Everywhere you look today, there’s a teenage girl diagnosing herself with “anxiety.” It’s become almost trendy — an accessory, a badge of honor, a way to say, “I’m struggling, and that’s just part of who I am.”
But what if we turned this narrative on its head?
What if the so-called “anxiety epidemic” among girls isn’t a sign that they’re broken — but a sign that they’re more awake than the world around them?
Because the truth is, their instincts are trying to scream something loud and clear:
Something is very wrong with the world they’ve been thrown into.
Society tells girls today that their natural impulses are problems to be medicated or therapized away. But their bodies, their hearts, their wombs know better. They know when something feels fake, hostile, or fundamentally misaligned with what would actually make them healthy, happy, and whole.
Here’s what girls are being lied to about — and what their instincts are trying to tell them instead:
Lie: Your value comes from being a high-achieving careerist.
Instinct: My value comes from who I am — as a woman, a nurturer, a life-bringer — not just from what I do.
Lie: You should prioritize independence and casual sex over family and lasting love.
Instinct: I crave deep connection, commitment, and a home where I’m safe to love fully.
Lie: Your beauty is a tool to gain status and attention.
Instinct: My beauty is sacred. It’s meant to be honored, protected, and appreciated by someone who truly cherishes me.
Lie: Empowerment means acting aggressive, transactional, and crude.
Instinct: True empowerment is living in alignment with my femininity, intuition, and grace.
When these young women start feeling anxious, panicked, or lost, it’s not because they’re defective. It’s because their primal wisdom is alerting them: “This path is not safe. This world is not sane.”
Of course they feel trapped. Modern culture is gaslighting their instincts, telling them that up is down, masculine is feminine, sterile is sexy, fake is real.
This “anxiety” could be their salvation if they learned to listen to it properly.
- Instead of numbing it, they could ask, “What is my heart trying to protect me from?”
- Instead of pathologizing it, they could recognize it as sacred alertness.
- Instead of silencing it, they could let it guide them back to a life rooted in truth.
The feminine spirit is too wild, too wise, and too intuitive to be completely destroyed by lies. It may get twisted and confused for a while — but deep down, it remembers.
Teen girls don’t need more therapy buzzwords. They don’t need another self-diagnosis. They don’t need more pills.
They need to trust that their so-called “anxiety” isn’t a flaw.
It’s a beacon.
It’s a cry for a better life, a real life, a feminine life — and it’s the most natural thing in the world.
