What Does the Bible Say About Anxiety?

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What comes to your mind when you think of the word “anxiety”?



It reminds me of my first year in high school. I was (and still am) a small, 5’1”, 90-lbs. girl. A simple misunderstanding led to a group of senior girls towering over me in the cafeteria, threatening to beat me up. Their height made me feel physically small, but their words made me feel emotionally small. Searching for a way out of the situation, I quickly grabbed my things and ran to the nearest restroom to escape the intimidation. But as I tried to escape the girls, I found myself in another trap—a trap created by my own body. As I opened the door to the bathroom, a feeling of pressure settled onto my chest as if something was pressing down on me, trying to take my breath away. Sweat began to fill my palms. Numbness spread throughout my limbs. My throat started to close up. The walls seemed to press in against me.



As these feelings swept over me like a drowning wave, I slowly pressed my back against the wall to feel something sturdy. I sank as if falling into quicksand onto the ground. I put my face into my hands to hide from the feelings as if that would make them go away. I was trapped in a cage of my own body, trapped in a bathroom, trapped by the girls. This was my first encounter with anxiety, a trap that would continually try to keep me away from trusting God in scary moments.



 



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