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Nugget from FuffyFerrets consoling the rest of #TeamAnxiety.
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Apr 2
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I was surprised by how many of you are feeling the same way I do.
I thought I was the only one.
I didnāt realize this place had room for my insecurities.
I donāt know where to start, but I feel like maybeā¦ I should start my own thread.
I always thought I was just a little more anxious than most people.
Everyone seems to get nervous or worried sometimes, but not everyone is like me.
Not everyone canāt catch their breath and not everyone feels like theyāll never be enough for anyone.
Iām overwhelmed with a sense of impending doom and I donāt know what to do.
I feel like Iām bothering you all and that youād be better off without me.
But Iām scared to be alone right now too.
I guess I just wanted to say that out loud.
I donāt know if this will help, but Iāve never been able to talk about it before.
Itās like I canāt breathe and Iām being crushed at the same time.
Thatās how it feels when the anxiety hits.
I donāt know what to do.
The words on my screen blurred together as the weight of them sunk in.
This was bigger than an off-color joke or a relatable meme.
This was real life and there wasnāt a quick fix for it.
I scrolled up to see who had posted the tweet, AnxietyAlice, and saw that she was a frequent contributor to #TeamAnxiety.
Certainly not our founder, but she was one of our most active membersāquick with a joke or a word of encouragement when anyone else needed it.
I had no idea she was struggling like this too.
ā@AnxietyAlice, youāre not bothering us,ā another member, WorthlessWendy, replied.
āSometimes just knowing we arenāt alone in this is enough.ā
I nodded along with Wendyās words, glad that Alice had a friend who could offer her some support right now before noticing that Alice herself had replied to Wendyās tweet with another tweet of her own.
āI feel so guilty for being a burden though.ā
It was a simple tweet, only ten words, but they held so much more power than she likely realized.
Dozens of replies filled up after her message, many of them echoing my thoughts exactly.
Were we all feeling this way?
Were we all worried about being a burden on one another?
My heart ached for Alice, but also for all of us.
For all the pain weād been carrying around without sharing it.
Because we were scared and didnāt want to be judged or to admit that our lives werenāt perfect, but Alice had opened up and now I wondered if maybe I could too.
Maybe I should.
āIāve been there too,ā I tweeted to Alice.
āI felt like I was just a little too much for everyone to handle, but youāre not a burden.
We care about you.ā
My phone buzzed with a notification that someone had replied to my tweet.
āIāve felt like that,ā AnxiousAnne wrote.
āI still do sometimes.
