The Results of Anxiety
The day I failed my first midterm is the day I started to shake. Maybe it’s because I knew I wouldn’t pass my first class in college. The tremors started subtly but slowly became worse. They started affecting my everyday life from driving to eating. After the tremors came the migraines. I became a shut in. I refused to leave my house because people asked questions when they saw me and I had no explanation. By the time I saw the doctor, the tremors had taken over my body, everything from my head to my toes shook. Unsure of a cure, my doctor prescribed a heart medication to slow down all the systems in my body. My doctor prescribes my body as literally being broken. My head is sane but my nervous system is breaking down causing the tremors and migraines. I can’t actually function without the medication. The closer I get to graduating, the more my medication dosage has to be increased. What kind of class literally breaks a student? If I hadn’t failed the midterm would my body still be broke? Is college worth the stress and my anxiety?