Originally Posted by Crompsin

If there is one thing I've really learned from the great atom smasher philosophy that is the anti-solipsist: Pain (anger/worry/fear) is a great source of arrogance. Assumptions (the mother of all fuck-ups)! We assume we are alone. We assume we are only one that feels these things. We assume that we are the first to encounter this problem, the first to get over it, the first to survive it and better ourselves for it, the first to be crushed by it and destroy ourselves with it.

Anxiety is like Baskin Robbins, OP... the 31 flavors are played out. The quicker you realize that you aren't feeling unique things and get over the weird xenophobia, the better you'll be. Laugh at yourself, acknowledge your fears and weaknesses, and for-fuck's-sake... one foot in front of the other.