• anxiety,  faith

    Out of Focus

    I didn’t realize I was having a panic attack until I couldn’t breathe. I felt my throat constrict as I tried desperately to remember how to control my inhales and exhales. The only thing that seemed to bring me back was saying the name of Jesus. Anxiety is not something that is easily understood. I think that a lot of times, Christians simplify it by saying that anxiety is justĀ a sign of a lack of faith. Even I was starting to wonder if my belief was strong enough. However, my world-shaking experience that day was not just from a lack of faith. I finally realized that, at the root of…