Dear Lindsey:

“I do not want my anxiety to take away from my happiness”- unfortunately that is what anxiety does, it takes away from pleasure and joy. So expect it, because anxiety does that.

“I don’t want my anxiety to get in the way”- you can do something about this part, that is, when you feel anxious, and no matter what your anxiety is telling you, you can still act reasonably. You can still be in control of what you do. Practically today, don’t text him for the next 4 hours. Evaluate after the four hours. Let’s see, it is 1:20 pm your time as you read this, so no texting before 5:20, and re-evaluate at 5:20.

Does this make sense to you?

anita