![]() I came up with every excuse in the book not to step foot back in that classroom, most of my reasons starting and ending with a stomach ache. I nearly funked my seventh-grade year due to basically the same situation, but mine stemmed from a classmate getting sick in the science classroom. The tummy aches evolve into panic attacks, which affect her life in numerous ways. ![]() The lead character, Raina (named after the author, obviously), starts to develop some weird tummy aches after a stomach bug. This is what Guts explores within its graphic pages. It waxes and wanes, and while I will never be rid of it, I am looking forward to it fading into the background of my life once again.Īs a younger child, looking back, I can recognize that a lot of the fear and worry I felt was actually anxiety. For years prior to that, I was mostly fine. I am just now, in fact, coming out of a two-year stretch of heightened anxiety thanks to some health issues. There are times – days, weeks, years even – that are worse than others, and many more that are easier. ![]() ![]() I have nearly always lived an anxious life. ![]()
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