On April 8, 2016, I read a Facebook post reporting that Ex-Kansas University football player Brandon Bourbon committed suicide. “Oh no…no, no, no,” I whispered back at the screen. You would have thought I knew him. You would have thought we were related by the rush of...
By China McCarney My name is China McCarney and I have been blessed with an anxiety disorder. How can you say that? “Blessed” with an anxiety disorder? Of course I did not always look at my anxiety disorder as a blessing. I had my first panic attack 8 years ago and...
I have battled more at the age of 25 than most humans do in a lifetime. Take a moment to think of the most dreadfully painful experience you have had – I can empathize with you. In my life, I have overcome two near death experiences. One at the age of 11 which left me...
Sitting down to write my story brought on a crazy mix of emotions. I was nervous, anxious; I didn’t know what would come out. But, why the fear and anxiety? Why is everyone so afraid of what others think of them? Why is judgment and perception the driving force behind...
