Ever since this summer my ride with anxiety and self confidence has been crazy. During this summer it finally stopped. I was the happiest I had ever been and was finally living with anxiety!! Then ever since the start of September, it has been so up and down with the anxiety 

But now, this week was the best I’ve had in a long time. Every 2-3 days I start to be anxious about something else, but every time it gets less and less and I can control it easier. The most important thing is I finally stopped having such bad anxiety about how I look! I’m so glad that happened it held me back so much

Tbh today was the one bad day for anxiety this week. But I know I can’t always be making forward progress, and one not great day after an awesome week is okay. I’ve found that my anxiety usually starts when I start to think/worry too much ABOUT my anxiety 

Some things that I’ve found help with my anxiety: sleeping and eating enough, journaling/writing down how and why I feel everyday, working out, being with friends/my girlfriend, breathing techniques, asking myself “what am I really worried about?”, and reminding myself to live in the moment and to sort of stay in my body (I think I suffer from dissociation)

I’m so proud of myself for making this progress and actually being happy for the first time in so long