By Anonymous

A time period that really rattled me was the end of last semester. As I realized the year was beginning to come to a close, I suddenly began to feel the world close in on me. I became incredibly overwhelmed with everything going on in the world, and I began to hyper analyze literally everything. I realized I had not really processed the fact that I had graduated high school, moved to a whole new state, and built a whole new life for myself. I felt immense gratitude which festered into an intense anxiety that something would go wrong, and somehow all of it would be taken away from me overnight. It was incredibly hard for me to be present and enjoy the things currently in my life. While existentialism can be very interesting and useful at times, overwhelming existential feelings that usually come about because of change or loss, at least for me, can really get in the way of me enjoying my life. Change feels like so much kinetic energy trapped in my body. It rattles me and has me questioning who am I, who i’ve been my whole life, who I will become, etc. It can make me question my values, my identity, and what really grounds me to this earth. Words of comfort and time spent with the people I love & trust truly helps re-settle me.