Just as I believe you can describe someone in infinitely many ways, I think we all have an infinite number of stories to tell. The story I want to highlight here has to do with the main reason I started this blog.

Two days after my 18^th birthday, I experienced a panic attack that set off a vicious cycle of panic attacks that occurred daily, sometimes more than once a day. It seemed like it came out of nowhere, but the truth is, I had dealt with anxiety for years. I even had a few panic attacks before I even understood what they were or that that’s what was happening to me.  (I share a more in-depth look at my history of dealing with anxiety and panic here).

After developing Panic Disorder, I had developed a depression stronger than I had ever experienced before, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to survive living every day in a state of panic. But things did get better, day by day, step by step…  and although I still deal with anxiety (like everyone), it’s no longer debilitating, and today I’m more at peace than I was before I knew I was having panic attacks.

I want everyone to know that there is always, always light there… even if you can’t see it yet.