You’re Anxious. Your mind is split in three different directions and making the wrong choice is not an option. Everyone thinks you have it all together, but YOU can't experience what everyone else sees in you because you’re too busy worrying. 

You’re Black. Talking about your concerns is either not an option or met with difficulty. You feel weak in a community that expects you to be a Strong Black Woman. You don’t want to be called crazy, weak, or looked down upon so you remain silent.

You’re Female. Let’s face it: Women take on more than men. Period. You’ve been taught to take charge and get it done. So that’s what you do. And the one time you muster up the courage to reach out, your feelings are dismissed. You’re told that what you’re experiencing is as “normal” and to “push through it” or “pray about it.”

For Black women anxiety is a lonely experience. Uncertainty is viewed as weakness and met with shame.

So you don’t speak out.

You hold it in and hope it goes away. I get it! What no one tells you is that anxiety one the most common human experiences. When managed properly, anxiety is informative.