The Invisible Burden of Anxiety
I am going to let you in on a little secret of mine. It's something I have lived with for as long as I can remember but I didn't know exactly what it was called until five or so years ago. I discovered that the feelings I carried around since I was a child had a name and that I wasn't alone in these feelings. That secret is ANXIETY. I live every day of my life with general anxiety. It's not just worrying or fretting about situational things as many people tend to think when they hear this word. No, it goes so much deeper and influences every thought, feeling, action and reaction. I read somewhere recently, and try as I may I cannot remember where I read this, that anxiety is the backdrop to every emotion you have, when you struggle with anxiousness. How very deeply this resonated with me. No matter how happy I am, or how good things are going in my life, there is always, ALWAYS, anxiety in some corner of my mind worrying about this or that, or what could come ne