Anxiety is such a common condition for lawyers, yet rarely is there room to talk about the difficulties and challenges of being a lawyer. What’s worse, there’s an insidious, unstated attitude in our profession that if you experience anxiety, depression, or other stress-related challenges, it’s a character flaw. Anxiety is painful to live with. It’s the constant fortune-telling, trying to foresee all the things that can go wrong in every situation. It’s the fear of screwing up. Trying to predict the future. It’s the feeling of never being at ease because your mind is constantly catastrophizing—on high alert.
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