Even though I am on medication for anxiety (and it helps a lot!), I still have to deal with feelings of extreme stress and worry. Fortunately, I have learned which situations tend to cause me more anxiety. In some cases, I am able to largely avoid these situations (like heights and watching young children play with sparklers), but there are others that I have to continue to deal with (like school and tests and paying for things).
The hardest sort of anxiety for me to deal with is social anxiety. Although I have more control over it now that I have my medication, I still come across situations that pull me back into the old thought patterns. For me, dates are the hardest. A date involves spending time alone with someone you don't know very well yet, and the uncertainty and pressures involved are killer. I feel sick to my stomach before each date, and even if the date goes well, when the guy starts asking me out again the anxiety starts back up. While I enjoy going on dates, and want to eventually find someone to marry, the process to get there is a painful one.
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