Maybe someone can relate

I've had pretty bad anxiety for a few years, some of the time I had no idea what was wrong with me. It got to the point where I would just be at work and all of a sudden be having a panic attack because I realised I hadn't done something the way I usually did. Point is, I've been on medication to stop the overthinking and to slow me down a bit which has been great. But it's not a cure! I also was provided with a whole bunch of techniques to help me deal with stressful situations. I spent a whole year just avoiding any situation that might cause me stress until the beginning of this year when my SO persuaded me to go back to uni. I enrolled in a unit that I had dropped out of twice previously and I am proud to say that tonight I handed in my last assignment for the unit. A day late. But it's handed in! It was three of the hardest months I've had in a long time. The constant knot in the stomach and the complete inability to focus on anything because my brain was doing its own thing. I think I got anxious about using techniques to deal with my anxiety. But it wasn't until I was anxious that I worked out what worked for me! This is a long post, but what I'm trying to say is that there's a light at the end of the tunnel! And it feels so amazing to accomplish something you've not been able to do before. Trust that one of those techniques you've heard about will work for you! You'll probably worry about it not working and sometimes it won't, but keep trying. You're proving how strong you are every time you do something you didn't think you could.