The Importance Of Anxiety

Everybody gets stressed out and anxious, but not everyone has anxiety. Anxiety stops me from being a carefree teenager and instead turns me into a ball of constant stress. I don’t know what I would do without anxiety, it is the driving force in all things that make me good, but also the driving force in what makes me awful. Anxiety makes me make honor roll, but it stops me from taking on challenges. What if I get a bad grade? Anxiety gives me drive to be the student who raises their hand when they know the answer, but it doesn’t let me ask a question. What if people think I’m dumb? Anxiety makes me join a new club every year, but it doesn’t let me get close with people. What if they say no when I try to make plans? Without anxiety, my grades wouldn’t be high, because every time I saw a …show more content…
Is it something I said? Maybe I said something mean without realizing it. Is it something I thought? I probably have bad karma, because I judge others. My anxiety stems from everything I’ve seen and experience; lost friend groups, being late, getting a bad grade. Why doesn’t it stop? Even when everything is good, I’m still worried. Why can’t I let it go? Everyone else gets to take a breath, gets a break, but me-- it’s non stop. My friends, no not quite friends, the people I eat lunch with ask me if I want to hang out, but I can’t because I’m working. College isn’t cheap, especially the good ones. A boy from work asks if I want to get coffee, but I have to go home and do physics homework. No matter how hard I try I’m always confused, and I feel like the dumbest person in the class. A girl from english asks if I want to go shopping, but I have to clean instead. I need everything to be spotless. I don’t get a break because I need everything to be perfect: no less than $800 in my bank account, a 3.7 GPA, a clean room. I don’t remember the last time I wasn’t