01/05/2024
Today is National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day (it's also Phone In Sick Day, National Chocolate Parfait Day, International Doodle Dog Day and National Frequent Flyer Day - ALL of which are way more fun than Anxiety Disorders Day 💁♀️).
May is also Anxiety Awareness Day, and really the point of it is education about screening and treatment (because anxiety is not much fun to celebrate, unless maybe with a Chocolate Parfait?)
I had crippling panic attacks for most of my teen years into my 20s. Oddly enough, working in the Emergency Room really helped me to push past so much of the anxiety and learn about the role that adrenaline and cortisol (and genetics) came into play.
I'm so blessed to be past the worst of it, I think. God is good, and He has given me grit and perseverance.