've thought about what you said, about how plate tectonics will kill us all!"

"Can you recommend a wine that goes well with red meat, Zanex, and Lipitor?"

Some of us are calm on the surface but paddling like crazy underneath, and some of us are just the opposite.

'He won't eat his lettuce until I've washed it five times. I'm sure his OCD is getting worse!'

'You have a fauxbia.'

"I had that dream again where you're writing down all my fears and anxieties and working them into a screenplay."

A poem: With daylight's shift, winter draws near...

Neurotics in the tropics

'Life isn't fair! Most of the stuff I worried about over the years never even happened!'

'Just checking that I've turned off the lights, dear!'

'I'm not very good at mingling.'

'You're not paranoid, due to terrorism, feeling anxious all the time is the 'new normal'.'

"It's good you feel ready to confront your demons. Unfortunately, they're reluctant to face you."

'No we don't have any fly vaccine yet - how about something for anxiety. . . we have plenty of that.'

Bring your problems to work day.

"Too much caution can take all the fun out of life." "Mind if I get a second opinion?"

"I don’t understand why they aren’t happy, we give them challenging, demanding work and let them do it 80 hours a week!"