WWWWD?
I love Wonder Woman – first of all I like her outfit and so when I was doing my behavior modification treatment to overcome anxiety and panic disorder, the coach told me to think of someone I’d like to be and embody for a moment how that person would react to the same issue. So when I felt like I couldn’t drive on a freeway, or a bridge, or other areas that I had become phobic about because I had had one too many panic attacks on them, I thought to myself that I was Wonder Woman – capable not only of driving across a freeway but actually putting my bullet proof bracelets together and using my lasso to beat off any of the hoary monsters who clouded my vision of getting to the next step (read: living an anxiety free life).
I’ve had a couple of friends tell me when I say that I am Wonder Woman that “I don’t have to be” and then I’ve had some other friends send me Wonder Woman tchochtkes which I love – such as stationary, magnets and notebooks with my feminine super hero. I love Wonder Woman, I love that she is my icon, and more than that I love that I have friends who promote the Wonder Woman in me and I love that I have friends who tell me I don’t have to be Wonder Woman.
After all it is a lifestyle choice, not something I was born with.
However, today, I wore my Wonder Woman outfit because I wanted to shine and I’m really tired, and I’m really wanting to go to a spa or to a retreat, but instead I had to be on and on and on so donning the outfit put me in the spirit and suddenly I felt that I could do super heroic feats.
What Would Wonder Woman Do? She’d be herself, that’s what.
May 27th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
No doubt at all she’d be herself. This reminds me of when I was a kid and feeling anxious and insecure. I began the consoling habit of snapping my fingers (3X each hand), which then gave me the chutzpah I needed to survive the moment! Sometimes I think I’m crazy, other times I’m sure of it! : )