Are you the friend or even the one in your family who is always on the safe side? The one tending to go the opposite direction of spontaneity? To you tend to be the “ responsible” one? If so then this a letter you will really relate to.

How many times have you opted out of going out and doing something because you have something going on the next day? Maybe you work in the morning so you decide to stay home and watch Netflix instead of going out to eat with your friends.

When you are someone who is so fixated on their responsibilities and what comes next you tend to start gathering anxiety and are unable to do something at the moment. You could have something going on two days from now like a paper is due, and it just keeps crossing your mind over and over until you have it turned in. That fixation of what is going on in the future makes you unaware or able to enjoy what is going on in your life today.

Are you the one who is at least 15 minutes early everywhere you go? And if you know there is a possibility that you might be late, then you start completely freaking out. That one sheer moment of feeling like you may not be on time gives you complete butterflies soaring through your stomach, in a bad way. Yes, I know this makes you sound like a complete crazy person but its how you feel. You fixate on your responsibilities so much and what you have to do that being late to one of them makes you start to feel like you're failing.

Are you the person who will obsess over something analyzing what you could have done better? I know that seems somewhat normal but by this, I mean still trying to figure out what you could have done better on with something that happened a month ago and is over with. This could be anything from a paper that you got a good grade on but wish it was better, or even something as simple as a work out that you feel like you could have pushed yourself more on.

All these things that you may fixate over are things that usually are irrelevant and you cannot change. But because you are someone who likes perfection, it continues to eat away at you until you come to some sort of conclusion.

Are you the type of person who will get an assignment handed to you and you have a month to turn it in, and you start working on it that day? This tends to be kind of the kryptonite type of situation. Not only do you start so early because you want to be responsible and not procrastinate but you also know that the process of getting it to your standard level will take a while. Or maybe you just start early so you don't get anxiety about it and it just is done with.

Usually, you are NEVER a procrastinator so you never have to worry about forgetting to do an assignment.

I know I am one of these people and I tend to live life very carefully. Which I know makes things seem so boring but it actually is just the way I keep life sane when having such a busy and overwhelming life. It keeps everything on track. Especially when you are someone who also lives with anxiety, this keeps you from having an attack.

To some people, this may seem crazy and compulsive behavior but others completely relate to these feelings. You're the one your friends say is boring, you're the one who stays in on a Friday night because you're worried about being tired Saturday morning.

Some advice I could give to someone who feels like this is taking a risk every now and again. Push yourself out of your comfort zone and do things that you wouldn't on a daily basis. This might make you feel like your going to explode, you may even get a little cranky. But it's okay to challenge yourself every once in a while.

It's OKAY to be the “ responsible” one or the “ anxious” one but don't let that take you down. But do know that if you feel this way you are not alone or weird, other people can relate to you.