25/11/2025
Anxiety isn’t something people choose. Nobody wakes up wanting to overthink every message, replay conversations for hours, or feel their chest tighten over things that seem small to everyone else. It just happens uninvited, overwhelming and hard to explain. What is a choice is how we respond to people who live with it. Rolling your eyes, calling someone dramatic, or telling them they’re “too sensitive” doesn’t help. You don’t have to fully understand their anxiety to choose compassion over judgment. They’re already fighting a battle you can’t see.