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When you're alone in the house and you literally can't cope because monsters, burglars, ghosts.
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When you send a friend a message but they don't get back straight away.
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When they STILL haven't texted back and you're beginning to freak out.
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When you realise it was the worst message ever and you can't believe you sent it.
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When you accept that your friendship's over, they'll never speak to you again, and all because you sent that stupid text.
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When they finally text you back, and everything's completely fine, and you're just like...
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When you obsessively check to make sure everything is OK and nothing is going to burn down.
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When you get to the station and then you're like, "But did I definitely turn it all the way off?"
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Even small things can trigger your anxiety. Like when you're stuck in traffic and you're going to be late.
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Or when you have to do more than one thing at once, and one of the things is already going wrong.
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Or when your loved ones don't keep in touch with regular updates to let you know they're safe and well.
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You have been known to be slightly irrational if someone's late to meet you.
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This is your motto, basically:
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The news is not your friend.
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You don't need ANY more encouragement.
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Even if you look normal on the outside, on the inside you quite often look like this:
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Because when you're anxious and stressed, you change – kind of like a rubbish, not very strong or useful version of the Incredible Hulk.
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And if you're not freaking out, you're recovering from the last freakout. All this can be ~exhausting~.
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And YES, you've tried meditating...but it doesn't always work.
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Sometimes there's no concrete reason why you're feeling anxious, you just have to sit it out.
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And wait till you feel calm again. Which you will.
