anxiety
A look at anxiety in its many forms and manifestations; what is the nature of this specific pattern of extreme fear and worry?
Daily Life with Anxiety.
It's all in your head." Just get over it". "Stop worrying so much." These here are some of the things people say to you when you have anxiety. Anxiety affects over millions of people world wide and it can become a reason people become disabled. As if having a racing heart, sweaty palms, and having trouble breathing is bad enough, somebody picks up the courage to tell you, "stop worrying about it, it will be okay." It makes me want to slap them. This illness has prevented me to hold a steady job and keep in touch with friends and family. It has prevented me to sleep at night- due to racing thoughts and bad decisions that happened years ago. It makes the mind show you these awful scenarios that could happen- especially going to a big city and you're on the highway. There's many ways to treat anxiety. Some get lucky and have it only for a short time, others could have it for a lifetime, like me. The way I chose to help with my anxiety is marijuana and anti-depressants. I know what you're thinking- "Anxiety is a side effect of marijuana". Actually, yes and no. Yes, it could be with some people who smoke it, and no because people who smoke it, like me, it relaxes me and allows me to be an actual functioning human being that will get shit done. This is my daily life. In the morning I enjoy those sweet five seconds upon waking up until anxiety comes breaking down the door, demanding to be heard. Asking me what could go wrong today and listing all the things I need to do before I die. Midway though the day, as I am relaxing, it goes wait I hear a noise, is someone breaking in? Is it the animals? What are we going to do? As usually I reassure myself that it was my dogs just moving around. All day long anxiety will be tapping at my shoulder making sure I knew it was there and anything or everything can come crashing down any moment and I could possibly die. Then lastly at night, as I am laying there, it finally asks did you lock the doors? Did you feed the animals? Did you shut off all the lights? Did you double check the locked doors? So, I will have to get out of bed and double-checked, triple-check everything. Anixety is very hard to deal with because it's fighting with your mind all day and everyday of your life. It's this dark cloud that hangs over your head and you can't get rid of it. It's having people looking at you like you're crazy because you refused to go on that one thing or into that one store because of this fear you having running though your head. It's having the doctors to tell you to control your anxiety and learn to cope with it. They don't understand how horrible it is to have your mind to tell you you're going to die if you step out of your comfortable zone. It's having to hear all the sounds all at once in a crowded area, feeling you cannot breathe or even think, and all that's running through your mind is YOU NEED TO LEAVE NOW!!. This dear people is the daily life with anxiety aka hell.
By Madison Musser5 years ago in Psyche
Suffering With Anxiety
It's on our minds, it's in the air, it's everywhere around us. The feeling that we are at a stand still, everyone is stuck on pause - or repeat. No matter what we do, what we try, how we manage, where we go in our minds, it's a part of us - all of us.
By Tara Perreault5 years ago in Psyche
Asking For Help
Lot’s of people have a hard time asking for help for all kinds of different reasons. Such as embarrassment, shyness, pride etc. my problem with asking for help started when I was young, I was scared of asking for help at school in case people judged me for not knowing a lot, for not being as smart as everyone else. Honestly, I didn’t realise I even had a problem asking for help until it was pointed out on a parents evening to my mother.
By collette_235 years ago in Psyche
My Anxiety
There is a lot of information out there about anxiety but its not enough. Just because there’s information about it doesn’t mean it makes it any easier to understand it. There are still a lot of people out there that believe mental health issues are all controllable, but they don’t realise just how crippling it can be. There are so many different levels of anxiety and I think that’s one of the reasons why it’s hard to understand, it can be so minor for so long but you also have people who take advantage and fake the whole thing or fake how serious it is.
By collette_235 years ago in Psyche
My Experience With: Stress, Eating and University.
I know I’ve been saying for a long time that I will do something lifestyle based and so, I am doing a lifestyle blog about things that happen on a day-to-day basis. I will be talking about my experiences with various things, some things will come back over and over again because my days are very much similar. If something else happens then it happens. Hopefully, you and I can get along and I can go along and tell you a little bit of a story about this experience I’ve had and then we’re going to talk about it. I’m going to discuss my reaction and my thoughts on the experience afterwards. Not only am I thinking about getting a dialogue going, but I’m also looking to make friends with people who have probably had similar experiences to me. Not only that though, maybe we can have a bit of a laugh and rethink this shit - maybe our minds can be changed and enlightened together. Or, you can just be here to enjoy the story and listen to me ramble on. If you want to read this in my voice then I kind of sound like a cross between Freddie Mercury and Scar from the “Lion King”. So get the full ‘experience’ there. So immersive.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Psyche
My Anxiety Comes From The Mistrust Of Others
Remember the times when you were carefree and young. I do. Those were innocent times because I didn't know anything about the world. Everyone's intentions were honest and forthcoming. You can put your trust in people and they could put their trust in you. People were dependable and no one wanted to do bad things to one another.
By Brian Anonymous5 years ago in Psyche
Anxiety Disorders — Types, Causes and Symptoms
What are Anxiety Disorders? Occasional anxiety is a normal part of life. You might feel anxious when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test, or making an important decision. Anxiety disorders involve more than temporary worry or fear. For a person with an anxiety disorder, the anxiety does not go away and can get worse over time. These feelings can interfere with daily activities such as job performance, school work, and relationships.There are a variety of anxiety disorders. Collectively they are among the most common mental disorders.
By Nick Davies5 years ago in Psyche
Paint
The next part was to pick up the paintbrush. But she was nervous. What was new? She always seemed to be nervous. She would shake when she had to do something important. Her lip would quiver when speaking in front of groups of people. She would feel a bitter cold when having to do anything that required even just the tiniest amount of courage.
By GOREMAC Channel5 years ago in Psyche
