5."Anxiety is like the monster under my bed, but grown-up style. It can just creep up out of nowhere. I also have mild OCD, so when my anxiety strikes the OCD is usually right behind it and I begin to obsess about things, which causes more anxiety and it just snowballs. I always have to be doing something because if I sit idle, that's when my mind starts racing and the anxiety starts to build. I do a lot of knitting and embroidery—we joke and say it's because I need to stab things. I'm so not a violent person, but I have to do something!"—Heather G., 36, Olympia, WA
6."I don't suffer severe anxiety, just enough to be disruptive. I tried for over a year to meditate and journal it away before trying medication. Now I'm wondering why I waited so long to ask for help from a doctor. It's been so helpful."—Rebecca G., 36, Burnsville, MN
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