• Motherhood

    Anxiety

    Anxiety. I have struggled with anxiety since I was about 9 years old.  Although, back then, I had no idea that’s what it even was.  Ever since I was a little girl, I always had trouble with change.  My first memory of this was in elementary school.  I was in fifth grade and about to make the transition into middle school–that meant a new building, all new teachers, and new faces.  When the first day of sixth grade arrived, my body didn’t know how to handle it.  I felt so sick to my stomach and would just cry on the stairs uncontrollably.  I was constantly late to school because I…