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Originally Posted by invisible silence
Thanks for posting this! It's so true. My anxiety used to be a lot worse than it is now. It finally started going down some when I finally realized that a lot of my anxiety comes from the fear of being anxious in itself. Just like stacking bricks on top of bricks and making the feeling it that much heavier. I still struggle with it a lot, but I'm trying to learn to accept it for what it is and not feel so ashamed by it all the time. I think the shame is really what got to me. Thinking that there was something wrong with me because I had anxiety. Turns out it doesn't make me that much of a weirdo after all, lol.
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There seems to be something very alienating about anxiety and that's why we feel so "weird". It can have such a snowball effect. Anxiety is universal, but we forget that, and really judge ourselves for having it. When in reality its just a simple human emotion - its just one of the ranges of emotions we humans have, just like sad, happy, angry, frustrated, anxious, content, etc. It's literally just an emotion, its not something to be so ashamed about. Hard to remember that when it really strikes though, especially when the physical symptoms start showing, but we have to learn to be okay with that too.
Personally it helps me to think there's nothing "wrong" with me. It helps me to think that this is totally normal, which it is, some people just have a much better way of hiding their emotions and I think this comes down to how expressive some people are. And the triggers are different for everyone. Someone can get anxious about giving a speech, and someone else can get anxious about meeting with new clients.
I've always been very expressive with my emotions and I have a hard time covering up how I feel. This means my anxiety can be noticeable too. Which begins that snowball effect...other people have no problem hiding how they feel no matter how anxious they are.
I was watching a funny news bloopers video and it reminded me how common anxiety is.
