Unseen Battles: My College Anxiety Journey

Anxiety hit me hardest during finals week sophomore year when I couldn't remember my own

dorm room number. My hands were shaking so bad I dropped my keys three times.

That's when I knew something had to change. I started doing this weird thing

where I'd press my feet flat on the floor during lectures. Feeling the ground

beneath me, reminding myself I was solid and real. Study breaks became

sacred. Twenty five minutes of work, then I'd literally dance like an

idiot in my room for five minutes. My roommate thought I'd lost it.

But here's what nobody tells you. When you start avoiding friends, sleeping through alarms,