Written by Jacob Ibrag
Grinding teeth. The anxiety
of waiting. Taking on its own persona, it
chews through your nerves and remaining bits of
patience. Laughing at your struggle to keep cool, it replays
each memory of failure. Whispering thoughts of disinformation.
Arguing. Trying to take a stand. Begging every fiber of your
being to push against its neck. Staring at a carbon
copy of yourself, ‘waiting on a blue sphere
in an ocean polluted with doubt.’
Photo by Sam Burriss
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wow….I love the piece……I have lived it too……I always end up with the old cliché…..what good or how does my anxiety help anything?….I used to have panic attacks….at the most unseemly times…..one time everything was normal…..stepping into the shower….next seconds my heart is racing and pounding….fear of death eating me alive……I held on and it passed…..thank god I only had a few…..my greatest fear was fear of having another attack…..it was hell…..somehow give it up…..its tough….littlleraven….
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Thank you very much 😀
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I’m not a fan of Sigmund Freud but I do like his psychoanalytic theory like… your Consciousness is the tip of the iceberg your subconscious is the larger part of the iceberg and then your pre conscience which is where I feel like I operate a lot in between Paul McCartney said that his most inspirational time was in between sleep and wake and That Never Never Land anyway
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I visit that place regularly. I have to pray often and teleport myself back to reality.
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Excellent total experience
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Thank you 🙂
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Whoa freakin incredible. Thank you
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Thank you 🙂
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Another most excellent read…
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Thank you Chris 🙂
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The writing i find here, is always outstanding…
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totally sums what i am going through!!
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Our society live in a bubble of psycho emotional numbing down of difficult feelings and emotions. Anxiety and depression offers us an opportunity to finally heal. Here is my contribution as to how it is a gift unseen. https://freefallintoreality.com/2017/11/23/how-to-heal-anxiety-and-depression/
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Perfection!
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this is beautiful. thank you for sharing.
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Thanks Brooke 😀
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So powerful
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Thank you 🙂
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Thank You 🙂
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😀
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Thank you for sharing this. I suffer from anxiety disorder and everyday is a challenge for me. Blogging about myself struggles and connecting with the people who suffer from anxiety, has helped me tremendously. Please follow and subscribe to my blog site – http://anxiousself.com
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Thank you for reading it, I’m happy these words meant something to you 🙂
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Thanks
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Really powerful, sums up what I’m going through ☺️
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Thank you 🙂
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I absolutely love this – so needed right now as well, I cannot tell you!! I write about my anxiety too and this really sums it up! xx
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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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I personally battle anxiety daily. I have for years. And reading this, it’s unbelievable how it triggered me. Because you described it so well! That’s a real place and a very, very real feeling that many people face. Thanks for posting!
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Thank you for reading it 🙂
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Thank you for the beautifully written poem. Its honest description of anxiety is a reminder that we are not alone.
This is my wake up call –
https://thesoulwhispersblog.com/2018/03/21/unearthed/
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Thank you 🙂
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