Loving with anxiety is hard, it is different then any type of love. It is difficult, nothing ever comes easy. It is not easy to explain to those who don’t have it which makes it so much complicated for others to understand.

We are not our anxiety.

We are insecure and there isn’t a lot that can be changed about that.

We are always worrying and we can’t help it.

We think there is always something wrong even when there isn’t.

But, we want you to know that we are grateful for you. We’re grateful for your patience with us, we appreciate your attempt to understand what we go through everyday. Our anxiety doesn’t define who we are. It is merely a part of us that cannot be changed but only helped.

Living with anxiety is hard and loving with anxiety is different than anything.

We are always in fear of being too annoying.

We are always in fear of never being good enough.

We are always getting jealous too easily.

We are always looking for reminders of why you love us.

But, I hope that you understand that we are not our anxiety.

We try to control it as best we can, but sometimes there is nothing we can do.

We know that we can be irrational and out of line, but we really can’t help it.

And that is the worst part.

Sometimes it’s not so much about worrying what will happen, it’s about remembering what has happened and living in fear that it will happen again.

We say sorry a lot because we feel that we have done something to insult you.

We cry because sometimes a situation can be too much, we don’t want attention.

We text a lot because when you don’t reply we are in fear that something is wrong.

We can be set off by the littlest things we are not just overacting.

I promise we are not crazy, we are not seeking attention.

We only want the best, we mean nothing but good.