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RELIGION
By ARGAR T A SFIELD
S nior for nlor
C lebration '92
nd G Detroit
P n po r nior for nior
Celebration '92. Th vent will be h ld
at Par Geri tric Vill ,111 Ford in
Highland Par Frid v. October 30th
from 10: a.m. to 4: p.m. Special
gu ts in lude K ith Hadrill-"The
Ma nificant" and Ron Walker
"Bust r th Clown". Information and
donations, I 3-2515 or 883-2947.
portion of proceeds go to Second
G p I Homel Outrea h and to Ac-
tiviti Fund of Park Nursing Home.
Purp e include: learning mo
about the Golden Age of Musli�
Chri tian, Jewish tela.tio hip in S
furth r improving the Muslim, Cbrif;­
tian, Jewish relationship today; to
celebrate life tog ther.
Platform leaders are Dr. Khilid
Duran, visiting Professor from the. W
titute of Iranian Studies and the ree
University of Berlin; Dr. Elias o�
Director from th Graymoor �ni:
clal and Interreligious Institute; and�
Mo he Lazar, Professor of Comptra­
tive Literature at the University 01
I
Southern California.
For more information call ( I 3:
869-6306 or 746-0156
Talking It Over
With Arnold Benton. M 0
o thi
ienee UVOIIl2hoot ow liv .
e do quit
e re r la ed, beco
r n e et te
rforrnin for .
ntly, a oman described tome
ho trembled d cried d felt
terrified, all d to et
up in front of a PTA meeting and
ive the tr urer' report, Her "per-
formance" over in three nten-
c . When h t down a ain,
felt exhau ted and relieved, a
thoo h d j urvived a life
threatenin dan er,
Thi woman, by the way, wa
president of her cl in high hool,
ident of her sorority in colle e,
and though of he If quite com­
fortable t lkin in front of roups of
people. She could only gu that
spendin th lOy t home
taking care of children d caused
her self-confidence to di ppear.
Most of do get more relaxed the
more we do something, so we can
expect that the third, founh and fifth
time this woman give her
tre urer's report, he'll get more
and more comfortable, and maybe in
a year or two, h '11 be president of
the PTA.
The lesson in that tory i not to let
yourself be defe ted by the fear.
Som people will avoid potentially
nxious ituations for the rest of their
lives. You can expect things to get
easier with continued practice.
Usually, thafs what happens. BUT,
there are people who continue to get
scared, shaky. anxious, sweaty, no
matter how much they do something.
Helen Hayes, that wonderful actress,
talks about her "stage fright," the
severe anxiety she feels before every
performance, even after more than
80 years as an ctress,
People who continue to get
anxious, no matter how often they do
something, may have an autonomic
nervous syst m t t goes ywire.
Medici� i.kO.on_IM)llIIi"....rzan��
the sweating, tremb1ina, shaky
voice, nausea, and other bodily reac­
tions caused by the performance
anxiety. But propanolol doesn't stop
the feeling of anxiety and the dif­
ficulty in thinking clearly. For that, a
sufferer of performance anxiety
would have to take a mild tran­
quilizer like diazepam or chlor­
diazepoxide. The trick here is to take
enough medicine to take the edge off
the anxiety so you can think straight,
but not to take so much medicine that
you become drowsy or apathetic.
The most popular way to deal with
performance anxiety is to drink some
alcohol. It's quick and it's' effective
in calming us down. The trouble is
that many people come to rely on
alcohol whenever they are stressed,
and a serious drinking problem can
develop ..
It's far better to try to deal with
performance anxiety withoot the use
of medicines or alcohol� because so
many people do get more relaxed
and comfortable as they aet more
experience. Only those individuals
whose nervous system doesn't
cooperate by relaxing with con­
tinued practice, should use
'medicines to handle the problem.
And those people have to be careful
they don't develop a drug or alcohol
abuse problem.
Here's a highly effective, non­
chemical suggestion for dealing with
performance anxiety. Don't keep it a
secret. Talk bout being anxious,
openly, and without shame. It's
human, it's understandable, it's okay
to get anxious about doing some­
thing well. Most people find that the
more they openly talk about being
anxious, the more quickly the
anxiety passes.
***
Dr. Benton is a board-certified
psychiatrist in private practice.
***
You can write to Dr. Benton at
King Features Weekly Service, 23S
East 4Sth Street, New York, N.Y.
10017.
. The ruin of a
nation begins
in the homes
of it people.
-African Pfowrb
)
Annual MI Ion Day
Th Union Grace Mi ionary Bap­
ti t Church will have th ir Annual Mis-
ion Day Sunday, ovember 8 at 4:
p.m. The event will be held at Union
Grace Mis ionary Baptist Church,
7729 Rosa Parks Blvd. in :troit The
theme will be "Missionaries Working
Faithful for the Lord."
Hollywood Fashion
Gospel Hours
W.C.H.B. 1200 AM - 7:00 a.m. - 11 :00 a.m.
Every Sunday Morning
1993 Martin Luther King, Jr. Calendar
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He who
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-African prowrb
MAYOR
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MOST LOCAL political com­
mentators believe that this race and
victory is simply the first step in
Barry's return to the city's highest
elective office. With his record of
tireless campaigning and the voter
regi tratlon efforts that he ex­
hibited, his city council campaign
registered his margin of victory in
three months, he is viewed as a
major political force .
Kelly, the city's first female
mayor, is of privileged background
as the daughter of 8 former local
judge, and has yet to capture the
hearts and minds of the people that
make up the core of Barry' support.
Since hi return to the city, Barry
a umed the role of a populist politi­
cal figure. He traded the pin-stripe
uits he wore as mayor for tradition­
al African attire and has worn noth­
ing else in the four months on the
campaign trail.