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That bird's avatar

I had never tried to picture anxiety before, despite dealing with it for several years! Your description of the worm was really interesting. The hope to remove the offending emotions is so strong. I used to think "if it stays like this I can't go on". But thankfully it changed, I changed, and eventually it became barely noticeable (but the worm comes back here and there when a difficult life circumstance pops up. Then I have to remember all my therapy lessons).😄 Anyway, thank you.

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Jendi's avatar

If it makes you feel any better, the horsehair worm in MY brain says many of the same things.

The loose scribbly gracefulness of your line drawings reminded me first of the horror-cartoonist Gahan Wilson, and then of Jules Feiffer, that chronicler of 20th-century anxiety.

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Cenz's avatar

This resonated very deeply with me - I really appreciate your writing. Also my parents didn't send me to church as a kid so this is how I learned the story of Job thank you

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John Paul Brammer's avatar

I would LOVE your thoughts on Job. I’m curious as to how the story hits someone who hasn’t head it before.

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Alex (they/them)'s avatar

This is such good writing. I've lived with anxiety for decades, and it's never entirely gone even with therapy and medication. A lot of it turned out this past year to be ADHD, but the general spiral in my brain is still there even if it's no longer spinning at 300 mph day in and day out. I like the drawings you added to this piece. They really bring the whole sentiment together!

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Caitlin Boulter's avatar

This is a really excellent piece of writing

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