50 Jokes And Memes That Are 110% True If You Overthink Everything, As Shared By This Instagram Page
Though living with anxiety can be challenging, humor can help lighten up the situation, may that be for just a minute. That's why today, we at Bored Panda have selected to share a bunch of both entertaining and comforting tweets that capture the struggles and triumphs of living with anxiety.
One Instagram account in particular, @anxietytwitter, is dedicated to sharing relatable anxiety tweets that are exactly what we need when times get tough. So whether you are feeling anxious or just looking for a good laugh, we hope this list can offer some much-needed relief and remind you that you're not alone in your struggles.
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Every one of us has experienced anxiety at some point of our lives. Feeling uneasy or nervous, or worrying about something that may or may not happen in the future, can be a normal response to stress or danger, though if it starts to interfere with daily life, it can become problematic.
People who live with generalized anxiety disorder experience frequent anxiety for long period of time, be it a month or even a year. Anxiety also is the main symptom of panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, phobia-related disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
I wish I wasn't speaking from firsthand experience when I said this is 100% accurate. Also I was irrationally angry all the time and kept snarling at people over nothing.
There are a few things that can help control anxiety, despite the fact that everyone experiences it differently. Therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which teaches people how to control anxious thoughts and behaviors, is one of the most efficient strategies to lessen anxiety. Antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications, for example, can help manage anxiety symptoms.
Self-care approaches including exercise, mindfulness, and relaxation methods can be beneficial in managing anxiety in addition to treatment and medication. It's critical to give self-care first priority and schedule downtime for rest and renewal. It can also be beneficial to create a strong network of family and friends who can offer sympathy and understanding.
You know what, that sounds pretty healthy of him, you go random dude
for me it;s more like "why? I'm a piece of s**t that deserves the abuse!"
Another helpful approach for overcoming anxiety is humor. Making light of a problem and laughing at it can help ease tension and give a momentary diversion from nervous sensations and thoughts. In fact, comedy has been proven to improve mental health, including easing anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Though it is important to understand that humor shouldn't take the place of qualified treatment for anxiety problems. Even though it can be useful in the moment, comedy is not a long-term fix and doesn't deal with the underlying reasons for anxiety.
Moreover, humor can be employed in a dismissive or inappropriate manner toward people who are anxious. Making fun of someone's nervousness or making jokes about it can be upsetting and leave the recipient feeling invalidated or devalued.
Despite the fact that comedy can be a helpful coping mechanism for anxiety, it's crucial to use it in a courteous and acceptable manner.
Plot twist: Crisis Counselor is just the name of the person coming in to congratulate you on your AMAZING test score.
Mine's like trying to eat a frozen bowl of soup. Cold and my teeth hurt.
But the fact that you're still here at all is good. It means you're stronger and more resilient than you think you are.
same and my therapist keeps saying to be present but like have you seen the world I’m supposed to be present in
That's why we are supposed to focus on something other than what's being blasted at us by the media etc. There are plenty of other worlds out there. Just find a different one and tune out the one that says you're not good enough and that everything is going to c**p. What's going to happen is going to happen and hardly any of us can do anything about it. Your therapist is right. Be present in your heart, not what's going on "out there". And the past is gone so let everything in it go and don't focus too much on the future because you could get ran over by a truck tomorrow. So being present in yourself and what you're doing in every moment is your best bet :)
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This is called maladaptive daydreaming and we dream up what we want in real life
I did this to go to sleep for over 40 years. And when bored. Just finally around 45/8 I just stopped. Don't know if it's because I'm finally grown, am over needing to comfort myself, I'm old and tired and fall to sleep fast, finally have no depression, or maybe it's menopause. Lol could be something else too. Idk
I do it to sleep too... also congratulations on no more depression (that sounded a lot less weird in my head, but I think you know what I mean)
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I'm a character, but the character is not me (if that makes any sense)
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I hate calling it maladaptive, but hi! I’ve been doing this for as long as I can remember (I’m 42).
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Shh. It's supposed to be my secret. For real though, I spent a staggering amount of my childhood and early adulthood feeling like a legit crazy person for doing this and worrying that if anyone ever found out about my daydream life, I'd get locked away. I had no idea others did this too until a few years ago. It was my deep dark secret because I thought I was broken. I'd say it's a coping mechanism mostly for boredom and insomnia for me. Some people count sheep, I write stories in my head to go to sleep.
Is it published somewhere where we could read? I've thought of doing that, but I'm 100% certain my stories would fall apart the second I started fact checking how things really work instead of how they work in my head. I started to write a book and that's what stopped me. I got a few pages in and was already bogged down with too many "wait, does it really work like that?" questions. I quickly realized I was going to hate the tediousness enough for it to suck all the fun out of it.
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my daydream universe im a gay cat man who plays the bass guitar. so far, I've only got the gay and bass guitar parts :(
But do you have a plushie you curl around that has a whole history and might be a small deity?
I think I've said this before, but I have about a dozen at this point and I can never decide which one to go to
My mother used to say. Neurotics make castles out of sand, psychotics live in the castles, and psychiatrists rent them out.
Nothing makes me cry out of nowhere more than Van Gogh related stuff
If you're going to be pessimistic, at least let yourself have fun with being pessimistic.
I always used to think things like that. I didn’t have a career per se, just mundane jobs, but I worked from age 16 to 66 and now I’m old I am so resentful of a life spent slogging my guts out just to survive.
yes Please do this for ASD people, we have no clue what you are pissy about.
Ha, in this healthcare climate? You'd be lucky to find a bed in the entire country. "Soz, you're not sick enough, come back when you're dead"
Life is indeed a journey, now I just have to find out why "My heart will go on" is constantly playing on this ship...
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If anyone is sad or struggling they should post here. Lots of support in BP. Please be safe.
Keep going to copy and share these with my bestie who also struggles with life but even then I’m like “Is he going to think I’m too needy? Complaining too much? He didn’t react to that one….clearly he hates me. Everyone hates me. I give up - going to eat cheese and live in the cupboard”.
I will share my cheese. I like cheese. *pats an empty shelf for you to have a seat*
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*raises hand tiredly* recently discovered that my “close friend” who I supported and stopped multiple times from killing herself, using my emotional capacity to support her, told someone else that she had “no one” and that she was “all alone” just for sympathy. Sucks to know that someone who you wasted so much of your mental health for and who you always supported just dismisses whatever you’ve done for them just to gain sympathy from other people.
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Living right now does not seem to be a lot of laughs for many people. Given the current state of things in general it's not surprising many people are anxious, depressed, sad or feeling hopeless. For what it's worth, you're not alone.
Agreed. If you're out dancing in street you either aren't aware of what's going on or you're part of the problem.
Load More Replies... I remember reading a quote once which went "happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember." That really stuck with me.
I think too maybe people believe that some people are truly happy every day, and that's just not true. Most people are just okay (not happy or sad). True happiness should be your goal. Nobody is happy every minute of every day. Their just okay, not they feel nothing, just in middle I'd call it.
people: when life gives you lemons, make lemonade!!! me: when life gives you lemons, pretend you are actually happy while you hold your cat (who was previously napping on the counter) and make lemonade with them so you don't feel lonely :)
Therapist: How have you been? Me: Bit sad, you know, but coping. Therapist: And what do we do when we are sad? Me: Add to cart. Therapist: FOR GOD'S SAKE WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS----
A man comes to the urologist and says: "Doctor, I cannot get my foreskin back." Says the urologist: "Well, you shouldn't lend something like that anyway!"
Who else is just here because memes have slowly become coping mechanisms?
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and thru me. And when it has passed I will turn the inner eye and see it's path. Where the fear has gone nothing is left. Only I will remain." Just in case someone else needs to stop a panic attack today.
If anyone is sad or struggling they should post here. Lots of support in BP. Please be safe.
Keep going to copy and share these with my bestie who also struggles with life but even then I’m like “Is he going to think I’m too needy? Complaining too much? He didn’t react to that one….clearly he hates me. Everyone hates me. I give up - going to eat cheese and live in the cupboard”.
I will share my cheese. I like cheese. *pats an empty shelf for you to have a seat*
Load More Replies... How many of you cried in the past 24 hours, be honest. If you're up for sharing, why?
*raises hand tiredly* recently discovered that my “close friend” who I supported and stopped multiple times from killing herself, using my emotional capacity to support her, told someone else that she had “no one” and that she was “all alone” just for sympathy. Sucks to know that someone who you wasted so much of your mental health for and who you always supported just dismisses whatever you’ve done for them just to gain sympathy from other people.
Load More Replies... Living right now does not seem to be a lot of laughs for many people. Given the current state of things in general it's not surprising many people are anxious, depressed, sad or feeling hopeless. For what it's worth, you're not alone.
Agreed. If you're out dancing in street you either aren't aware of what's going on or you're part of the problem.
Load More Replies... I remember reading a quote once which went "happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember." That really stuck with me.
I think too maybe people believe that some people are truly happy every day, and that's just not true. Most people are just okay (not happy or sad). True happiness should be your goal. Nobody is happy every minute of every day. Their just okay, not they feel nothing, just in middle I'd call it.
people: when life gives you lemons, make lemonade!!! me: when life gives you lemons, pretend you are actually happy while you hold your cat (who was previously napping on the counter) and make lemonade with them so you don't feel lonely :)
Therapist: How have you been? Me: Bit sad, you know, but coping. Therapist: And what do we do when we are sad? Me: Add to cart. Therapist: FOR GOD'S SAKE WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS----
A man comes to the urologist and says: "Doctor, I cannot get my foreskin back." Says the urologist: "Well, you shouldn't lend something like that anyway!"
Who else is just here because memes have slowly become coping mechanisms?
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and thru me. And when it has passed I will turn the inner eye and see it's path. Where the fear has gone nothing is left. Only I will remain." Just in case someone else needs to stop a panic attack today.
