Generalized Anxiety: A Personal Narrative Analysis

I don't really know how to start this. It makes me kind of anxious knowing that I’m writing a personal letter to someone I know, yet I don’t know at the same time. Anxious. It makes me anxious. That what I struggle with. Everyday, something makes me anxious. Many things throughout the day make me so anxious, that sometimes, I can no longer focus on the better things in life. Somehow, though, nobody knows. No one knows just how anxious I can get. Just how real it’s gotten. I can easily hide it, so no one knows. But that's also a problem. If I were to tell one of my friends that I have anxiety, they probably wouldn't believe me. They would probably just say “everyone has some anxiety.” I have generalized anxiety disorder. People with generalized anxiety disorder are extremely worried about everyday tasks, …show more content…
I’d feel keyed up and unable to relax. At times it will come and go, and at times it will be constant. It can go on for days. I can worry over the simplest things, like what classes I’m going to take sophomore year, and then larger topics such as where I will go to college. I've done endless amounts of research trying to figure out where I will go to college, and what I will do with my life because the uncertainty of it all just does not sit right with me. Not knowing what I will be doing later tonight, tomorrow, and in 5 years makes me so nervous, and there’s nothing I can do about it. There’s only so much structure someone can have in their life, and that isn’t enough for me. This problem doesn’t refrain me in any social ways, and actually helps in some academic ways; the uncertainty of what will be on a test drives me to study more. In fact, I’ve already started studying for mid-terms. However, this problem refrains me for letting myself settle down, and my brain never stops. It is extremely exhausting to never stop thinking. Lying to bed at night, it takes me hours to fall asleep because I just keep