Read This If You Never Thought You’d Have Anxiety (And Now You Have It)

Remember that you’re still you, and that while you are fighting this, you’re getting stronger every day. Each little tiny thing that you do says so much more than you realize – getting out of bed is brave, going to work is brave, asking for help is brave, taking a step back when you need to is brave. Existing, in spite of your anxiety, is brave.

What Happiness Feels Like When You Have Anxiety

Happiness, when you have anxiety, feels like failure. Because rather than enjoying it, all you can think about is how you’re doing it wrong. Something that should be so intrinsic, so instinctual, can feel like such a challenge to you. A burden. A strain.

Date Someone Who Terrifies You

Date someone who terrifies you because they pull a truthful, genuine, unaffected version of yourself out of you that no one has ever seen before.

Guess What? We’re All Scared, But That’s Not An Excuse For Never Taking Risks

Be okay with being bad at stuff and be okay with sucking at stuff. Learn to find comfort in it, even if you hate it, because it means you’re doing so much more and growing so much more than the version of yourself that is sitting safely to the side – the one who is never failing but also never moving from that one spot.