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Anon,

I'm thinking about the times when you are fine with a certain person and then other times a bit of anxiety can wash over you. I know what you mean.

For me, I'm sometimes more anxious when I'm startled in some way. For instance, if I know there is something that could make me anxious and I plan for it or talk to myself about it, perhaps it won't affect me that way. But when something just comes up that I hadn't really thought about, the anxiety can set in. Could this be part of it with you? Perhaps sometimes your brain feels like you are letting your guard down too much and it wants to reel you back in?

I, too, feel for those who suffer with anxiety and don't know it or how to fix it. I was anxious as a child too but didn't really figure anything out until I was an adult. I think that for children in whom it is debilitating, it's easier for doctors or parents to figure out that something is wrong. And I think all anxiety disorders are getting a little more well-known and perhaps more often diagnosed.

But not everyone develops it as a child, either. Many develop anxiety as a result of specific events in their lives. So it's really as individual as we are.

Good to hear from you again. Take care!