Living With Anxiety: When Life Feels Like Walking Through Fog

When Your Mind Won’t Let You Rest

There were times in my life where I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was about to go wrong. Even when everything looked fine on the outside, I felt uneasy—like I was waiting for the next thing to go wrong, even if I didn’t know what it was.

That’s what anxiety can be like.

For me, it often showed up as restlessness I couldn’t explain. Racing thoughts I couldn’t slow down. Or the sense that I had to keep doing more, fixing more, preparing for everything—just in case.

I’ve come to understand that anxiety is not just about worrying. It’s about feeling unsafe in your own body and mind—even when the world around you is calm.

It’s like walking through fog. You can’t see what’s ahead. Every step feels unsure. And there’s a tension in your chest that never quite goes away.

What Anxiety Actually Is

Anxiety is our brain trying to protect us.It scans for danger based on what we've been through—and sometimes, it gets stuck on high alert.

You might recognise some of these feelings:

• A racing heart or shortness of breath

• Tightness in your chest or jaw

• Restlessness, like you just can’t settle

• Trouble sleeping, or waking with a sense of dread

• Constantly replaying past conversations or worrying about the future

• Feeling like your thoughts are tangled and hard to quiet

And then comes the guilt. The inner critic that says:

“What’s wrong with me? I should be able to cope.”

But that voice is wrong. There’s nothing wrong with you. Your nervous system has just been stuck in “protect” mode for too long.

Why It’s So Hard to Switch Off

Most people think anxiety is just a mindset problem—something you can logic your way out of. But it’s deeper than that.

It’s your whole body reacting to a belief that something bad might happen. And often, that belief comes from somewhere much earlier in life—an experience that taught you that the world, or your place in it, wasn’t safe.

That’s why even when life seems good, anxiety can still whisper:

• “What if something goes wrong?”

• “What if I mess it up?”

• “What if I can’t handle it?”

  
  

And that’s what makes anxiety so exhausting. Because it doesn’t just live in the mind—it lives in the body, in the breath, in the way you carry yourself through the day.

You're Not Alone In This

If you’re feeling tired of holding it all together…If anxiety is making your world feel smaller…If you’re constantly bracing for something bad to happen…

You’re not broken.

You’re not overreacting.

You’re human.

And there is a way forward.

You Deserve to Feel Safe Again

I don’t believe healing comes from pushing harder or pretending to be okay. It comes from gently learning to feel safe again. In your thoughts. In your body. In your life.

That’s what changed everything for me.

And it’s what I now help others discover, too. Let’s chat.