by julie | Mar 6, 2019 | The Anxiety Monster
I thought I was cured. I thought my anxiety was gone, locked away in its cage, no key. But just like In the movies, monsters always find a way to escape. People are minding their own business, laughing and talking and posting stories on Instagram, and within seconds...
by julie | Mar 29, 2018 | Relationships, The Anxiety Monster
I hadn’t eaten for a week. I know, it sounds impossible. Let me be more specific: for one week, I ate nothing but grapes. Food was unimportant to me. My stomach was too busy worrying that I might die, that my family might die, that my heart would beat so fast that I...
by julie | Nov 16, 2017 | Relationships, The Anxiety Monster, Uncategorized
The laundry room is in the basement. For the last year, I have been terrified of going down there. It’s not because of spiders, and I don’t have an aversion to dirty socks. It’s because I once had a panic attack while standing in front of the washing...
by julie | Aug 23, 2017 | Relationships, The Anxiety Monster
I couldn’t get out of the car. I needed a loaf of bread, so that my son’s routine of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch would not be interrupted. I had made it to the store, a miracle in itself, but could not get out of the car. My son stared at...
