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If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn’t be so anxious.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Steam rises from a floral teacup on a saucer, with circular ripples in the tea against a lavender background.
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Anxiety here has no clear target, and that's the whole problem. Knowing the cause might dissolve the feeling, but not knowing keeps it circling endlessly. It's a wry admission that some worry seems to exist only to keep worrying.

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