Renua Raje / Connotation

Anxiety is a general term for several disorders,

That causes nervousness, fear and apprehension.

But Anxiety is so much more than that.

Anxiety is feeling
your heart race x2 while

talking to your friends

on the phone.

Anxiety is lowering

your head when people

are talking to you

in fear of looking at them

in the eye.

Anxiety is stuttering

when asked a question

and quickly looking

to the floor.

Anxiety is walking

into class with your

head faced down

looking for a seat in the

back row.

Anxiety is covering

your face with your

history book while walking

down the hallway to avoid

eye contact.

Anxiety is hiding

the title of you novel

from you friends in fear

of them asking you

questions.

Anxiety is walking

down the sidewalk then

sprinting across after

spotting a dog.

Anxiety is having

all the lights on in your

bedroom in fear of the

monsters under your

bed.

Anxiety is separating

you food on your plate

with your knife because 

they cant touch.

Anxiety is having

you books, DVDs,

trophies and posters

stacked in ABC.

Anxiety is hurting 

your left hand then 

needing to hurt your

right.

Anxiety is concentrating 

so hard on your steps 

you slip down the stairs.

Anxiety is rewriting 

the title of your essay 

20 times until is in the

middle of the page.

Anxiety is jumping

up one meter when you 

hear the bing of the microwave.

Anxiety is panicking

looking left and right until

you find your mother in the 

fruit isle.

Anxiety is having to be pried

from your parents like a 

koala from a bamboo tree.

Anxiety is a state of uneasiness and apprehension.

Anxiety is self destruction.

Can't you see Anxiety is all in your head?