Karaoke Bar Neighbors? Ruh-roh.
Yesterday, my husband and I booked an apartment for a month in Chiang Mai, a city in Northern Thailand. My goal while being here is to pretty much work on my laptop all day, so we aren’t really here for sightseeing. So….we spent most of the day riding around...
Hot, Still Air Makes Me Feel Trapped, Like I Can’t Breathe
Claustrophobia: Extreme or irrational fear of confined places. Cleithrophobia: The fear of being enclosed I never identified as claustrophobic (or cleithrophic) before. I don’t know what’s happened to me the past year or so, but while traveling, I’ve come upon some instances where I’ve felt panic when I feel...
A connection between caffeine, Mitral Valve Prolapse, and high sensitivity?
Storytime. Several years ago, I kept getting this feeling like my heart was skipping a beat, or that it was beating double occasionally. I had lots of tests done, and it was determined that I have mitral valve prolapse (MVP), a really common heart disease-but no big deal in...