Panic: The One Thing I Can’t Control

And I hate not being in control of my brain…

Meaghan Ward
Nov 6 · 4 min read
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ve been suffering from depression and anxiety for years, with a side dish of panic disorder which I attribute to getting struck by lightning when I was nineteen.

Ever since then, I have been unnaturally afraid of things that normal people probably don’t even consider.

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