Anxiety

Anxiety has an ever constant presence in my life.

It takes over simple, everyday tasks, and makes them

so much more difficult than they should be.

I can't look my friends in the face when I talk to them.

I annoy the people next to me when I tap my pencil on the desk,

then I realize it annoys me too and I stop.

I shake my leg and only stop when a friend points it out to me.

I look off into space, in every direction, multiple times a minute,

and even when I'm talking.

I'm not doing these things to annoy you or to offend you.

Most of the time, I don't even realize that it's happening.

So please, don't get upset or offended.

I promise I'm not doing it on purpose.