Braving the wind

I think it's safe to say that I've had a fear of the wind since the tornado. I experienced a bit of PTSD afterwards and suffered severe panic attacks. I learned to breathe through uneasiness and calm myself down during small panic attacks. The last one I had was just before Hurricane Irene, last fall. We haven't experienced a bad storm since then. But today during school after a round of kick ball in my Fit&Well for Life class, I took notice of the wind picking up and the clouds racing across the sky. I found myself white knuckled and breathing heavy. We are expecting high winds and heavy storms through the weekend. I'm becoming nervous just thinking about how I will react. We are officially under a tornado warning until 8 pm.

I'm a firm believer in natural methods before medication (with the exception of Tylenol for fevers and Motrin for headaches). So I suppose now is the time where I work on breathing through the anxiety and counting slowly. I have medication on standby in case it gets too terrible. The winds are whistling, my sick little boy is snuggled in pj's while watching Mickey, and I'm taking this one step at a time.