stuffing and delayed reaction

[Guest guest]

I do this sometimes as I did today. With good friends, we ate at a restaurant

which had bad acoustics. The music was too loud and it was staticy and all you

could hear was a scratchy treble-like rhythm beat and an unidentifiable noise

that was the melody. I stepped inside and walked out to let myself be in there

as little time as possible. When it was time to sit with friends, I stuffed it,

beat my foot with the beat (which helps cope) and coped. No one would have

known that the noise bothered me. I stuffed and coped so well that I forgot

about it all together. I am home now and although I was " off " a little with my

friends, it wasn't until now that I am home I realize I am tight and irritable

in general. Coping and stuffing has it's price. I write this just to add my

experience and to remind us that when this happens, we must be aware and soothe

our tangled nerves.