Examples Of Anxiety

Anxiety “Mommy, Mommy.” I screamed as I ran behind her because I was shy and scared. When I was younger I was so shy and got nervous whenever someone I did not know would start talking to me. I have matured and overcome so much since I was younger, just with being shy and coming out of my comfort zone. I had many difficulties while overcoming this, but it only helped me grow as a person in the long run. Ever since I was really young I had social anxiety. I could not be around many people without getting scared and hiding. When I was really little I remember wanting to work in a factory because you do not need to talk to many people other than your coworkers. This was just the beginning of my anxiety. One of my hardest experiences was switching schools. “Lauryn you have to go to a different high school next year because we are moving.” my mom sat me down and
I was not happy after hearing about that. After a few days of processing this I was still scared, but also excited to have a new start. Fast forward to the first day of school freshman year. I visited the school before at the beginning of the summer so I knew where my classes were and kinda knew what i was doing. It was so scary at first I felt as small as an ant. Everyone was taller than me and had to look down at me. I got pushed and shoved a bit on the first day because of my size. I was still nervous and scared I would not make any friends because a lot of friend groups were already formed from middle school. The first day was hard a lot of people kept staring at me and I felt like they were talking about me, but I finally started talking to a few people. By the next few weeks I was talking to more people or enough that I was comfortable with and became