Letter To My Anxiety

Dear Anxiety,

I have been meaning to write this for so long, we have been 3 a.m. friends for a long time now.

I remember those nights, when you entered my head before school examinations, college presentations, job interviews and I stayed up all night thinking every worst case scenario that could unfold the next day rather than working on myself.

We were inseparable.

Do you remember the first opportunity I got to speak on stage? But I could not muster up the courage to speak a word because you were silently holding my hand. You were always there.

But lately, I have been thinking about our friendship and also reading about it. Some of my other friends (Yes, I eventually made some) told me you are a bad influence. I had a difficult time understanding why would they see you as any different from me. But upon learning about you and surrounding myself with some really beautiful people, I realized we were in this constant power struggle of who would take control of my life.

But I think it's time for me to go with life wherever it takes me, without you. So, before I leave on this journey to 'Emotional Maturity', I distance myself from you.

I know you will want to make a comeback at different struggles of my life the way you have been invading my mind for so many years, and I will be expecting you to do that.

You can enter my head, have a seat, sip a cup of tea with me, but you will have to leave soon because I am not gonna be a harbor anymore.

I am taking charge of my life now.

Yours Sincerely,

Young Adult (Supposedly on the way to emotional maturity)

Art Courtesy - Sanober Memon

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Gaurav Bumb

Gaurav Bumb currently studies as a Screenwriting Student at Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata. Having graduated in B.A. (English Lit.), he takes keen interest in poetry, films, books and finding about people who use their sensitivity as their power.