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Letter To Anxiety #1 - the following is A Short snippet that was the catalyst for the documentary written at the end of 2016.

It all begins with an idea.

Written on a miserable afternoon on the 2nd October, 2016.
London, UK.

Dear anxiety,

You’re driving me crazy. You’re filling me with dread. You’re pushing tears out of me into a toxic atmosphere. Stay within. I can’t trust my body, I can’t trust my head and I can’t trust you. I can’t hide my misery from my friends anymore. The other night I called the woman whom I hold these impossibly strong feelings for, and broke down. Muffled sobs in the streets of London. I’m being tortured by my two selves.

I sit here alone with you. We know each other very well now. My name is William, yours is anxiety, but your full name is generalised anxiety disorder, your nicknames are worry, panic, paralysis, angst and fear.

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