Hi friends. Hope all is well. Yesterday my anxiety was completely out of control I could not function, that's why I'm writing this today. I have calmed a bit, but am still falling into the abyss. I am completely surrounded by darkness and despair. As I sit here at McDonald's, the people around me are irrelevant, their voices blending together, creating a white noise effect. I have no concern for their business, no empathy for their plights. I have selfishly wrapped myself in my invisible cocoon, blocking out all the world and treating it as if I am the only person that matters. I can't help it, It's the one defensive behavior that works. I am an island full of weeping and sorrow. I must endure. How long this time? Can I? Must I?