Anxiety isn't just feeling nervous and not being able to relax. It's also...

1 Not replying to messages for days because you're so overwhelmed you need to disengage from the world till some sense of "order" is restored.

2 Having "outbursts" you can't control and shaming yourself for them hours (or even days) afterwards.

3 Needing extra reassurance because anxiety makes you doubt everything.

4 Biting your nails and picking at your skin to cope.

5 Criticising yourself for the smallest mistakes... it's like living with a bully in your mind that judges your every move.

6 Uncontrollable worry and intrusive thoughts that you can't get "unstuck" from.