Do coping mechanisms get better as life goes on? Does it get easier? Does the anxiety start to dissipate? I've had anxiety issues for the past 8 years. I'm hoping it will get easier later in life. I have the rest of my life ahead of me, I'm in my 20s. I can only imagine me getting over this hiccup in my life one way or another. I cannot imagine myself being this neurotic in my 40s or 50s.

My parents both tell me it gets easier. They say that you eventually learn more about life through experiences, you survive lots of trials and tribulations, and you get stronger and stronger because of it. My dad says I will eventually outgrow anxiety and I simply won't have the energy to entertain such ideas anymore. I really hope so. I'm so tired of this useless anxiety disorder. It does nothing but get in my way.

It makes simple things look like huge obstacles. I'm sick of it. I really hope I just get so tired of it that one day I wake up and say to myself frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.