I like this question! I almost feel like I'm wasting my time worrying and my future self will just laugh and wonder why I ever wasted the energy! I'm in my late 20s and I'm not exactly sure how long I've been experiencing anxiety (maybe my teens?), but it's been really bad in the last 6 months.

I'm trying to build up my self-esteem and work on having better relationships with those around me. That's helped me a little. I've also spent some time reading self-help books and talking with a therapist. I plan on continuing these things because I find they definitely have helped me.

I'm glad you guys say it takes work. I find some evenings I just like to journal and read some of my self-help books. At times I think about what I'm doing and just laugh...but I have begun to better understand myself and have been kinder to myself- not putting such high expectations on myself to figure everything out right now.

Wow, ComicRose. Being able to handle life can seem overwhelming, especially since you've been suffering so long and have been through so much. Other people seem to have things together and make living life seem so easy, I agree. However someone told me the other day that we never know how much someone else is suffering. I know most people think I have it all together and figured out...little do they know :P