Personal Narrative: My Personal Experience With Anxiety Disorder

Throughout everyone’s life, they face adversity at some point in time that they have to overcome it. The adversities they battle are different for everyone. Sometimes, personal battles can push people out of their right mind. This is how I felt one day during my sixth grade year. I was eating lunch and started to feel ill. At first, I thought, flu? Something I ate? As it turned out, that is when my battle began, and battle I am still dealing with. A battle with anxiety. Before this day, I had never felt anything like this, but over and over again for the next few weeks I continued to feel sick and scared. After a few medical appointments, I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder, ADHD, and ADD. At first, I didn’t know much about them, but we did some research and soon learned what it was all about. For several months straight, it was a normal occurrence where I would have to leave class at least two times a day. I was short of breath, felt sick to my stomach, couldn't focus, and sometimes I couldn't even walk. My educational performance went downhill, and so did my health, as I lost weight. That is when I was constantly made fun of or bullied. I made the “A” sports teams my sixth grade year in soccer, basketball, and baseball which lead to more
It relaxed me and I found it easier to focus. But there are some things that can trigger the anxiety that are very hard to control, especially for a twelve year old. Watching one of my best friends battle an immune disease along with cancer and spending more time in the hospital than home. He couldn't attend school, he pretty much had to live in a bubble. I can't explain the feeling that comes over you watching someone suffer over and over again. I still remember the days I visited him in the hospital and watched tears roll down his face when I would leave, but it warms my heart to know he’s still strong enough to be fighting with us