The problem with anxiety is that it’s an internal process. It’s invisible to those around us. As it often flares up for no apparent reason, those around us can’t often tell, or if they can, they can’t understand.

Anxiety forces us into isolation. “They won’t understand me, anyway,” is a thought that easily creeps in. We grow silent as this prison tightens around us.

Anxiety, it’s an irrational fear overload that holds us back in forming and building meaningful relationships. The unknown, t...