Emotional Wellness
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What Does High-Functioning Anxiety Feel Like? — The Quiet Panic Behind a Controlled Life
High-functioning anxiety doesn’t look like fear. It looks like waking up early because your mind finished the day before you did. It looks like responding to emails immediately because the idea of an unread message feels like a debt. It looks like being the reliable one at work, the considerate friend, the person who always “has it together,” while privately suspecting you’re one inconvenience away from unraveling. If regular anxiety feels like drowning, high-functioning anxiety feels like learning to breathe underwater, convincing everyone—including yourself—that this is just how you naturally move through the world. This is what it actually feels like from the inside.