This has not been a good couple of weeks.

Anxiety has raised its ugly head once again. Started out small….and it was manageable.

Then around Sunday it hit hard. I was pretty much only safe in my room. In my head, that is.

I, like 6 million others, suffer from what is known as Generalized Anxiety Disorder. What is GAD? It is defined as..a disorder characterized by excessive or unrealistic anxiety about two or more aspects of life (work, social relationships, financial matters, etc.), often accompanied by symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, or dizziness.

Yeah.

I started exhibiting symptoms after a car crash in Pensacola, Fla. I was sitting at a stop sign, and was rear-ended by a drunk driver. I looked in rearview right as he ploughed into my Honda Del Sol at 35 mph.

I didn’t have any physical injuries, as I climbed out of my car and tried to get to the guy who hit me so that I could beat the shit out of him….

Regardless….shortly thereafter I was diagnosed with, and started taking medication for GAD.

Fast forward to now….

I started having issues with my anxiety back in December. I think that the last few years of change finally caught up with me. Muddled my way through, planned a vacation to Michigan. Blah, blah, blah…

I am stuck. I have plans for what I want to do travel-wise for the next years. And just typing all of that shot my adrenaline right through the roof.

I never used to have this problem. Ugh…..

And I will never, ever switch to decaf….