“You’re waiting for something. And the waiting is excruciating. What are you waiting for?

Could be anything — a project in limbo, a thing you pitched, a decision from someone, a response to your email.

Whatever it is, you cannot let it go. You think about it. You obsess over it. It distracts you from other work. It absorbs your happiness.

Today, I’m going to give you a way to separate yourself. To claw back some mental energy. To just give yourself a break.”

Source: What you’ve been waiting for

Although I’ve historically been a pretty patient chap, there are certain types of ‘waiting’ that I find unbearable.

It’s typically when I’m having to wait in busy, loud, chaotic environment; numerous times I’ve just had to leave the queue, due to my Social Anxiety quickly becoming quite beastly.

I also don’t fair well when the waiting involves an ‘unknown’, such as: waiting for my car to go through an MOT, waiting to see my GP or Psychiatrist, waiting for any kind of news/information that has no timescale and is out of my control.

Whilst taking Propananol and/or Diazepam can help reduce the rawness of the anxiety, my head and body still put me through the ringer.