When I was 7 years old and watching Field of Dreams at my grandparents' house, I sat bolt-up in bed.It felt like my heart was going to explode. I was sure I was dying. I then realized everyone else around me would eventually die.
I couldn't handle it. I started screaming. (Thanks for ruining all Kevin Costner films forever, anxiety.)
When you've got an anxiety disorder it can feel like there's no escape. I've slapped my own face to try and get out of my own body when it gets to be too much.
Trust me, I get it.
I want to share with you a handful of the quotes that I have turned to in moments when anxiety was all "KNEEL B*TCH".
(Homie don't kneel for no one, except maybe Beyonce.) Maybe these sage words of wisdom guide you through your own personal crisis during the storm of anxiety.
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You're stronger than you know.
Life is tough but so are you.
Of course you're tired
You don't know why you're exhausted? You're fighting a war inside your head every single day. If that's not exhausting I don't know what is.
Your feelings are valid.
Telling someone with anxiety to just calm down is like telling someone with epilepsy to just stop having a seizure.
Ask for what you need.
I need you to love me a little louder today.
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Terrible twos.
Anxiety is a lot like a toddler. It never stops talking, tells you you're wrong about everything, and wakes you up at 3am.
Gentle.
Be gentle with yourself, you're doing the best you can.
TRUTH.
Anxiety is when you care too much about everything. Depression is when you don't really care about anything. Having both is just like hell.
You're a work in progress.
I literally have to remind myself all the time, that being afraid of things going wrong isn't the way to make things go right.
No enough sheep in the world.
Anxiety is not being able to sleep because you said something wrong two years ago and can't stop thinking about it.
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They are just guests.
Feelings are just visitors, let them come and go.
Even if it doesn't feel that way.
Everything is going to be okay.
The worst.
She was unstoppable. Not because she did not have failures or doubts, but because she continued on in spite of them.
A life line.
Don't believe everything you think.
You can't control anyone but yourself.
What other people think about you is none of your business. If you start to make that business your business, you'll be offended for the rest of your life.
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My personal mantra.
No amount of anxiety makes any difference to what will happen.
You can do this.
Remember you were given this life because you're strong enough to live it.
A plan can help.
I will breathe. I will think of solutions. I will not let my worry control me. I will not let my stress level break me. I will simply breathe and it will be okay because I don't quit.
There's. Only. One. You.
Your story is unique & so so different & and not worthy of comparison.
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You aren't alone.
I over analyzed situations because I'm scared of what will happen if I don't.
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