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You begin to question everyone and everything about your life.

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Try writing down all of the things that you want to attract into your life and envision what your life would look like if these fantasies were a reality.

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In an abyss of my obsessive thoughts. This is what anxiety feels like for me.

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You’re TRYING. Not enough, obviously. And you will always be the one to blame.

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You landed that new job? You graduated from college? A narcissistic parent may be happy for you for a fleeting moment, but ultimately the conversation will return to being all about them. It always has to be about them. 

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Check-in with yourself, take a few deep breaths and remind yourself of this: at the end of the day, we are all gloriously human.

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Anxiety doesn’t care that you have a looming deadline – it’s going to come anyway.

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You have all the tools you need to help people in crisis—it all begins with empathy.

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So, I find myself once again, battling the demon of depression. I’ve held it at bay for about a month now and don’t have any plans to give in, but it just lingers, waiting to swoop in and rock my world.

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Whether you’re giving an impromptu sales pitch or trying to make friends in a bar, your ability to connect is something other people can sense.