Day 105: BAD Anxiety!

March 5, 2020 — My anxiety is a bad dog. I don’t blame it, though, because I’m the one who taught it to be bad. And every time I give in, it gets worse.

I woke up this morning feeling pretty damn good…until I sat down to draw my daily comic. It’s the creative tension that gets my “carousel of horrors” spinning. First, I think…Oh god, what if I can’t make anything good today? And then it devolves into…Maybe I should check my social stats. Do I have any emails? What’s new on YouTube? IS THERE ANY MEANING TO LIFE???

This time, it started with a girl.

I asked someone out on Hinge last night and my brain tried to convince me that I had to check for a reply before starting my work.

Come on, it whines. Just a quick look!

The thing with anxiety is, it’s insatiable.

You can never have enough certainty about the future.

When you indulge insecurity, it spreads across your life and settles into places it does not belong.