"The biggest lie I ever told was myself that I wasn't someone who got stressed. I don't blame myself for that lie. After all, I've always been someone who is good in a crisis. I love fixing a problem, and things that might cause other people sleepless nights - exams, public speaking, asking for a pay rise - have never given me so much as a twitch of anxiety. As a child, people would remark on how calm I was under pressure, and I took those comments as proof of who I was. I never questioned it. Until this week.
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