“I’m tired, ” said Coping Skills. 

“I feel ya,” yawned Empathy “me too.”

“Let’s all take a nap!” suggested Avoidance. 

“A really, really, really long nap,”  remarked Hopelessness. 

“Nothing important going on today.  We won’t miss a thing!”  Manipulation chimed in. 

      snuggle  snuggle      push press
              shift roll  sneeze snort 

“Hey guys, hey guys….we really shouldn’t be sleeping all day.  Did you turn off the air fryer?  What happened to that little bottle of shampoo from our trip 2 years ago?”  Anxiety whispered.  “I mean what ever happened to Carrie Thornton from 3rd grade and I don’t think we’ve changed the oil in the car for months and I’M SURE the milk is outDATED, oh MY GOD I FORGOT to give the dog HIS PILL TODAY THE ELECTRIC BILL WAS DUE YESTERDAY WE WON”T HAVE POWER IN THE MORNING…………………………………………..”