![]() It is important to have a safe learning environment for kids. I was one of those well-behaved little children at school. Little children at my school are expected to be quiet a lot of the time (no talking unless called on, no talking in hallways, in the lunchroom etc.). If we don’t speak up for ourselves, who will? I am a second grade school teacher. Louise Hay in her book, Heal your Body, describes a sore throat as: “the inability to speak up for one’s self. Even now if I am under a lot of stress or overly tired, a sore throat tends to be my first symptom. For the most part I did, but was still prone to strep throat well into my twenties. They did not and told my folks that I would eventually outgrow these infections. My parents wanted the doctors to take my tonsils out. ![]() When I was very small, my parents took me to many doctors in Honolulu (where we were living at the time). We are afraid to really be ourselves because we want everyone to like us.Īs a child and young adult I had a lot of sore throats and strep throat infections. I think a lot of us have that “nice person” syndrome. I spent many years of my life not really speaking up: as a child with my family or at school, at work, in my marriage, etc. For many of who have anxiety issues, often a source of it is being shy and unsure of ourselves.
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