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Community Meetings With Nolan

I have anxiety.  Back when I was little, I was known in my family as the 'worry wart,' but now that I know more about myself and anxiety, I know that incessant worrying was anxiety.  I do not hide my feelings well at all, so when I wasn't in a good mental space- everyone in my family knew about it.  My sisters, brother, and parents were patient, they were kind, and I can't tell you how many times they (especially my mother, who is an ANGEL), allowed me to verbally process my worrying thoughts out loud to make sense of them.    My mom said this quote to me constantly-   "Stop worrying. The bridges you cross before you come to them are almost always over rivers that aren't there." I also had this quote from Matthew 6:34 posted all over-  "So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." It's MY CRAZY , people- you all have been reading about it for YEARS. I am aware of it,...