In that same time frame, anxiety doubled among eighteen- to twenty-five-year-old young adults.1
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As our scheduled departure time came and went, I noticed flight attendants conferencing in the first-class galley.
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Finally, after a total delay of three hours, we departed.
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Nearly twenty-four hours later I arrived home
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What I’ve been learning is that anxiety is a deep-rooted habit that has formed in me over time.
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My anxiety doesn’t take that into account.
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My anxiety is also like trying to time-travel into my past or my future. Anxiety recalls unpleasant or painful experiences for me to replay, rehearse, and ruminate on. A
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Non-anxious living is more than dealing with anxious feelings. It’s an orientation to life.
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My lifelong journey with anxiety has not been fruitless.
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It is a peace we bring to our lived reality rather than a peace that we do not yet have and must seek elsewhere.