When Audra was a teen, she began to buckle under uncontrollable feelings of doubt, self-consciousness, and panic that made going to school or even hanging out with friends torturous. "I could barely make it through the day without feeling like I was dying," she remembers now. She learned she had anxiety and ADHD at 15, but the diagnosis just gave a name to her issues—it didn't solve anything. She took antianxiety medication but felt it just pushed all her panic deep inside without actually making her feel better.
By the time Audra reached her 20s, she endured feelings of anxiety that sent her thoughts spiraling. Meanwhile, her self-doubt held her back professionally: When she had an opportunity to write an essay or publish her photographs, she turned it down. After all, she figured, who was she to have a voice in the world?
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