Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Some of us are able to easily mask the pain, the worry, the anything that’s out of the ordinary by putting on a smile and surrounding ourselves with positive people who genuinely lift our spirits or by jam packing our days with so many things to do that you simply just ✨don’t think about it✨ But what happens when everything is done & you’re left alone with your thoughts? What happens when your thoughts interrupt your planned busy day & you’re left crippled on the couch unmotivated to do any of it? On the flip side, what happens when you legitimately NEED your mind to rest, to sit & NOT think, but your body won’t allow you to stop pacing the house? Anxiety is crippling & all-consuming. It’s nearly indescribable to someone who doesn’t have it & even if you try to explain, they can’t truly understand. Anxiety is fog. It’s scribbles. It’s an airless room that’s closing in on you each time you take a breath. It’s a black hole with no bottom. It’s shaky hands, headaches, tears and feeling like your body could combust at any moment. It sneaks up on you like when you’re sitting on the beach, & you can see the waves coming in, but you can’t get up fast enough & it crashes over you, & before you can get up, another one knocks you down…& another…🌊 Anxiety is different for everyone. What triggers one person’s anxiety may not be the case for someone else. Maybe it’s something small. For me, it’s my baby crying. It’s him waking up in the middle of the night or too early in the morning… some of you are probably thinking “well, Hannah you chose to have a baby & babies cry & wake up in the middle of the night.” YES, and I would not trade this blessing for anything in the world, BUT you 👏🏼 cannot 👏🏼 choose 👏🏼 your 👏🏼 triggers 👏🏼 That’s just it, anxiety doesn’t care. But YOU can care. Be kind. Smile at others. Tell someone you’re thinking about them today. Be a friend. You never know what someone is going through on the inside & you might just be the light they need today. LTKSeasonal LTKunder50 LTKCyberweek