this is Sally she feels tense and worried because she has a midterm to write tonight
Sally is stressed this is Nikki she feels tense and worried for an unidentifiable reason nikki
has an anxiety disorder called generalized anxiety disorder Sally goes over her review
notes after class she's unclear about some topics it's very stressful nikki has a break for lunch
after class she still feels anxious she is unable to eat Sally writes her midterm and feels relaxed
afterwards she's concerned about some tricky questions that she may have missed but moves
on after a while Nikki writes her midterm and still feels anxious she goes over every problem
in her head and questions her self-worth she wonders whether she deserves to be a student at
her university Sally runs into Nikki she invites Nikki out to a restaurant Nikki is invited out
by Sally she feels uncomfortable and rejects the invitation because she is worried that it
will go poorly she analyzes everything that she said afterwards she thinks about how she must be
perceived as lesser by all of her peers sally is randomly reminded of an embarrassing moment from
last year she feels down momentarily and then laughs it off Nikki remembers a similar event
from her past she feels overwhelmed and insecure she ruminates over the memory for days Sally
receives an email about her schedule for final exams that are coming up in several months she
saves the email and moves on Nikki receives the same email she has been worried about final exams
for over six months now the email increases her tension and feelings of being overwhelmed
sally has a muscle cramp from studying for a long time this morning she goes to the gym and feels
better afterwards nikki has had muscle tension along with intermittent feelings of nausea heart
palpitations shortness of breath and headaches daily for over six months exercise doesn't help
the feelings go away Sally sits down to do her homework she feels overwhelmed initially but
is able to start working nikki sits down to do her homework she feels irritable and unable to
concentrate because of her anxiety she becomes overwhelmed by all of the tasks assigned to her
across all areas of her life she is unable to start sally falls asleep after a long day she's
happy to get some rest nikki is very tired but unable to sleep she stays up and goes over her
scheduled for tomorrow repeatedly imagining scenarios in which everything could go badly
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