I Feel Like I Am Constantly Defending Myself

Life With Anxiety

By Grace K. Bianco

You don’t need permission to feel a certain type of way.

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I have written many blogs on anxiety, and have talked privately with many people and their own struggles online. It’s why I started writing. I wanted to be someone that encouraged as many people as possible, and I figured the best way I could do that was through my writing.

I wrote an entire book on my life with anxiety from age four through nineteen years old. (My book, “Party Pooper: Growing up with Anxiety,” is available as a paperback or eBook on Amazon.) I know a lot about anxiety, because I have had to live through it all of my life.

Despite the progress I have made and the amount of people I have helped/taught, I still find myself defending my feelings.

The Exhausting Defense

I was always astonished and humbled when people messaged me so openly about themselves. It’s what I set out to do, but I couldn’t believe people were ACTUALLY comfortable talking to me.

People were always so understanding and were able to relate to me. I felt like my struggles actually had a purpose.