me: I am stronger than my anxiety
my anxiety: [bench pressing a car] what if you turned a stove burner on high before you left the house and just forgot about it and now your home is burning to the ground
Fun fact: if you leave your door open and a bird flies into your house it will not respond to spspspspspspsp “here birdie” like other animals would. It simply flies around your ceiling, banging into vaulted windows like a crackhead.
I fully recognize my toxic trait as a type A person is feeling overwhelmed but denying help when it’s offered because I worry someone else won’t “do it the right way”