Life with anxiety is hard when people don't understand

When you feel a cold coming, what do you do? Wrap up warm, drink lots of fluids, maybe a hot water and lemon. Get plenty of rest, eat good food.

Are you 100% prepared for the fact that the cold is coming? Yes. Do you already have ideas for things that may help get you through that cold? Yes. Does it still make you feel drowsy and snotty and not in best health? Yes.

So you were aware the cold was coming, you did a load of things to try and prevent it from coming, you did even more things to try and make it bearable, and yet you still had a cold, and felt the symptoms, and felt under the weather.

When you feel anxiety coming on, you often try and work out where it’s come from. You might talk about it, perhaps write about it, and analyse the Why’s and work on How you’re going to get through this. Deep breaths. Remind yourself you are in control of your body. Remind yourself you...

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