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anxiety chronicles
Perspective
This is what helps with my anxiety: ‘Giving people the opportunity to understand’
I’m trying to talk more openly about my ongoing struggles
Meghan Reardon
December 24, 2020
December 24, 2020
Perspective
Positive affirmations and playing solitaire: This is what helps with my anxiety
The presence of anxiety is a constant in my life
Elizabeth Planert
September 8, 2020
September 8, 2020
Perspective
Yoga, dancing, eating healthy: This is what helps with my anxiety
It took a lot of therapy
Keerthana Dasari
August 27, 2020
August 27, 2020
Perspective
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’
Pauline Dawkins
July 31, 2020
July 31, 2020
Perspective
‘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’
Emmie Chiyindiko
July 14, 2020
July 14, 2020
Perspective
‘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
Aaliyah Nurideen
June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020
Perspective
‘Swamped by massive feelings of inadequacy’: This is how I experience anxiety
My coping mechanisms include yoga, therapy and meditation
Peg Keenleyside
May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020
Perspective
It is ‘still such a taboo subject to discuss’: This is how I experience anxiety
Having a dog has been instrumental
Gisella Tan
April 30, 2020
April 30, 2020
Perspective
‘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’
Stefanie Lau
April 16, 2020
April 16, 2020
Perspective
It’s ‘a severely twisted version of whack-a-mole’: This is how I experience anxiety
‘It’s like a mental Instagram boomerang of the most hellacious roller-coaster drop of my life’
Ashley Arihi
April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020
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