Live! with Regis and Meg

I was a kid with an anxiety disorder. Regis Philbin was my (unlikely) hero.

As a kid, I had to work within three distinct time frames to accomplish staying home from school.

If I was really lucky, evening was accompanied by a fever. My mom would put her hand on my forehead,; once quickly, then a second time for longer and shake her head, “You better stay home tomorrow.” I’ve never replicated the relief I felt when the second pre…