Why Writing Helps My Anxiety
My Story
At the age of 20 I had my first panic attack, I was at the airport about to get on a plane back to school. I had come home because a childhood friend had died. I went to the cemetery to say goodbye, I was not able to attend his funeral due to a trip to Spain for a minor in Spanish.
I was handed my boarding pass when a crying spell came upon me. I didn’t understand what was happening it was all overwhelming to the point where I was unable to get on my flight. I called my mother to come pick me up and I went straight to the doctor.
I felt like I was going to die, I couldn’t stop crying and that is how my panic attacks started and continued until present day (except now I take medication to calm them down).
I remember being young and always having more energy than I could handle. I always had to be doing something athletic, to the point where I would fill my book bag up with magazines and run up and down the stairs. Then I thought I was just exercising, now I understand it was anxiety.
Today I workout knowing I need to release all this energy I carry, but today it includes alcohol recovery. Throughout the years I leaned towards alcohol to calm down instead of prescription drugs and therapy. I learned the hard way unfortunately but that has been my journey and present Day I have been over 8 yrs sober from alcohol and 5 months clean from Marajuana.
Writing helps me get all my emotions out, it helps me share my truth, my journey and understand myself a little more with each word. I recommend everyone share their story, we all go through something that another person can learn from.
Thanks for reading :)
