A poem about that inevitable feeling A knot twists at your insides Pulling this way, tugging that way. Your hands quiver Like frozen leaves. The tip of your nose is frozen But your heart tries to break out Of its bone and ligament enclosure. That essential, blood-pumping organ Is pounding Like a bread maker nearing…
Having an anxiety attack is bad enough. Feeling like you’re weak because of it or being told that you need to try better to “push through it” does not make the situation easier. At all. We all get anxious sometimes, and those of us who are teenagers seem to be extra skilled at having anxiety. Tests, relationships,…
We’ve all been there- that moment before a test when we claw our heads and desperately search our minds for any trace of the knowledge we so efficiently crammed in the night before. Of course, at the same time we also wonder why, oh why, did our brains have to betray us at the moment…