So my anxiety has came in waves throughout my life.  For example, some periods of time It'll be ~mostly~ okay and tolerable, and other times I will literally be miserable. 

well its came back pretty strong for the past few weeks so I decided to hit up therapy (not very good with going- will go steady for a month or 2 and then when I feel better ghost for like 3 or 4 months).

He said something to me today that really kinda opened my eyes and made me realize I have to stay steady with therapy and figuring out how to control my anxiety. 

He said "do you wish it would go away? or do you wanna know how to cope with it?"  and of course I was like "wish it would go away" and he was like "I hate to break it to you but it's gonna be here your whole life, instead of trying to avoid it and get rid of it, you need to focus on how to cope with it when it is there"

I just thought this was a really interesting perspective because I'm always just waiting/wishing for the day that I don't have it anymore and it was a nice push for me to ~try~ being better with staying consistent with treatment.  just wanted to share this with anyone who may be like me and spend their time wishing they didn't have it instead of working on the problem and how to better cope with it.