I am the face of anxiety.  I am the face of OCD, panic disorder and general anxiety disorder.  Though I may have or have had these things, they do NOT define me.  They are simply a part of my journey.   My anxiety started in 4th grade.  I’ll spare you all the details in the interest of keeping this aimed at my biggest struggles, but to make a long story short, I’ve had generalized anxiety disorder since 4th grade and there are some days I still struggle with it.  As I now know, one anxiety disorder leads to another and...

My active duty time came to an end on September 1st of 2001 ten days before 9/11 , during my service I was lucky enough to serve with some of the greatest men and women I will ever meet. I also was both lucky enough and unfortunate to serve overseas in Kosovo in 1999, during which I saw what the evil in the world was truly capable of.   When I finished my time I came home and like most of us buried what I had seen and what I had gone through. Ten days after I came home that...