What Anxiety Is

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Anxiety is everything you don't want.

Anxiety is something that makes you scared.

Anxiety is like a cold.

You have to fight the cold, until it's gone.

But it always seems to come back.

It always comes back.

Like strep throat.

Like the flu.

Like a tumor.

Like mono.

And when you get mono, it never leaves.

Anxiety lies in the part of your brain where all the memories lie.

Why?

Anxiety makes you remember embarrassing, depressing, awkward, unhappy, or all of the above memories.

Anxiety is a tumor you don't need surgery for and you can't remove it.

It's a tumor that makes you feel anxious everyday of your damn life.

Anxiety makes you feel left out.

Anxiety makes you feel like you have to be alone everyday.

Anxiety makes you feel emotional.

Anxiety makes you feel like you have no purpose.

Anxiety makes you feel like every question must be answered.

Anxiety makes you feel like you're different than everyone else.

Which is true.

Everyone is different.

And that's not bad.

But there's more problems when you have anxiety.

Anxiety is one of the last things you want to have.

And I'm not lucky at all.

I've had anxiety since 2012.

And I'm going to beat it.

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