I realized that I was okay with myself. I was quirky and withdrawn and loud, but I liked that. I smiled at strangers without thinking they were going to attack me and drag me into their cars. I went to doctors’ offices and touched magazines that had been touched by sick people.
Anna White, Mended: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leaps of Faith
anxiety, fear, germs, healing, humor, humorous, memoir, obsession, ocd, recovery, self-esteem