The "Ask the Vet" column in yesterday's Star-Tribune had a letter about someone's dog that stopped howling on command after the person had been in the hospital for a heart ailment. The vet asserted that dogs can be prescient and advised that the sick person be checked out immediately for silent heart troubles.
I am surprised that a medical scientist would take such a view. But you hear all the time about people who - for example - have a premonition about a plane or whatever and refuse to get on their scheduled flight and then something tragic happens to the plane.
For myself, I cannot remember ever NOT anticipating a trip so much as the upcoming one to Poland, and I've been waking up in the predawn with absurd visions of plane and hotel explosions and massive car/tram crashes. Is it the London bombings? But I flew not too long after 9/11 and wasn't afraid in the least. Or is it just the separation from B? But I don't recall feeling this way about France in 2000, when we were separated for 10 days.
Even in the daytime I'm filled with anxiety, which makes it difficult to concentrate, and I can feel my heart racing. What is my problem, and how can I make it go away?
Posted by otto0114 at July 18, 2005 05:49 PM