My best friend is always around me. Never leaves me alone, especially at school. My best friend likes to grab onto me while I walk through crowds of people.
"Hey, you look weird when you walk or you’re getting a lot of dirty looks."my best friend likes to whisper.
   My Best Friend also likes to walk me to classes. When I take my seat, my best friend takes their place right next to me.
   “Any volunteers?” My teacher asks while looking around the room. “No?” She then proceeds to pull out flash cards. My heart  then dropped to my stomach when I saw the cards. ‘please don’t call on me,please.’ My best friend almost immediately heard my thoughts and then starts telling me, she’s going to call on you.

No, she’s not
Yes she is
No
Yes, stop denyi-
   She then called my name, the room goes silent and I feel a giant stage light point directly at me. My heart starts to race faster than an equestrian being in the lead on their final lap.
“Do you know where we're at?” The teacher asked. Yes. “ No.” I lie. The teacher then goes into a long lecture about the importance of our educations, and how vital it is to pay attention. I was trying my best to listen but then my best friend starts to whisper with a giant smirk, you should have just answered. Why do you gotta screw up again?
“I’m sorry,”
“No your not, now everyone has to endure her lecture.”
For the remainder of the period I decided to keep my head down.
   My best friend likes to drag things on, “ Everyone's going to be talking about it.”
Talking about what?
“How you messed up in class.”
I didn’t mess up in class today.
“You stuttered”
Oh, well it didn’t really matter-
“You stuttered. You messed up. Everyone’s going to be talking about it.”
Really?
“Yea,now no one would want to talk to stutter girl now.”

My best friend puts me down. My best friend stresses me out. My best friend gets me anxious. My best friend tells me not to go to my full potential. My best friend laughs at my mistakes. My best friend is keeping me awake at night. My best friend doesn’t like when I try to get rid of them. My best friend causes me to have panic attacks. My best friend is not a person. 
 

                               My best friend, anxiety.