Elizabeth Laura Nelson

Does chronic anxiety ever make you feel like a flake?

As a person who writes about relationships for a living, I might be one of the people least in need of all this well-meaning advice, which usually amounts to clichés and can even veer into the territory of outright insults. What I need – what most of us need – is for people to hear me, and to trust me.

If you have these four types of friends in your life, they could literally be making you sick. Consider yourself warned and remove these toxic friends!

Pretending you don’t have feelings doesn’t pay off.

We anxiety sufferers are good at covering up how we’re really feeling. You are not alone.

Is it hard for you to accept help when you need it?

The problem with people pleasing: You’re trying so hard to be good. So how come you feel so bad?

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

How do you deal with feeling lonely; are you okay with having alone time?