“I will get back up again.” You can count on that. There was a time when my anxiety was so loud I couldn’t even do a normal grocery run. I hated it—and honestly, I felt like it would never change. It was crippling. Then there came a moment when I decided anxiety wouldn’t get to make my life decisions anymore. I decided I didn’t want that life. It took a lot of hard work, and I’m still a work in progress, but step by step I’m getting there—and I’m proud of that. Most days I do it scared. But I do