The Weight of " What if "
The Exhaustion of Anxiety: Living in a Mind That Never Rests I am not even sure what to title this post because my mind feels like it is all over the place lately. Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt that way. I SEE YOU. My hand is raised too. This post does not really have one clear theme or lesson. It is more of a feeling. A feeling I know so many people quietly carry every single day. That feeling is anxiety. Not just occasional stress or nervousness. I am talking about the kind of anxiety that sits in your chest before your feet even hit the floor in the morning. The kind that makes your mind race through every possible worst-case scenario before anything has even happened. People who live with Generalized Anxiety Disorder often exist in a constant state of fight or flight. We do not want to think this way. Trust me, if we could shut it off, we would. But our brains are always scanning. Always preparing. Always worrying. We worry about our children, our spouses, our parents, our pe...