I know that feeling all too well: the pit in my stomach, the heaviness, and that “can’t catch my breath” feeling. I’ve struggled with anxiety for as long as I can remember, and I used to just brush it off as “this is who I am”. As if it was part of my personality. Now I see things differently. I believe that anxiety is just like any other symptom(migraines, digestive upset, bloating, etc). It’s a form of communication from the body, telling us that something needs to be paid attention to. So what I do now is exactly that: stop, sit with it, move it out, and pay attention. I get it though, it can be crippling and debilitating and we often just want to push it down so we can move on with our d