What High-Functioning Anxiety Can Look Like on the Outside

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Have you heard the term functional anxiety? The clinical psychologist Teresita Miranda explains it. These are women with whom apparently everything goes well. They always arrive on time, fulfill their duties, smile and get ahead. “You are amazing, I don’t know how you do it for so long,” they repeat. What nobody sees is that, every night, their body collapses and their mind continues to run. That contrast, to function perfectly outside while exp…