First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety—A Personal Journey Through Anxiety and Self-Discovery

by Sarah Wilson

Depressed or anxious, it’s the unknown that we are most petrified of, so we grasp and cling to the certainty of what’s already happened or to the false security of micromanaging in our heads what comes next. Or both.

Depression kicks in as an exhausted response when my anxiety goes way too far.

Verschlimmbessern: (verb) To make something worse in the very act of trying to improve it.