Re: Anxiety! All mouth and no action!!
LOL its so true, anxiety is a big insecure bully, and you have to let it know that you're not going to let it bring you down. Like with bullies, people assume that the physical effects are the worst, but as we know, it's what it does to your self-esteem that's really the worst. Saying 'no' to it doesn't always work because some days you don't feel strong enough and it comes out as a frightened "no please don't hurt me" as you cower away from it: this is inevitably going to happen sometimes so the best thing you can do is not worry that you don't feel strong enough to stand up to it, and not tell yourself you are weak. However sometimes you get a strong feeling of self-determination that gives you courage and you can say "no, I won't let you do this to me" because you know you don't deserve it, and you realise that you are stronger than it
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"..here you are now, you're trying your best but it's not good enough/ Facing what you fear is easy to say but even the best are still so afraid"
"Harry tried to push the matter to the back of his mind. Unfortunately, the back of his mind was no longer the secure place it had once been."