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TheInnerLight: Reflections on resilience, healing, & growth

Dealing with Anxiety

Why you’re always overthinking (and barely noticing it)

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TheInnerLight
Apr 15, 2026
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I know you’re probably thinking that I will diagnose you with the most unhinged mental disorder in this article but you are wrong. What I’ve come to realize is that many of us deal with anxiety in quiet, everyday ways… and we barely even notice it.

You wake up and the first thing we think about is how we barely had enough sleep. Maybe you stayed up longer than you planned, scrolling through your phone, telling yourself “just a few more minutes.” Before you know it, it’s late, your mind is overstimulated, and your body never really got the rest it needed.

Then morning comes, and instead of feeling refreshed, your mind feels heavy, foggy and restless.

And almost immediately, the thoughts begin.

Everything you need to do, everything you might forget, or everything that could go wrong.

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