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Panic Attacks

So I have anxiety, and The Archer makes me feel like she actually gets it and I’m not alone. When she says, “I wake in the night, I pace like a ghost The room is on fire, invisible smoke…Help me hold on to you.” I felt that, so fucking deeply. I had a panic attack in the middle of the night last night, and that’s exactly what it’s like.

Then, she’s like, “I've been the archer, I've been the prey.Who could ever leave me, darling.But who could stay?” I have such a irrational fear that everyone is going to leave me.

Then, “All the king's horses, all the king's men. Couldn't put me together again 'Cause all of my enemies started out friends Help me hold on to you” it’s so scary because it’s such a healing process no one can put you back together. You just have to feel all the feelings.

Thank you Taylor! @taylorswift

evermorebytaylorswift

she just sounds so openly emotional and small and vulnerable and helpless and anxiety-ridden in this song and it’s like hearing my own voice echoing in the background, like somewhere up in the clouds during the song my anxiety is fighting to take over me while i fight to banish it from my life. i hear pieces of myself in this song.

umlindsay

The beat never drops in The Archer and I think it is such a chilling, accurate depiction of anxiety. You’re always on edge, wondering if and when something will suddenly go wrong, and it might never come but every breath along the way is a journey in and of itself because you are just that anxious.

Taylor, you’re really messing with my sleep schedule... and I don’t care at all! #ts7 #lover #YouNeedToCalmDown #HYPEEEE