Personal Narrative: My Anxiety Disorder

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One of the most impactful quotes for me was said by Walt Disney “Why worry? If you’ve done your very best, worrying won’t make it any better.” This quote is impactful because of my anxiety disorder. This disorder has changed who I am over time. I learned to not take everything so seriously and be laid back. My anxiety disorder has changed my background by allowing me to be more calm, making me not take the little things in life for granted, and to concentrate on the big picture of life.
The first thing that my anxiety has shaped my background is by making me more relaxed. Over time I have become more relaxed to quell the anxiety attacks. Relaxation has allowed me to realize that relaxation is an important part of your health. It allows everything
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Mental health is by no means a little thing, but I think many people take it for granted anyway. When you have an anxiety disorder it’s hard to not worry about every little thing that happens in your life. Having an unhealthy mental state makes you wish for your mental state to go back to being healthy. In all, anxiety has taught me to not take something so easy to change your mental state for granted.
My last point is that anxiety has taught me to concentrate on the big picture. Anxiety is something that causes you to think about minuscule things that don’t change your life over and over again. It allowed me to not worry about those small problems within life. Things like this happen all the time during people's life, being able to connect to people that have had small things during their lives has helped so many people with this mental disorder. In conclusion, my anxiety has changed everything about me. Up until the time I started to have these attacks I was less stressed and more carefree. It has caused me to grow up faster than what some people have too. It has made me more mature and more concerned. But, it has also made me realize that I shouldn't take everything so

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