Anxiety’s Got a New Name
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4 min readNov 4, 2022
I suffer from anxiety about the future — too many things are going awry all at the same time.
My hope withers as the oaks and madrone trees drop near my home of 40 years. The forest is drying, and with it comes fire danger. I have such angst it makes me want to leave this place I’ve grown up in.
It is heartbreaking.