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Alice wasn't always so successful though. She 

had a long journey to reach where she is 

today. It started when Alice was a child. She 

was very shy and didn't often leave her 

mother's side. She didn't like going to many 

places and didn't like large crowds or lines. 

Alice always had to have one of her stuffed 

animals with her to make her feel safe and 

happy. 

When Alice was a baby and throughout 

elementary school she got sick a lot. She 

missed a lot of days and the other kids made 

fun of her. Alice didn't talk to many people or 

go on play dates with her classmates. She 

started to hate school and get mad at 

everyone but, she always went to school and 

kept good grades. 

When Alice started middle school things got a bit 

better. She met two girls who would be her lifelong 

best friends. Despite these friends Alice still had a 

hard time in school. She still felt left out of class 

parties and plans her class had for the weekends. 

She still didn't talk much and still didn't like school. 

Alice knew the nervous feelings she was having at 

school and the loneliness she felt even when her 

friends were with her was not normal and not right. 

She finally told her parents she was having problems 

at school. They understood her issues but did not 

know how to help her. They asked Alice's grandfather 

for the phone number of a counselor. The counselor 

could talk to Alice and help her with her feelings. 

Over the next year Alice learned a lot about 

her feelings and why she did certain things. 

Alice and her family still didn't know why she 

was having these feelings though. When Alice 

was almost done with seventh grade she 

stopped going to school. She would curl up 

tight into a ball and refuse to move when her 

parents came to wake her up for school. Alice 

finished up the school year at home. 

Alice's counselor and doctor were able to 

guess from this experience that Alice had an 

anxiety disorder. All the nervous feelings were 

extra anxiety that her body produced. The 

anxiety that was meant to help the body was 

now keeping the body from doing things.

Alice was so happy to know what was going on but, 

also nervous about what was going to happen now. 

Her doctor gave her some medicine to help with the 

anxiety so she could go back to school and feel okay 

about hanging out with her friends. It was still hard. 

Every time she thought about going to public places 

she felt a knot form in her stomach and she didn't 

want to go anymore.

For a few months Alice was okay but, then her school 

started changing teachers and got more students. 

The stress added more anxiety to Alice and she 

stopped going to school again. She went back before 

the year ended but it was hard and took a lot of 

effort. She finished middle school and was happy to 

move on to high school.

Alice had to change schools when she went 

to high school and met a lot of new people. 

She made a few friends and was quite 

happy there. She was stressed and still 

very anxious during the day. 

She had panic attacks some days. Her 

stomach would twist in knots and her 

breathing would get short. The walls 

seemed like they were closing in and she 

would have to ask the teacher if she could 

go to the bathroom to calm down. 

As the years in high school went on Alice 

was able to handle her anxiety better. She 

didn't have as many panic attacks and 

didn't feel nervous all the time. She made 

great friends who were always there to 

help her when she was nervous about 

things. Alice's teachers were understanding 

about her anxiety and let her sit by the 

door in case she needed to leave for a 

moment. Alice made fantastic grades and 

was in the top ten in her class. 

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