I’ve had anxiety all day and tried to explain to my almost-ten-year-old kid why I take anxiety medication.
I said that my brain still thinks I am a child and my inner child is very afraid. My daily life is rather good, but my brain gets triggered all the time by things that reminds me of horrible stuff in the past. Anxiety is about being afraid of feelings and I am afraid even though I am an adult. Since my brain is stuck in the past.
She understood.
Mental Illness by Pebbel Art 