This is What it’s Like to Be a Mom of a Teen When You Struggle With Anxiety

I have this thing I do which drives my teenagers crazy: I repeat myself, sometimes up to two or three times before they walk out the door in the morning. I am constantly double-checking things like dates and times trying to keep everything straight in my mind. I tell them the same thing over and over, I check to make sure they have everything before smothering them as they are trying to leave.

I know if something falls through the cracks or we forget something, it is not the end of the world....