I have had anxiety as long as I can remember. On and off of different SSRI’s my whole life, I thought I knew what anxiety was like and how to deal with it… until newfound anxiety came crashing down on me like a tsunami.

For awhile I felt like I had all but gotten over most my issues- enough so that I have been off of any medications for a few years now. Over this past summer though, my anxieties began to return. I was about to begin my senior year of university and some of my upcoming course assignments terrified me, particularly some near hour long public role play assignment as part of a professional selling course. Fast forward to now, that roleplay assignment is on the horizon and my anxiety has become completely overwhelming. 

For the past few months, it's felt as if with anything and everything I do my anxieties are always sitting on my shoulder ruining any enjoyment I find. I know it might sound silly and exaggerated that all this stems from some sales assignment, but I have never experienced anxiety this crippling before and I don't know how to deal with it. It doesn't feel like this will go away once these courses are over. It feels like this will keep me from succeeding everywhere I turn, especially in my work life.