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Stop letting your anxiety hold you back and just get out there and do what you want to.

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The constant worrying, fear and debilitating negative thoughts that come with anxiety disorders are enough for anyone to want to seek out proper treatment. Prescription anti-anxiety medication, however, can be addictive and can come with a load of negative side-effects.

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“I know it hurts,” nudges that gentle inner voice, the one that took 30 years to recognize. “But I need you to hear this.”

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Not every day is bad, that’s for certain, but go through a period of stress, and the inflamed mind can take its own vacation into a land of discomfort, a place it knows very well.

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Apps like Pacifica and Headspace help you overcome anxiety in combination with other methods.

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People underestimate what anxiety really is. You want to call those who overthink everything, or make up scenarios in their head crazy, but you don’t understand: those with anxiety can’t control it.

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Thank you for the emotional pain that seemed to leave wounds all over my body, for I know now the freedom of opening up to vulnerability.

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“You should be more positive/optimistic.”

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All of us have a monkey brain. Your brains’ job is to figure out what can go wrong and make you obsess about it.

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An on-again, off-again dynamic does not create an environment where a healthy long term relationship can grow.