How I got to where I'm at: Managing Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Therapy has helped me understand myself better, taught me how to let go of things outside of my control, and has led to a living a gentler, more fulfilled life.

TW: Suicidal ideation

Pretending to be sick to avoid going to school in the mornings. A pit in my belly when the bell rang at the end of class knowing I’d be thrust into the throng of my peers—never not feeling out of place. A hot panic rising inside me as my mom drove my siblings and me to CF clinic, worried I wouldn’t be able to come home afterward.

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