Does this sound familiar?
You feel powerless to stop the images in your mind
No matter what you do, you can’t focus
You’ve lost all motivation to engage with others
Your fear is crippling and sucking the life right out of you
The despair you feel is like a ton of bricks on your chest. It’s hard to catch your breath sometimes. There is no joy in your heart anymore. Your heart literally feels like it’s breaking in tiny, jagged pieces. The only way you know how to survive these days is to avoid everything and everyone. You’ve tried to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get on with life but just can’t.