Personal Narrative: A Personal Essay

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Being an independent individual with anxiety has been my most significant challenge in achieving my educational goals. I have had to be my own motivation, and cheerleader to continue pursuing my dream of graduating from a university. It has been challenging because my anxiety is severe. Panic attacks and depression have been major side effects. The experience feels like a tornado. Everything seems to get caught in this big swirl of craziness and is never ending. A tornado is disastrous and extremely dangerous. Most of my life I pushed people away and out of my life because I did not want them to be a victim of my tornado. My faith remained in the little knowledge I knew about tornadoes. I know that they eye of a tornado is calm. I thought that

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