The Barrow

Today I've been fighting off some anxiety issues and it's had me thinking: despite the disadvantages of struggling with this, there are some important advantages, as long as you can channel your efforts into the right places.

Those of us who perennially suffer from anxiety disorders look death in the face many times daily, and yet we must perservere. If you can direct your thoughts into the right places, this becomes simply an exercise in overcoming your fear of death, in shutting down panic, in keeping your cool under pressure. There is a reason it's a trope that nervous wrecks are good under pressure (see: Zenitsu Agatsuma from Demon Slayer) and this is because once we have something real to worry about, it seems almost trivial. We had been battling ephemeral, invisible enemies, so when they take tangible form, this is much easier.

It can be an advantage if you handle it correctly.