One of the first things you will learn about me is that I am an extremely anxious person. And most of the things I have anxiety about are ridiculously irrational.

1. Stale Green Traffic Lights

I absolutely hate it when I am driving and the traffic light at a moderate distance from me is green. As I am approaching it, I always have this sense of doom that it will turn yellow right at that moment where you're not really sure if you should slam on the gas or slam on the breaks. I would much rather come to a nice slow stop at a red light than face that internal sense of conflict.

2. Bottom of my Pants Getting Wet

You know when it's raining or wet outside and you're wearing long pants and you step in a puddle and then get the bottom of your pants wet? The worst feeling is when your wet pants are rubbing against your ankles as you're walking. Any day where the ground is even remotely wet, you can see me walking on my tippy toes with my pants waistband up to my bra hoping that not a drop of water will touch my ankles.

3. Property Destruction in Movies

I cannot watch action movies at all because of the property destruction. It all started when I watched the first season of Teen Wolf. Every episode, someone would destroy a room or a building, or run right through a window when there was a door next to it. In the next episode, everything would be fixed. That really irritated me because the more destruction there was, I kept thinking about how much money it would cost and how long it would take in real life to fix all the damages. In a lot of superhero movies, an entire city is destroyed and everyone is still happy at the end. If I was a real citizen in those city, yes, I would be happy the bad guy was defeated, but I would still be pretty darn angry that I had no home.

4. Too Many Restaurant or Menu Options

I absolutely love trying new restaurants and new foods but when you give me way too many options, I get information overload and I cannot make up my mind about what I want to try. Going on short trips to big cities is really stressful because I wish that I could spend my whole life in the city and eat at a different restaurant every day. When there are too many options, I tend to be so paralyzed with anxiety over my decision that I just end up sticking to a place I know or food that I've ordered before.

5. Wasted Food

I hate letting food go bad. I feel so privileged to have the diet that I do and I never want to take it for granted, nor do I want others to take it for granted. That is why, I always tend to freak out about leftovers and feel that it is my responsibility to eat all of it. This wasn't so bad until I moved into a sorority house. Try eating leftovers for 44 people.

6. Trying New Sauces

I have an irrational dislike for mustard. I can taste the tiniest amount of mustard in anything and it ruins an entire meal for me because I can't taste anything but mustard. This makes trying new sauces a traumatic experience every time. I always ask others to taste the sauce first to make sure there's no mustard, but I have been fooled before, so I have trust issues when it comes to new sauces. The most terrifying moment is when you have a spoon dipped in sauce an inch in front of your mouth and you are trying to muster enough courage to shoot your tongue out like a lizard for that teeny tiny taste test.