Mel looks like she has her life together.
In reality, she's exhausted from trying to be perfect-and terrified of falling apart.
A dedicated workaholic and chronic people-pleaser, Mel has built a life that looks right on the outside. But when a panic attack forces her to confront everything she's been avoiding, she does something completely out of character-she runs.
To the Azores.
Far from her routine and the expectations that have defined her for so long, Mel hopes a change of scenery will fix what she can't seem to control. Instead, she finds herself facing the same anxiety, the same self-doubt... and a connection she never planned for.
Carlos is steady where she spirals, patient where she doubts-and completely uninterested in the perfect version of herself she's been trying so hard to maintain. With him, Mel begins to feel something unfamiliar: safe enough to be imperfect.
But some choices aren't about who you love-
they're about who you're becoming.
And when the life she carefully built starts pulling her back, Mel must decide:
Stay in the comfort of expectations...
or risk everything to finally choose herself.
Honest, tender, and deeply relatable, Anxious Girl is a story about anxiety, self-worth, and the quiet courage it takes to let go of perfection-even when it means letting go of the life you thought you wanted.
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Teen & Young Adult