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.

And the guilt stays for ages and returns every now and then when you think it's gone.

I don't have anxiety but I do understand having this feeling..

Please dont tell me to suck it up and get over it

The lack of understanding and the eyes that look back at you make things even worse and it takes up space in your thoughts when you've got no space left. And the next time you want to succeed, it's even harder to win because you have that impression now living in your head.

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.

yeah , i am not confident or comfortable enough also the trip may be too draining

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYONE PERSONALLY. Besides, you're not going to WANT me there when my mind is in this state. I just want to lay down. It's not about you.

Those are some of the days breathing hurts.

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

People always tell me to think positive but if I don't get my hopes up I can't be disappointed,I'm 11 and people say I'm to serious :(

I got the name wrong on my last post sorry about that Helga Weber

this feeling really changes the perspective of the world to me... Now I'm not who I used to be anymore...

That just seems like life even though it shouldn't. Everyone tells me not to be so negative.

This could be said for naturally introverted people as well.

I'm not ignoring you, I'm just trying to fix me in my head.

so me

KimberlyShaffer, introverted people are generally shy and reserved. Wanting to be left alone is more about being by themselves; alone with their thoughts. I know because I am both.

Agree

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

This is a common contradiction that most people don't understand...

no no crowd me , engage me , so that i can get my mind off this anxiety and get so distracted that i am thinking normal.

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'

YES, WillySulistyo, explains it so well, like a radio that won't shut off. I take Gen. Ambien, to sleep at night. Many nights that doesn't even do it. Being up 3 days & 3 nights, still happens several times a year. If only the brain would just shut off. Now that I don't work, it helps some. But being up for that amount of time, puts me into such a fog.

Sometimes I get overwhelmed with everything that I just want to curl up in a ball and hide from the world. Some days I even cry bc I can't take it all. I found getting a puppy has helped and breathing techniques too help.

Emotional meltdowns are a result of being overwhelmed so much u cant hold it in anymore

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

I am seldom aware of the cause

People are always telling me go talk to someone or get over it. If I can't figure out what stresses me out or causes the anxiety I can't get over it. I get so upset at people that tell me that

Every time I have an attack... It feels like I'm gasping for my last breath of air...

its panic attack for me , so i never know when it may happen , i keep to my safe zone.

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.

"Please, don't tell me to just get over it or that I'm being silly - I know that myself already!". That's how I'd extend this one.

i feel like family just slaps me in the face...

If i had a penny for alk the times iv had these sort statements said to me id be rich simply finding a helpful solution is not as easy as it sounds to others

This is like a huge wall between me and my loved ones. No one understands my anxiety, not even myself. So saying that I'm overreacting doesn't fix anything or make me feel any better. It only makes me feel worse which leads me to believe I may be mentally unstable. Instead of loving me anyway, I am treated like a child and not actually given any real advice or help. The only real advice I've ever been given is to pray, but I'm so far from God it seems. This will always be with me till I die, and it is a part of me.

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.

most of the time listening is the only thing i need. you don't need to fix me right away, damn, you basically even can't fix me, just listen and try to understand.

Yes, yes, YES!!! You CAN'T fix me! And stop trying to force me to change! This is me. This is just the way it is. This is my reality. Please just accept me for me and try to be understanding even though I know you probably will never truly understand it.

I'm not broken I am ill

I was broken when you first loved me.

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.

When people have true compassion they are more likely to make the effort to show respect and consideration for u and that makes u feel worthy and its highly appreciated

YES

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