An Anxious Girl In A Scary World

     There are times when we are having a rough day and we can’t seem to keep our anxiety in check. Sometimes there is a rough couple of days, a week or what feels like your entire life. When it gets too much to manage we tend to say things to ourselves like “why am I this way”, “Why can’t I just be normal”, “You’re so ridiculous, just get a grip already.” Those are not nice things to say to yourself. In fact, that kind of thinking will literally solve nothing. It just adds to the stigma that people who suffer from mental health issues are “damaged.” We’re not damaged. I’m not. You’re not.      Those negative things you tell yourself aren’t true. Be kind to yourself. If you saw someone who was sad, what would you do? Would you walk up to them and tell that they are being a wuss and that they are stupid for being sad? NO. You would comfort them, ask them what’s wrong, and try to console them. If you saw someone bullying your friend, would yo...

I just recently went through a break up with my boyfriend of 6 years. It was very hard and sad. It's especially hard because I am a very dependent person. Along with my social anxiety I have a co-dependency issue. I attach to people very easily and I don't detach very well. I usually have a someone else I talk to immediately even though I'm not over my ex. I just don't know how to be alone. So, lets talk about co-dependency.      Well, this is not my first break up so I know how I usually am when I do go through one. This time I made a promise to myself I wouldn't let myself get sucked into the boy vortex.  After breaking up with my first serious boyfriend I fell down the rabbit hole of boys and it took me a while to climb back out. In my mind I figured I was "finally free" so now I could go around fooling with boys, taking to boys, going out with boys. In the moment I was okay with what I was doing but in the moments where I was left with only my thought...