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✉️ Week 1: Letters to My Symptom [New Series!]

 ✉️ Week 1: Letters to My Symptom [New Series!]

Hi everyone, and welcome to a brand-new weekly series!
Often, we feel like we are our anxiety, our depression, or our stress. But you are not your struggle. Your struggle is just a temporary visitor. In this series, we are going to treat our symptoms like an annoying roommate, a broken machine, or an overprotective guard dog, and write a short letter to them.
By writing to our symptoms, we take away their power and remind ourselves that we are in control.

📝 How to Participate:
Read the weekly prompt below.
Write a short, 5-to-10 sentence "letter" to that symptom in the replies.
Keep it raw, creative, or even a little humorous!

✨️ Week 1 Prompt: Letter to My Anxiety 

Imagine your Anxiety is a hyperactive security guard who thinks everything is an emergency, from a simple text message to a trip to the grocery store.
Write a short letter telling this security guard to step down for the day.

Example:

"Dear Anxiety,
I know you are scanning the room because you think you are keeping me safe from embarrassment. But you are setting off the smoke alarms over a burnt piece of toast. I am just replying to an email, not fighting a bear. You can take a coffee break now; I've got this.
— Me"
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User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 May 25th

@cheerfulKiwi1776

What a great, inventive post 💙 🤗 

Dear Mr. security guard, while your busy viewing me, you don't realise the effort it took for me to get here today. I left the house and went back in ten times. I fretted about the bus, the noise, the cried, the weather, who would I meet? Would I have to converse with anyone? It has taken all my will power to get to this point, so don't be a jobs worth and focus your attention elsewhere 😁💙

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 25th

@Amanda84

That's a really nice letter to anxiety. Thanks for commenting 

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@cheerfulKiwi1776 This is quite ingenious - well done! I cannot wait to see the further responses. Stay on it, Kiwi :D

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 25th

@JasGab200519970

Yeah me tooo

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@cheerfulKiwi1776

Dear unwelcome mosquitos, 

You are annoying but not an obstacle. 

You can be caught in a net and flung out!! 😂

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 25th

@JasGab200519970

Yeach thats the spirit😂😝

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 25th

@JasGab200519970

Yeah thats the spirit😂😝

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@cheerfulKiwi

Dear anxiety 

You need to stop thinking so much about the future, focus on the present. High school is ending, spend quality time with your friends, don't stress about university already.Leave me alone right now, I want to create beautiful memories with my friends. 

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 27th

@gregariousHuman2683

Thays a really nice letter to anxiety. Thanks for writing this. I believe in you✨️🩵

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 27th

@cheerfulKiwi1776

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unassumingEyes May 27th

@jesusredeemedme2425

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 28th

@unassumingEyes

I ll add them to the tag list as well thank you🩵

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unassumingEyes May 27th

@cheerfulKiwi1776 (thanks for the tag! I'd appreciate being tagged every week for this series 🤍) 

Dear Anxiety,   

   It's okay. I don't blame you. I hear you. The world is so big and we are so small and you've been fighting since day one so you don't know how to stop now. But I promise you can rest now. I know this is hard but you've done hard things before. If you close your eyes now, we might even hear the sparrows sing.

— Me.

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 27th

@unassumingEyes

Hey of course I ll tag you ever week! Thanks for commenting! It's a really nice letter the one you wrote. Wishing you the best of the best🩵✨️

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Torean May 27th

Dear Anxiety,

Already. Like, I haven't even walked in the door, and already. Do you have hobbies? Unlike you, I'm gonna use less words in describing. You are like a WebMD on petty things like social situations, blaring in my mind at all hours. You know me, I don't even care that much. So... Go to bed.

No thank you,

T

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 27th

@Torean

I like the way you wrote the letter. Thanks for commenting🩵🩵

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Heather225 May 27th

@cheerfulKiwi1776

what a fantastic series idea!!! I love the creativity!

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 27th

@Heather225

Thank you! It means a lot coming from you🩵

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Amanda84 May 27th

@cheerfulKiwi1776

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JustSophia May 28th

@cheerfulKiwi1776

I like this idea. I see it as an invitation to find new perspectives, or maybe opportunity to remind ourselves of something important.  Thanks. 

Dear Anxiety,

I see you. You tell me to hide or duck out of experiences that haven't even happened yet. You tell me that you are so important - that I am so important- that every single thing I do or don't do matters SO much. You tell me that I have to be perfect. Guess what? I'm not perfect and the world has survived. An avalanche hasn't happened. How funny. How much have I given up to prioritize YOU? I'm onto you and you can feel free to just buzz off anytime.

By the way, I'm going to go do something right now that you tell me I shouldn't. So there. Neener neener. 

Sophia

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 28th

@JustSophia

Thats actually such a nice letter! Thanks for writingggg

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 28th

@JustSophia

Also do you want me to add you to the tag list so you could get a notification every time there is a new post?

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JustSophia May 29th

@cheerfulKiwi1776

I think I'm already subscribed? If not, please do add me to the tag list. 

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP May 29th

@JustSophia

Okieeee

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@JustSophia 😁Love that response!

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JustSophia June 10th

@JasGab200519970 Thanks, Jas!

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User Profile: angelheart2011
angelheart2011 June 3rd

@cheerfulKiwi1776

Dear Anxiety,

You are trying to help me, and I appreciate it. But every time something happens, you go into overdrive, and it makes me feel sick. I know high school is incoming, but stressing and trying to plan every moment of the next four years already is hurting me. I can do it on my own - can you trust me while you take a break for a bit?

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cheerfulKiwi1776 OP June 4th

@angelheart2011

Thank you so much for writing this! I hope you get better soon and I m wishing you the best! Also check the week 2 that is also launched if you want!

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