I’m a teacher, and last year I had a student eat lunch with me that was struggling emotionally. She said something to me that still has stuck to me to this day.

“My depression has me fixated on my past and my anxiety has me focused on the future. I want to live in the present.”

While I know this can’t help all of us, I’ve really resonated with these words and it’s helped my anxiety more than I’ve thought. Everyone has their triggers and different ways to cope, but… I thought I would throw this wisdom out there from a middle schooler!