Warning: Anxiety
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So I have anxiety issues and have had them for as long as I can remember. So when people mock me for always writing characters with anxiety it's funny to me because I have trouble imagining how a brain can work in any other way.
My anxiety has had it's ups and downs but it's doing great right now. This is an excellent time for having the recurring anxiety dreams. (Sleeping is also a great time for anxiety because when the rational part of your brain is asleep anxiety has the driver's wheel.)
I've had the same type of anxiety dream forever, where it's night, I'm alone in a house (usually based loosely on a house I've lived in or seen) and someone is in the backyard trying to get into the house or destroy stuff or something. And I'm trying to get help and can't. I was realizing today I have never had an incident like that happen, at least as far as I remember, and I clearly remember having this dream since I was a kid.
It does make me wonder, did something like this happen when I was too young to remember it or is it just one of those random things anxiety seizes on because it bugs you? Very weird.
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So I have anxiety issues and have had them for as long as I can remember. So when people mock me for always writing characters with anxiety it's funny to me because I have trouble imagining how a brain can work in any other way.
My anxiety has had it's ups and downs but it's doing great right now. This is an excellent time for having the recurring anxiety dreams. (Sleeping is also a great time for anxiety because when the rational part of your brain is asleep anxiety has the driver's wheel.)
I've had the same type of anxiety dream forever, where it's night, I'm alone in a house (usually based loosely on a house I've lived in or seen) and someone is in the backyard trying to get into the house or destroy stuff or something. And I'm trying to get help and can't. I was realizing today I have never had an incident like that happen, at least as far as I remember, and I clearly remember having this dream since I was a kid.
It does make me wonder, did something like this happen when I was too young to remember it or is it just one of those random things anxiety seizes on because it bugs you? Very weird.
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Anyways, my best regards for you and I honestly really appreciate the way you write characters with anxiety and other issues. They are some of the best characters I have ever read and have related to.
Hopefully the dreams become less frequent!