34 Things People With Anxiety Always Wanted To Tell Their Friends

I wish my mother would understand this and get of my back about everything.

Sometimes I feel like I really don't wanna go where suggested, but when I actually do get out of my shell, and just go, even though I didn't want to, once I'm there and once it's done, I realise it was actually a good idea. Doesn't always work, but it's great when it does.

When u get hurt so often u come to expect it to happen sooner or later and rarely have i been proven wrong

This could be said for naturally introverted people as well.

I don't love you less I need to decompress.

like a radio that wont shut off ? this is scary , i once went 3 days 3 night without sleep and the mind just keep 'screaming' i was nearly mad , i approached a christian leader and he told me i lack faith , i say 'f**k you'

Sometimes there isn't a source... or we don't know what it is.

This was the worst for me. Certain ppl in my family always said this to me instead of helping me seek out medical attention. So before I knew I had anxiety I really thought I was going to die or that I was just going insane.

I really like this one, people just don't understand what hell you are going through if you care about me please just try to understand. If people could somehow know what we deal with everyday .I did not ask to be this way and I would do anything not to feel this way.

I'd read this as "effort to understand" rather than "effort to fix". My best friend read a lot about mental health to understand and help me. It made me cry.

If only people could understand the reality of this and understand u cannot "just switch it off" its both physically and emotionally draining on a daily basis

I decline events in my life I would love to attend. The guilt is overwhelming. Please try to understand I do love you.

I've lived a life of apologizing - to my friends, my children, my doctors, and I don't know why. I might as well apologize for the rain.

Hugs help.

4 years house-bound.

Sometimes alone is less painful for me.

such people are extremely rare , unles it is another sufferer , i have met a few and yeah we understand :)

Too many people make me lose my focus in seconds! I can't even keep a conversation!

It's more that men aren't as out spoken about their problems. It's important that we read this sort of thing though, and understand that it's not an unusual struggle.

i am anxiety , it consume me , i want to be better , i will be better if you help me ... just be my friend.

This looks more like an internal conversation a sufferer has with him/herself.

its too hard for introvert like me so ill stick with cutting....

There is no words on this one?

lol, j.k. rowling. then try to accept trans women.

I am the sapling fighting for survival under the snow.

Sorry if I offended anyone with this image. I honestly mean no harm. I myself have anxiety and depression.