For as long as I can remember I have struggled with anxiety. The inexplicable feeling of unrestrained worry 24/7 haunts my day to day life. Every single time I go out anywhere I cannot help but worry about what other people see of me. Something inside of me insists that every person hates me, that I am ugly and annoying and even my friends detest me. My own little monster informs me that even the people whom I am friends with aren’t authentic friends with me, rather, they find me aggravating, obnoxious, and frankly the only motivation for them to hang out with me is because they feel sorry. Feeling like this induces me to withdraw from friendships, I tend to not talk to my friends a great deal and rarely talk to people who I do not know at
