The fight between depression and anxiety is the fight between not caring at all and caring about everything at once. It is long, sorrowful, lonely sobs that attack in the night and tell me they will never leave. It is a constant state of feeling like I’m barely holding on and I’m slipping but it won’t give out. It’s …
I want to talk to my crush — but I don’t want to send the first text. I want to make more friends — but I don’t want to socialize. I want to dance at bars and buy tickets to concerts and travel through different countries — but I don’t want to leave the house. …
Have you been described as a “perfectionist” or “Type A?” Do you have a restless mind and feel the need to stay busy? Have you found yourself over-analyzing everything you’ve ever done wrong in your life at 3 a.m.? It’s possible that you have high-functioning anxiety. Although it isn’t an official diagnosis, it’s a form …
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1. Anxiety makes me believe I’m unsafe. Anxiety wants me to know I’m never safe no matter where I am. It wants me to believe I’m in danger at all times, and there’s no safe haven available for me. 2. Anxiety makes me believe my panic attack isn’t just a panic attack. Anxiety makes me believe my …
In a world that is completely centered on social events and being around other people, it is often very difficult to be a person who has anxiety. It gets in the way and makes it difficult for me to function and be around others. It has this way of completely sucking the life out of me …
I didn’t ask for this and believe me, I don’t want it. I know you roll your eyes, even when you try and hide it. I know you think I’m exaggerating or being dramatic. But this is something I wouldn’t wish on anyone. You’re used to seeing me work and cook, clean, walk, go shopping …
I hate how much trouble I have talking to people. I hate how uncomfortable I feel in social situations. I hate how I constantly feel like I don’t belong. I hate how long I focus on my mistakes — even if they aren’t major. How long I think about the joke I told that no …
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 …
On any given day when my family and friends try to get ahold of me, they often are not concerned with the fact that I don’t answer the phone after three or four calls. They don’t wonder where I am at 6 p.m. when I should be at dinner, and they certainly don’t question my …