The Nailbiters
People have always sought me out during crises. Breakups, infatuation, heartbreak, career changes, stuckness, loss of faith: that’s when people find me. I think that I attract vulnerability because I am vulnerable. And it’s not my writing, like the truth is that I don’t say anything particularly vulnerable or act very vulnerable, I’m actually compu
... See more“Was I born with it? Or is it early-onset dementia?” The search results are unclear, but the fear is real: I could be losing my mind.
Nora McInerny • Bad Vibes Only: (and Other Things I Bring to the Table)
Fear becomes anxiety when it makes its home in you. Its chief attachment is not memory or villain or situation or future; its chief attachment and subject is you. This strange and imprecise fear can torment the body and enshroud all other fear experiences.