Anxiety is walking into a room and immediately feeling like the smallest, least qualified, or least important one there. Every. Single. Time.
Anxiety is assuming and expecting the worst, no matter how much evidence to the contrary.
Anxiety is reacting physically and emotionally to a "what if" scenario that may or may not even happen.
Anxiety is frantically filling in the blanks. (Silence is loud).
Anxiety is constantly worrying that all of your worst fears will suddenly come true.
Anxiety is constantly worrying that all of your worst fears will suddenly come true.
Anxiety is carrying the weight of a bad dream into your day.
Anxiety is mental, emotional, physical.
Anxiety is being afraid that other people will notice.
Anxiety is being bombarded with a constant stream of lies about your identity and self-worth, and feeling as if you have no choice but to believe them.
Anxiety is believing you're the only one, that no one else could possibly understand what it's like.
Anxiety is feeling like at any given moment you're only barely holding it together.
Anxiety is being afraid that other people will notice.
Anxiety is being bombarded with a constant stream of lies about your identity and self-worth, and feeling as if you have no choice but to believe them.
Anxiety is believing you're the only one, that no one else could possibly understand what it's like.
Anxiety is feeling like at any given moment you're only barely holding it together.
Anxiety is believing you fall short of every expectation. Yours, and everyone else's.
Anxiety is a lot of things and it can look different for everyone. This is what anxiety looks like from my perspective.
Anxiety is a lot of things and it can look different for everyone. This is what anxiety looks like from my perspective.
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