The Best Friend Who Never Actually Left - Anxiety
Haven't we all had "best friends" who promised to never leave? Well, most of mine have taken different distant paths in life. But, there has been one friend who always stuck around and made it a point to never let go of my shivering hand. It has been with me through all stages of life, from A to Y- anxiety. The reason I call this best friend "it", is because it never had a certain name. In preschool , my parents called it 'crying over useless things', in primary school, it was called 'tension', in middle school, I termed it 'stress', in high school, we decided to name it as 'a state of being burnt out'. To name a child, you go through astrology, the best letters, unique pronunciations, and whatnot. To name my best friend, I went through a series of useless tears, panic attacks, heart palpitations, compulsive thoughts, online mental health tests, memory fogs, hypersensitivity, and self-inflicted harm, and after a questionable sel...