Growing out of Anxious Thoughts

Irrational fears used to control my life

They used to fill inside my head

My head would trap those fears inside

Every day I would fear the smallest of things

Very specific fears

And they happened one after the other

I was afraid of throwing up

Then I conquered that

I was afraid of passing out

Then I conquered that

I was afraid of choking on food

One would end and the next one would begin

I feared these things like they were most definitely going to happen to me

I feared these things like it was the end of the world

I was afraid of dying

I was afraid of getting sick

And these are normal things to fear and not like

But it consumed the majority of my day

Every day

One day I realized that I didn’t have to live my life in fear

That was the turning point for me

That was the point at which I could finally see

I finally saw how silly I had been

I finally realized that it was nothing more than just anxiety weaving its way in

Anxiety is a tricky thing

But once you can pick out the anxious thoughts in your head

Once you are able to label them

That’s when you know that you’ve come a long way

That’s when you know that your point of view has changed

I was finally able to wrap my mind around things

I was able to see things clearer

My mind had finally changed

And so had my perspective on the world

I was no longer a little kid

I had grown