“When I read, I read desperately because I was desperate — desperate to exchange my own anxious thoughts for the calming thoughts of the book’s narrator. I read like that so, for the length of each book, I could be transported out of my body, out of my mind, and into another world — a world where I didn’t have to be me.” ReaderDepressionAnxietyMental HealthMental IllnessDesperateAnxiousAnxious Thoughts Book:Heaven and Hurricanes Source: Heaven and Hurricanes
“My greatest fear in that moment was that my silence might be misunderstood as disinterest, disregard, or disrespect — that my anxiety would be perceived as apathy.” FearSilenceQuietAnxietyApathyMisunderstoodInner ThoughtsAnxious Thoughts Book:Heaven and Hurricanes Source: Heaven and Hurricanes