I do talk about how my anxiety has been invalidated in my life, so if that triggers anyone, please take care if your needs. 

Ever since I graduated, my anxiety has gotten worse. I do live in a toxic house hold, so I think that’s why, but it’s gotten to the point, I can’t be out in public because I feel like I’m going to have an anxiety attack, and that alone gives me anxiety. I lock myself up in my room a lot of the times, because I’m either depressed or dealing with really bad anxiety and I really can’t talk to people. I’m tired of my mind racing 24/7. I just want it to shut up. I want to be able to actually work, because at this point, I can’t even go out in public without some type of panic. I don’t know what to do. I wanna go to a new therapist to help me, but it’s hard for me to open up about how bad my anxiety is, because it’s been invalidated all of my life, so I don’t want people saying that “it’s nothing and your being overdramatic,” when I can barely talk to people and hold down a job, because it’s getting so bad. It’s to the point I want to be alone, just so I don’t feel anxious anymore. Why is anxiety such a persistent battle? I really just want my life back.