I was a production manager for many years, every day was a crisis. Sometimes the stress was overwhelming for a long period but only if there were unresolved issues. For instance, suppose you were waiting on a tanker you had to process before the days routes could be finished, everything would be in a flux until the tanker arrived and then clairity comes. You know now how long it will take to process, how long it will take to bottle, how long it will take to load, how many people you have to do it and what phone calls you have to make to prevent others from stressing. You had NO control over the tanker or it's arrival, so there's stress and no clairity. At some point if the tanker doesn't arrive then clairity ensues because time is up, the routes go out anywany, now you just plan for another shift to fix the situation. I think this applies to life also, the person needs a path to victory, the second they see it, no matter the complexity or work, they now know what they have to do.

Yup. Just over 2 years ago, my house in Alabama flooded for the second time. It was Christmas day & I was in Minnesota visiting family, so I wasn't able to take any of the immediate steps necessary for mold mitigation. I flew back the next day, packed my truck with what little was salvageable, said my goodbyes & moved to Minnesota. Life has been improving ever since. Fuck the South.

Yeah..like when I read the Sumerian texts and realized that the Bible was just a poor copy, so NOT true. I felt profound relief.

In the past 15 years that is the norm, before that not so much, lots of anxiety.

I do all the time. That perfectly describes my past few years.

When I threw my ex out after 10 roller coaster years. When my ex boyfriend told me he was getting married.

I was 23. I was soon to leave the college town I had lived in for the last 5 years to go travelling overland to India. It was a cold winter's evening and the sun was setting in a maelstrom of watery yellows and greys. My whole life stretched before me and I had no plan, but as I watched the light fade I felt to my very core that the world was not hostile to me, that I carried everything I needed within me, and that my life would turn out just fine, all of its own accord.
What an idiot.

Experiencing it now. Anxiety dissapeared and I am looking forward to changes....

When the airplane lifted off from Frankfurt airport on my way to Charleston, SC.

Yes.

Been through that more than once. C'est La vie; such is life. You either keep going, or kill yourself, an option I personally find distasteful. Not too sure about the "unscathed" part, though.