Y'alls Fear and Panic Will Not Become My Fear and Panic
I was 25 when 9/11 happened back in 2001. It was my first day back at work from maternity leave after having my second son in mid-July. I watched the breaking news report in the conference room with my co-workers and continued to watch the coverage at home as days went by. Every station played the images of planes flying into buildings, burning buildings, people jumping out of buildings, and the collapse of buildings. At 25, I did not know what harm I was letting in by watching this over and over and allowing it into my psyche. When my family and I would drive to Cincinnati and my body would tense up, palms get sweaty and heartbeat speed up as we neared the bridge in Northern KY that connected us to Ohio as planes flew above us to take off and land at the nearby airport. It would take a good 10 minutes for my body to release the tension and my breaths to come easily again. The same happened whenever I was watching TV and saw a plane in the air. It took me years to fly again after 9/11 because of what I allowed in. I didn't know I was having panic attacks back then because I didn’t have the language for it, I just chalked it up to this country owing the entire nation free therapy sessions because 9/11 had left us with PTSD and my reaction was the result of it.
I didn't know any better when I was 25 but I do now. With age comes wisdom and experience. I refuse to be almost 44 and allowing things into my psyche that will send me out of equilibrium and alignment. I am choosing to stay in my flow because I know better. I am sitting in a quiet room right now with no TV, no social media, and just this keyboard to keep out the noise currently happening in the world. I have watched panic ensue and grow at an alarming rate these past few days over the coronavirus and I have decided to exit the chat for my wellbeing. I have watched people empty out the shelves at grocery stores, schools shut down, NBA shut down, March Madness shut down, Disneyland shut down, colleges shut down and more is coming. At this rate, we will be told to not leave our homes at all before long.
The fear and panic has been engineered like a well-oiled machine called the media. When corona hit China almost 2 months ago it was reported on like it was right here. The fear seed was planted. We were updated about everything, especially the numbers and the death count. Then the virus started spreading to other countries and they tracked that and made sure we knew it. Then it hit the states and pandemonium ensued!
I have refused to allow it in and been watching y’all panic because its what they want you to do. The coronavirus is milder than the flu! A very small percentage of the people who have it have died. Why are you letting the media fool you into making it more than it is? And why are you just now worried about washing your hands and keeping clean?! I’ve been taking my sea moss, elderberry, echinacea, ginger, and lemon for months so my immune system is on 100.
Here are the facts on the coronavirus:
IT IS A MILD ILLNESS, YES CONTAGIOUS BUT MILD
ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK BECAUSE OF OTHER ILLNESSES THEY ALREADY HAVE
CHILDREN ARE LESS AT RISK
IT IS CURABLE
I had a proud moment talking to my younger son last night. We hadn’t discussed the panic yet and he told me the 4 facts above about the virus. He, like his Mama, is not worried and is using his God-given sense. I sure wish the rest of y’all would too because as the great Miyagi once said, “If you panic, TITANIC!”
I am gonna stay in my peace bubble and will not allow y’all to get me out of it with all of this. Nope, not me. Social media is loud and collective. Seeing post after post is the easiest way to allow you in so I am choosing to disconnect from it until the world comes back to the normal craziness we are used to and not this manufactured one.
In closing, please remember that the ones selling the panic are also selling the pill. Keep your wits about you folks, it is your God-given right. THINK before you panic.
