One thing I have
had to overcome in my life is my anxiety. I have been anxious all of my life
basically. It all started in 4th grade when my Uncle Brian had
cancer. I was very close to him and
seeing him in and out of the hospital made me really anxious all of the time.
When he died that’s when I was really worried and anxious all of the time. I
had to start going to therapy and talk about my issues.
I was fine for a few years and then 8th
grade hit. I am not germafobic per say but I really hate being sick. Whenever I
have been sick in my lifetime I am always miserable. I think its because I’m
sick about once a year. When I was in 8th grade I actually got sick
from going to visit someone in a hospital. After that I was afraid an anxious
about going to hospitals. So once again I had to go to therapy.
I was fine until about 11th grade
in high school. Then suddenly I was having panic attacks. The whole idea of
applying to college really started to freak me out. There was a point where I
couldn’t even eat because I was so stressed out that I was nauseous all the
time. I ended up having to go see a psychiatrist who prescribed me medication
so I would be less anxious. I am now able to do things that made me anxious
before.
I have the mindset
now that no matter what things are not going to make me as anxious as I used to
be. I haven’t really had a panic attack since going on this medication. Other
than the medication I do a lot of other things that make me less anxious. I
workout every single day because I know that keeps me calm. By finding things I
know I can do to calm myself down I have become a lot less anxious as a person.
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