UNDERSTANDING WHAT ANXIETY IS As someone who has struggled with anxiety in the past, I can understand the overwhelming desire to want to suppress the never ending loop of anxious thoughts creating anxious feelings, leading to more anxious thoughts. It can feel like it never switches off. For those of us that have experienced anxiety for the very first time, the sudden replacement of inner calm (which we once took forgranted) with adrenaline coursing through our veins can lead