Assignment 19 Erica Currier

I’m moody. It’s the truth. It runs in the family, my mother, sister and I all are quick to anger. But much like a cliche teenager I tend to bottle up the anger and just stew (I, mich like the Hulk, am “am always angry”). I also have a diagnosed anxiety disorder. It’s why even sitting down to write these blog posts is hard sometimes because I am terrified of what might happen. Which is totally unfounded and crazy but I still have issues. My parents are awful with helping me deal with my disorder. Often simply telling me there is no reason to stress but once again the best advice I ever got about my situation was from a teacher who was actually speaking about responsibility (something I often jump to) and he said “if you don’t live what you do no one else will either.” And that was life changing to me because for the first time no one was pushing me to become a doctor or a lawyer but to follow my dreams and if that means being a editor at some publishing company or a florist than that is what I’m going to do. I know that I will live with anxiety my entire life and unknowingly a teacher gave me the best advice a scared teen could receive.