Pre-Alert Update

First off, I feel much better after speaking with my sister and aunt who both told me my response to pre-alerts might be a genetic "Shapiro Woman" kind of thing. As a kid, when I would walk into the kitchen and my mother would jump and yell "ooh!" I'd roll my eyes and tell myself I wouldn't be like that when I grew up. Sigh. Nice to know that I have company with the other women in the family....

Second, watching more funny videos has definitely helped. At the least, I'm not alone. This video made me laugh: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVyH3gbDBXZ/?igsh=MTViNmRwenVuazhmeg==. Pretending to be the Homefront Command, Hila Ben Zaken says, "We should have a sound that they fear more than the incoming missile"

And, lastly, I did this emotional release technique from my Mom, who certainly did not invent tapping, but I love that she wrote it out so simply (and even demonstrated it at my family's "once in a lifetime" family talent show):

Overall, I am, the thankfully, jumping less when I hear the pre-alerts and that's great since we had 3 or 4 of them today.