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Slack.com slash DHQ. Alex met Sam at nursery. They were first

loves. They built thoughts together, shared sandwiches in high school and were each other's

first kiss. They were the dream couple until Sam got into EDM music. While Alex enjoyed

folk, first loves are kind of like your current account. If they aren't working for you

anymore, maybe it's time to switch with the current account switch service. This is

on point. I'm Kimberly Atkins' store filling in for Magna Chakrabardi. Probably as far

back as I can remember, kindergarten, maybe. I just remember being worried all the time.

This is Dana Chuddy. She's an on-point listener in Clinton Township, Michigan. Was I going

to get in trouble for some little tiny thing? Was that kid next to me actually going to drink

the glue as he promised to do? I remember just being terrified to go to Jim class to the

point where I would, quote, forget my Jim clothes at home, I would pretend to not be feeling

well. I would do anything I could to get out of Jim. I remember crying to my parents

because I was so afraid that I was not going to understand how to play baseball. It was

just, it was terrifying to me. That feeling that she wouldn't get something right, wouldn't

know something and that something bad would happen became all too familiar to Dana. Today,

she recognizes that as anxiety. You can feel the adrenaline coursing through your body.

Every piece of you is on high alert. You're just in complete fight or flight to deal with

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