anxiety everywhere.

i understand anxiety... i really do. i was paralyzed by it for a good amount of college, and i certainly feel it now sometimes.

IMHO, anxiety is only appropriate if you know that it is temporary. no one can stand an anxious person - someone who always NEEDS something to worry about. these are the kinds of people that we all were annoyed by. these were the overzelous moms in high school and college who you knew still had far too much reach into their adult child's life.

if there's a situation that is causing you tremendous anxiety, fair enough. but after that situation is remedied, or you are removed from that situation, or that situation becomes significantly improved... then you need to release that anxiety.

...but if you instead transfer it to the next thing that will cause you anxiety, you're in a really shitty spiral of worry. thats not cool - to your friends, to your family, etc.

i really think that some anxiety is managable and expected... from a spiritual perspective. God does demand that we not let it rule our minds though, but instead use it as an opportunity to trust him and beg for his help, his calmness.