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Just think about it.
Lately I’ve been working towards lowering my anxiety, but today was different for me.
I was unexpectedly anxious and jittery and the weirdest part is that I barely had anything to do today.
Most of my homework assignments were done and I was just on a quiet bus ride heading back to college from home.
There are a million reasons why I shouldn’t have been anxious today, but for some reason I felt more stressed than ever.
I guess contemplating can increase your stress.
In those moments where I had absolutely nothing to do but look at my phone and stare at the sky, I found myself becoming more stressed.
I kept thinking about the homework assignments I already finished and felt as though I should be worried about them even though I triple and double checked my work.
I still felt like I would get a bad grade even with all of those days I worked on them.
But while I was in the midst of finishing some assignments that weren’t done, I felt very confident in my work. There was nothing for me to worry about.
Yet when I go back to those moments of doing nothing, my stress went back up.
