Always stuck in the past and fearing the future, she struggled to understand her own understanding of what she could do to save herself. Now that she was drowning in her own fear, she didn't think she could find a way out. Pause, breathe and breathe. She looked up, making eye contact with her teacher just in time to hear him say that midterm wasn't until the next class and that today she would help them prepare. The girl's heart sank and sank to the pit of her stomach, but she could breathe again. Fear released its grip on her mind long enough for her brain to command her lungs to fill with air and exhale. The deals calmed her down and she no longer saw red. All this time, she was plagued by her anxiety for nothing at all. The test didn't last several days and she still had time to prepare. But in a few days, his body knew he would be back in the familiar territory of the land of distress filled with yellow bile. It was literally only a matter of hours before she was once again paralyzed by her own fear of