A student in the Philippines describes shifting from chronic anxiety to becoming the calm presence her classmates needed. When rumors about exam results sparked panic in their WhatsApp group, she found herself reassuring others instead of spiraling, her energy completely transformed.
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First of all, a huge thanks to you. Actually, I was so anxious about little, little things, but today, uh, like suddenly in my WhatsApp group— I'm a student and I study in Philippines, I'm far away from my family right now— but today in our WhatsApp group there were rumors about the results and all. And among this group, I was the girl who used to be anxious too much, but today I was the one who was calming everybody. Guys, just chill, calm, nothing is going to happen, nice. So like my energy shifted, like it just rotated from 360 degrees, you know. Like, wow, thank you so much. Amazing, awesome.