Take today for example: I am anxious about my upcoming move to Fort Sill, OK and the lack of employment opportunities I am finding there. That should really only hit me hard when I check my bank account or when I check my email and get another rejection to an application I had submitted.
My anxiety did not seem to get that memo.
Instead, I start shaking when my phone rings, even when it is just my mom. Instead, I am anxious at the job I still have, I am stressed when I am simply walking my dog, and I am living in fear of conversing with 90% of the people I know, for fear of confrontation.
It’s just one of those days.
My loving significant other sends reassuring texts. I randomly received helpful bible verses via Instagram, Pinterest, or Facebook. While I can process all of this, and I can understand on some level that I will eventually be okay, my anxiety is keeping all of that positive information from getting to my stomach, my immune system, and my heart.
My point here is that there are always going to be days that it is more difficult to overcome your anxiety. Sometimes it will stay tight, only focusing on the trigger. Sometimes the anxiety spreads through everything in your world… like a dementor in Harry Potter. As long as you remember that there are anxiety free moments and maybe days in your upcoming forecast, you’ll be just fine.