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anxiety chronicles
This is what helps with my anxiety: ‘Giving people the opportunity to understand’
I’m trying to talk more openly about my ongoing struggles
Positive affirmations and playing solitaire: This is what helps with my anxiety
The presence of anxiety is a constant in my life
Yoga, dancing, eating healthy: This is what helps with my anxiety
It took a lot of therapy
A ‘quiet desperation of not doing enough’: This is how I experience anxiety
I grew up ‘in a culture where the word anxiety wasn’t in the vocabulary’
‘I walk around the world with my nerves exposed’: This is how I experience anxiety
‘When I feel anxious, upset and refuse to acknowledge my feelings, I still feel fire and needles running through my veins’
‘I had to control whatever I could’: This is how I experience anxiety
Extending myself grace and compassion has been a huge coping technique for me
‘Swamped by massive feelings of inadequacy’: This is how I experience anxiety
My coping mechanisms include yoga, therapy and meditation
It is ‘still such a taboo subject to discuss’: This is how I experience anxiety
Having a dog has been instrumental
‘It is easy to lose control of the day’: This is how I experience anxiety
‘These days of shelter-in-place with two toddlers while trying to get work done is the perfect recipe for my anxiety’
