But forever-friends exist, and for them Im thankful.

Even when Im happy, it comes creeping on me like dark overcast clouds over my sunny day.

Anxiety is not rational.

To The Friends In My Life: This Is What You Need To Know About My Anxiety

Lisa Fotios

Anxiety also comes with an overthinking mind.

Its an intense mind that never stops thinking, so much it becomes a form of torture.

My anxiety doesnt only affect me, it affects the people around me too.

Anxiety makes my relationships harder.

Im thankful for the friends in my life who stay.

I can be paranoid, and too sensitive too much, too me.

I live in constant fear of losing the people I love.

My anxiety is trying to protect me.

Its preparing me for the worst so I have a chance to grab a parachute to soften the fall.

It feels like utopia to believe that forever-friends do exist and that they can happen to us too.

But forever-friends exist, and for them Im thankful.

I, better than anyone, know how incredibly annoying an overactive mind is.

I live with it, and, believe me, I wish Id found the off button already.

To the friends who stay when I dont even love myself, thank you.