Anxiety Memoirs: When it's a true disorder.
In my self-help journey, I soon discovered that when most people talk about self-help around anxiety, they really mean the temporary kind that just about everyone experiences. Which is helpful! It’s guidance for a unified experience and that’s great. But what about those of us who have a true anxiety disorder? Some of the advice I read seemed great in theory, but is potentially dangerous for someone with a disorder, for example leaning into your anxiety and letting it take control in order to get to the root of it. It really can be helpful for some people and you can read more about it on the blog at katemitchellmoore.com. But for those who have had their daily life negatively impacted by anxiety, suffering physical symptoms nearly daily, putting yourself through that could do more harm than good at this point in your journey. So if that seems like it could put you into a full blown episode, I’m here to share with you a realization that really helps me.
