Personal Narrative: Anxiety In High School

Butterflies, the perfect word to describe anxiety. Everyone on this planet will experience anxiety once or more times in their life. No one can avoid anxiety, except for those who live life boring. I myself have experienced anxiety many times throughout my high school career. High school life is a major reason for many mental break downs, and lost nerves.

Three times, I vividly remember being anxious. My first day of high school, I was nervous I was a little on the heavy side. I was always self-conscious about myself, so I felt like everyone was always judging me. As I grow older I realized everyone is always judging but they aren’t always just you. I have embraced my build and used it to my advantage. Now everyone knows me as the biggest strongest

guy on the high school, instead of being the fattest guy in the high school as I one though.
I have learned not all anxiety is terrible.

I see them as building stones for example, my freshmen year I played my first ever varsity game. If only you could imagine how nervous I was, but today you would see a complete different person. I play a lot faster, I don’t make very many mistakes any longer. All because of anxiety I second thought myself and made mistakes. It also impaired my vision, like I would be playing against a person my size, but in my mind I felt like I was playing against a NFL player. Anxiety is a mean thing and it will stop many, but the ones that overcome it will always succeed.

As games went on, the butterflies went away. My freshman year, I went on the field and I felt as I could fly. Now I’m solid as a rock. I could play a game without breaking a sweat. I believe, as I go through life, I will encounter many similar anxieties. Maybe in college I will play football and have the same butterflies as I had a few years ago. I would love to experience more anxieties, it sounds weird but, I see many of them as building blocks to life. I’m always wanting to reach my goals in life. As so many butterflies as helped me achieve so many.

I would say anxiety is a great experience in life. Experience helps, if were to be dropped in my first game today I would not know what to do. I would experience the same butterflies as I did four years ago. Life goes on and it’s up to you, on how you handle life. Fears come and go, but they are the greatest building blocks to

life.