I, like my dog, am scared of many things. And I too have trouble trusting people. I don't run and hide when someone starts sweeping, I'm more like 'fuck, yeah, let's clean!' but when people walk toward me, I too get confused and start to think many things. Should I smile at them? Do I look them in the eye? Is that too aggressive? Too weird? Are they going to think I'm trying to fight them? Do I want to fight them? If I fought them, would I win? What if I accidentally kill them during this fight? SHOULD I GO COMPLETELY CRAZY AND SAY HELLO??? Thankfully I can hide my anxiety better than Mitzi. I don't pull my tail between my legs and try to run in the opposite direction, I just think too much and luckily no one can hear my thoughts, right? RIGHT??!
Oh yes, I changed my dog's name from Areti to Mitzi. You see I kept stumbling every time I called her and would start thinking: Am I saying that right? What if a Greek person overhears me saying it? Will they laugh at me? Are the Greek people a cruel people by nature? And so forth.
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