i don’t have anxiety. i have every reason to have anxiety. i was an only child in a terrible school system with hyper religious parents at a time when the world was becoming more and more progressive, but you know what? i reached out to the people who i admired and made a human connection with them and i got over it, just like almost anyone else can.

and i’m a better person for it. if i had stayed in that shell, i probably would be severely depressed or dead by now.