Anxiety is what it is

Anxiety is a horrible truth. It tears you down and can keep you stuck. When happens when you face your anxiety? Do you feel more impowered afterwards? Do you feel stupid for feeling anxious in the first place? Embarrassed? Or do you feel more anxiety?

For me it depends. Anxiety, mine comes with horrible thoughts, really horrible thoughts. So even when i get past one fear theres always another one. Over the years i have learned that i would rather live in a state of anxiety than lie to myself. For example, I am going on a trip by myself this week and its something I have never done before, traveling somewhere alone. My biggest fear is getting lost in the airport, i dont know of anyone whos ever done that before so for me it is an irrational fear. However I have always had someone to follow even though sometines I know where we are going better than they do. That right there is lack of confidence. So if I slow down and be patient then I wont get lost. Now my next fear and its a fear I always have, is my dog dying. This one is actually very common. Dogs getting hit by cars, attacked by other dogs or people, escaping etc. My dad will be the one watching my dog for the few days that im gone and he doesnt do leashes. So my fear is my dog will get hit by a car. But my dad has done this quite a few times since I got my dog and so far the dog is still alive but you never know. I will come out of this smarter that is for sure.