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Posts By NICOLA MACDONALD
Teenage anxiety and how mindfulness helps
Heart racing, chest squeezing, tummy doing somersaults. I am 15 again. It is 1 in the morning and my mind is speeding through every possible worst-case scenario that could happen. I fail my maths exam. Then my Physics exam. My teachers are so disappointed that the school kicks me out. The bullies have turned everyone against me. No-one talks to me anymore. My parents break up and nowhere feels like home. My best friend steals my boyfriend. Everyone hates me and I am alone forever. Anxiety...