Antsy Feelings

I don’t know about you but I often get antsy feelings.  And they are quite horrible because I know it means I need to do something.  When I am poorly it’s extremely unpleasant because I know I can’t get up and move around like other people would do.  

In fact, for me there are two or more different types of antsy feelings that come to me. And it has taken me 50 years to work this out!  And truthfully, I STILL am uncertain if I am getting it right.  For many years, I didn’t listen to my body or understand WHAT it was trying to tell me on the few occasions I did.  

So it has been quite fascinating to see how long and how different antsy feelings are with me.  Some of it has been pain (fair enough), some of it has been the need for the family. I can also be antsy when I feel lonely and have nobody to talk to me, whether online, in person or on the phone. The other one is when I am inspired to write I simply don’t recognise it.  And when I’m alone in a hospital room, I NEED to have the door open so that I can hear noises and not feel completely alone.

These feelings obviously stem from different needs that we have and I am determined that I am going to learn which “antsy” feelings I am discovering and how I can take care of them more easily and quickly than I have in the past.

TREASURE

Antsy feelings aren’t necessarily a bad thing, but they are allowing me to move on, find myself and discover what my feelings are and how to interpret them.  If we understand ourselves better, we can help not only ourselves but other people too.