Stop worrying. I can’t, I shout! Have you ever met someone with really bad anxiety? You haven’t!? Well hello there, I’m Liv. I have severe anxiety and people say it’s terrible to have. Well, it might be hard to understand at first but then you get used to it and it’ll help you become stronger and more confident about yourself in some ways or even most ways you have to handle life!

Here’s a couple of examples of how it made me feel better and stronger. When I was in 3rd grade a couple teachers didn’t know I had anxiety so when I would get nervous and overwhelmed and scared I would cry. This one teacher, she would yell at me and get mad because she thought I was a crybaby. Yes, yes this is a teacher from here. She would yell and yell so then obviously I thought it was all my fault. After that I would go home and I would get so upset to the point I made myself sick to my stomach with all that anxiety bottled up inside me!  But now thinking back on it, what if her yelling at me makes me feel more stronger about myself? And well it did help a little.

Another time where I felt more confident and stronger was when in 2nd grade people didn’t want to be friends with me because of my anxiety and getting nervous all the time. So I would get upset by that and most times I would always think, they won’t like me for being myself or don’t go and talk to them or why bother. Hey I can’t help it though. My mom always would try and help me and nothing worked. But I felt more confident around people over time. So I started being more confident about myself around people. Well now I know a hundred percent that I would not at all be myself without anxiety! As you can tell I really feel unique with my anxiety.