It was a Tuesday morning when I found my teenage son sitting on the floor of his room, staring blankly at his open physics textbook. No earbuds, no phone in hand, just silence—and tension you could slice with a butter knife. I asked what was up, and he just muttered, “I can’t do this.” That’s…
When I first noticed my teenage cousin constantly worrying about things that didn’t even seem like a big deal, I brushed it off as typical teenage angst. You know—school, friends, maybe social media overload. But over time, I realized it went beyond the usual ups and downs. Turns out, what she was dealing with was…
I still remember the way my hands would shake before I had to give a presentation in high school. My throat felt tight, and I’d rehearse every sentence over and over in my head, terrified of messing up in front of my classmates. At the time, I thought I was just shy — but looking…