Manchee yelps in a circle around me, barking and barking, making me double-spooked, and so I smack him on the rump again ("Ow, Todd?") to make myself calm down.
I tell myself calm down, you're safe.
Tears threaten to fall and I make myself calm down.
With my 40th birthday party only days away, I find myself calm.
I had to make myself calm myself down by telling myself over and over again that I did not want to die yelling at my mother for not creating a safe space for me.
"I just try to keep myself calm," she said.
Ms. Schiff said: "I kept running to the bathroom, trying to keep myself calm.
"There is a long, long race ahead of us, so I am just trying to keep myself calm.
"Obviously I was boiling up inside and it would have been nice to celebrate because I was happy that I'd scored, but I managed to keep myself calm".
After getting myself calm, I could see his threat for what it was -- just a threat -- and an indicator that he was stuck in his emotional brain.
