Hello everybody.
I have had this post in my draft for such a long time now, I have been debating with myself whether or not to upload it for ages now. I finally have realised that I just should upload it.
Today I wanted to quickly talk about something that is quite close to home for me. I know a lot of people with anxiety and I myself suffer with anxiety too. I personally don't think its touched upon enough. For those of you who don't know what anxiety is; ; Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.
Having anxiety can really knock your confidence, I am constantly worrying about what other people think of me and if they are judging me all the time. I hate wearing shorts in the summer now down to the fact that I am nervous of people judging my figure.
When I was in year 6 I didn't really have a care in the world as to what other people thought of me, I had a lot of confidence and was always comfortable in anything.
It wasn't until I reached secondary school that I really started worrying about people judging me, I realised that the school was a lot bigger and there was a whole lot more people. This is when I started worrying about the way people looked at me. I am the sort of the person that has their own style and doesn't like to follow everybody else. I was nervous that people would judge me for being myself and not following the crowd, I was worried that people would take the mick out of my sense of style.
I was never worried about being popular or not, that's not what schools about to be honest. I was just worried that I wouldn't fit in. However I have made an amazing bunch of friends at secondary school that all understand what I am going through and I trust them with anything.
Some days my anxiety is better than other days but having friends that you can talk too really helps.
What I am trying to say is if you have anxiety don't let it beat you down because at the end of the day you have friends and family that can help you.
Kiera,x
