My 8th grade speech about Anxiety

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Anxiety: A suicidal problem "Things can look hopeless to the point of being impossible, but giving up never solved anything.” That quote is like my whole life in a sentence. Anyway, this speech isn’t about me. It’s about the beast inside me. The beast that keeps telling me that I’m no good. His name is Anxiety. He’s my friend and sometimes he’s my enemy. This is some sort of frenemy relationship. But don’t get me wrong, I love him … well … sometimes. I bet you you’re not getting my point here. Okay, let me put it this way. Anxiety and depression are not twins, they’re sisters and insanity is their mother. Why these things are hard to understand? Because they’re all invisible. Having anxiety is like being scared and tired at the same time. It’s the fear of failure but no urge to be productive. It is wanting friends but hate socializing. It’s wanting to be alone but not wanting to be lonely. It’s caring about everything then caring about nothing. It’s feeling everything at once then feeling paralysingly numb. I’ve got 99 problems and 86 of them are completely made up of scenarios in my head that I’m stressing about for absolutely no logical reason. It feels like I’m constantly being bullied by myself and I can’t make it stop. There was a time I was down to counting my heartbeats. I would lie in bed and tell myself every beat is me fighting back. Now years later I sometimes say to my heart, I remember how you fought for me. Sounds stupid maybe but I chose to share that with you. Life is similar to a semicolon. A semicolon is used when a sentence could have been ended, but it wasn't. It may seem as if there is nothing but darkness ahead but there's so much more to it than that. However, the only person who can change things for the better is you. Because you are responsible for you. That includes being responsible for your own happiness, self worth, and direction in life. Your life is precious. You are amazing & beautiful. Stay that way. Everything will be okay in the end. But if it's not okay, then it's not the end, yet. You don’t have to wait for a miracle. Want to see a miracle? Take a deep breath, there there, that's your miracle. Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Now, do something today that your future self will thank you for.