Ich habe nie gelernt diszipliniert zu sein. Ich habe nie gelernt mich selbst zu motivieren. Ich hab das Leben an mir vorbeiplätschern lassen und immer auf ein besseres Morgen gehofft. Ich habe immer gehofft, dass ich mich nicht aus meiner Komfortzone bewegen muss und mir irgendwann jemand einfach den Lottogewinn…

It was another one of those days. I wake up and briefly think that today could be a good day without anxiety and promptly the ever faster spiral of negative thoughts starts. There was a point in the last few years when I thought I had it made and could…

Es war wieder einer dieser Tage. Ich wache auf und denke kurz, dass heute ja vielleicht mal wieder ein guter Tag ohne Ängste sein könnte und prompt setzt sich die immer schneller werdende Spirale der negativen Gedanken in Gang. Es gab einen Punkt in den letzten Jahren, an dem ich…

It was the first class trip. I only have a vague recollection of what happened. A few pictures mixed with fragments of feelings. But I remember one thing as if it were yesterday. I was maybe 7 years old and the first time away from home and after a short…

It was another one of those mornings when I woke up in a whirlpool of self-reinforcing negative thoughts that inevitably jolted me into a very physical feeling of anxiety. Nothing new. I had been in this place countless times and like a good captain I knew how to navigate this…

As children, we didn’t think about where the journey was going. We just lived. We were constantly on adventures, formed gangs and detective clubs, and built tree houses. There was a purpose to it all, of course. …