Chances are, if you know someone with a mental disorder or disability, you might have asked them or thought, “Why are you tired?” For me, “I’m tired” is not a complaint or pessimistic. It’s merely a fact of life. Allow me to explain why a person who is constantly battling their own brain and societal expectations may feel …
Many people think that individuals with anxiety or depression can wake up one day and decide to ‘get better’. That we can wake up one day and decide to ‘smile, chug coffee, and deal with it’. I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but anxiety isn’t something that we can just ‘turn off’. Anxiety isn’t something …
Your anxiety will chase away the wrong person. When you ask for reassurance that they care about you, they will get annoyed because you should already know how they feel, they shouldn’t have to repeat themselves every five seconds. When you get quiet for seemingly no reason, when you shut down because your anxiety is …
When you happen to love a person with anxiety, you have inherited for yourself a very interesting love story. You are choosing to love someone who understands the complexity of emotions. People who are forced to bear with the struggles of anxiety are inherently flawed people but then again, aren’t we all flawed? Just because …
Depression affects millions of people worldwide, and this number only seems to be growing. The World Health Organization puts the number of people who are depressed at around 350 million, but this number only represents the people actually diagnosed. Those who suffer silently and choose not to get help out of embarrassment, shame, or pride might …
Living with anxiety is like being followed by a voice. It knows all your insecurities and uses them against you. It gets to the point when it’s the loudest voice in the room, no matter how much you try to get rid of it, it’s just there. Having no control over your own mind, your thoughts, …
Anxiety is the restless nights of sleep, as you toss and turn. It’s your brain never being able to shut off. It’s the thoughts you over-think before bedtime and all of your worst fears become a reality in dreams and nightmares. It’s waking up tired even though your day just started. Anxiety is learning how to …
Anxiety can be very harmful and it’s not something to be overlooked. The worst problem is that a lot of people can’t understand the effects it can have on a person and find anxious people as being lazy, irresponsible and passive. If you are not an anxious person, knowing this can help you understand anxiety …
1. That you’re unsafe. Anxiety wants you to know that you are never safe no matter where you are. It wants you to believe that you are in danger at all times, and there’s no safe haven available for you. 2. That your panic attack isn’t just a panic attack. Anxiety makes you believe that …
Many people suffer from mental illness before, during and after their relationships. Sometimes, depression may be the cause of problems within the partnership. Depression can affect the quality of your relationship, as well as having an effect on your partner. When you’re depressed, everything can seem ten times harder – relationships included. “There are wounds …