She said she felt "messed up, with a capital UP" for a few months.

"My anxiety manifested in the form of obsessive compulsive disorder," she explained. "OCD can take many different forms, and for me it was obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. To put it simply, it made me feel like my mind was playing a cruel trick on me."

She said it also affected her physically, not allowing her to sleep for a long time and leaving her with a constant knot in her throat.

"I had chronic headaches, and my body went through what felt like multiple roller-coaster rides every day," she said. "I kept going and kept showing up, never letting people around me know how much I was really struggling."

Now, however, she says "anxiety and I are good friends."

"I listen to her, because I know she’s just trying to keep me safe, but I don’t give her too much attention. And I sure as hell don’t let her make any decisions," she added. "Today I am no longer in that internal war. I feel the healthiest and most connected to myself I’ve ever been, and nowadays I rarely suffer from OCD symptoms. Anxiety comes and goes, but now it feels like just another difficult emotion, as opposed to something that’s consuming my life."