Anxiety: A Personal Narrative Analysis

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Thank you for writing this article and providing copies of it around your doctors office. I remember arriving for my 10:00 am appointment arriving early and saw your article in your waiting room. Instead of picking up my phone like I always do I decided to read about anxiety. Thijs is something that hit home because I've been finding that I myself I am currently dealing with anxiety but wasn't conformable speaking to my family about it. My kids and husband knew something wasn't right but I explained it was some pressure from a job position I am running for at work. Not even five minutes into reading your article I felt more comfortable with accepting it's something wrong with me and I finally want to talk to you about it with you. Your article

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