I’m about to admit something personal and I hope all of my 2.5 readers don’t get uncomfortable.  Ready?  I am a crybaby.  Not in the complaining and whining sense (ok, maybe a little bit) but literally someone who cries.  Let me explain before this gets forwarded to budding mental health therapists who need practice diagnosing poor saps.  I am a social phobic which means I experience my fair share of panic attacks.  Most people think I’m experiencing a panic attack when my face turns red.  That is usually false.  My face turns red when I talk and it has nothing to do with nerves until somebody points it out.  Then the panic attack hits.  My most common panic attack is actually crying.  How embarrassing is that?  I’m a grown woman and I start crying in public.  Years ago I saw a mental health therapist.  Her suggestion was that I let the tears flow uninhibited when I feel like crying.  I’ve never been able to do that public display so instead, I’m going to write about it and post it on the internet.  Maybe it will have the same end result?

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