This video makes me cry, because finally it feels like I and what I have are understood. Thank you very much for making this video, it means the world to me.
Yes, I would probably hate that. Fortunately for me my closest friends know better than to surprise or force me with anything. I suspect others find me uncomfortable to be around, so no danger there. If my anxiety has really turned up the heat, I'm all clammy and sweaty and certainly don't want anyone getting too close.
Sabina V. Me too. I can only hug my family or literally one of my friends who's been there for me since Reception (I don't know what it's called in America or anywhere else).
My school doesn't understand anxiety. They don't understand that people like me can't do presentations or read in class, they ask us to participate more in lessons not knowing that we have to mentally prepare ourselves just to answer the register. They don't seem to understand that being in a lesson full of other kids can be really stressful and affect our grades. They don't understand that I can't just go into the cafeteria at school if it's full of people, I need to leave early so I can get my lunch or I can't eat. They don't understand how horrible it is in P.E sharing changing rooms with other people when we hate our bodies and we don't like to perform sports in front of others because we don't want to humiliate ourselves. We aren't being snowflakes, anxiety isn't an excuse to get out of work and it isn't helpful when you tell us to 'get over ourselves.'
KiwiiCattella AJ/LPS It's horrible, I hope you feel better soon because nobody should have to go through it! When it begins to get too much, you need to talk to someone, never try and do it alone x
I fainted on the bus to school once due to anxiety and I went to the nurse with my friend when I arrived at school, I couldn't talk, all that would come out of my mouth was nonsense, I had to stay in school and even worse, I had a surprise presentation to do and I didn't feel like I could get out of it but i built up the courage to talk to the teacher and he basically took me out of class and sent me to my form teacher and me and my form teacher sat outside lying in the sun discussing on what I could do to help my anxiety, I'm getting better and my social skills now and I've plucked the courage to answer questions frequently in class and even ask them which I particularly struggled on before soon I feel like I won't have anxiety anymore
Don't feel bad if the feels of anxiety come back, you'll learn to manage it and work with not against your anxiety. Be patient with yourself and try and not let it stop you from doing things even if it means it takes you longer to do them :)
Most of those sentences really speak the truth. Thank you very much for getting it out in the open. I am trying to educate few of my friends and bf so they can help me instead of making things worse.
How can I educate my boyfriend about anxiety? He doesn't understand it's not just overthinking or worrying or being shy.. It's an illness. The other day I had a panic attack and he did not know how to help so he didn't do anything which made it even worse. And I always have very low self-esteem, feel insecure and he tells me not to worry, that I'm cute and I don't have to think about other's people beauty and what they think about me and stuff. Also I shake/tremble (not a fluent English speaker sorry) a lot and can't understand I'm not cold or just nervous.. Please help
It is ruins the chance for you to go to school and learn any trade, because you can't sit in the classroom, or speak, ect. They have some medications for it now, but those medications do not get rid of the symptoms. When I grew up - it was living in terror (really), everytime you went anywhere. It railroads your chance to make a living, even if you are an intelligent person, because you are constantly fighting your body. You are trying to work, and you have to fight the symptoms of racing thoughts swimming in your head (like people noticing your nervous). I have had humiliation dreams for decades. Anxiety is very painful.
I've had anxiety for as long as I can remember, to the point where I don't even know when it hits me it seems like a normal feeling that I get like happiness and sadness, but in reality it's a problem, I really don't know that it hit me until somebody tells me why are you that anxious and I'm like nvm, when I talk to People about it they're like yeah we've all got anxiety in some point of our life it's just a phase get over it, anxiety isn't a phase it's an illness and humans should stop that "phase" shit anxiety isn't a phase depression isn't a phase self harm isn't a phase don't assume it's one just because you've never got it... people should educate themselves before letting ill people even further down it's really not the right thing to do try helping instead that's the right thing. I know this comment won't affect anyone but why not putting it out there right ? btw the mighty you're one of the best channels about mental health our there you're truly the best, nice job
I always snap at people because I’m like a ticking time bomb with my anxiety. They kept doing it and I keep hearing a voice saying.’ There doing it to make you mad, do something!’ I wish, people would understand, that anxiety isn’t a joke. It’s not something you can just, ‘grow out of!’ It isn’t a phase! We are not just dramatic! We are people who have a mental illness that affects us on the inside, where only we can see it, where only we hide. I don’t like sharing things, or letting people borrow things because I get stressed out that they are gonna break it or ruin it. I’m rude to people who say things behind my back, I hear what everybody says about everybody because I am always there, listening, watching, hiding, writing, singing.
I'm dizzy because I have anxiety and I have anxiety because I'm dizzy.. it's an on going battle for the last 3 months now. And it only happens as soon as I walk in the doors at my job.. its a constant off-balance feeling like I'm on a boat and I hate it.. anybody else have this? and what can I do
I don't get vertigo until the anxiety really ramps up, but I have noticed walking through the door at work in the morning does start to trigger the clammy palms and rapid breathing, right from the start of the day. Sometimes I think work is killing us and that my fears may not be all that unreasonable.
To everyone who has anxiety/depression here: Make this comment section your home; talk to people, feel like you belong and enjoy yourself because you're not alone. I know what it's like I'm going through the same right now.
I didn't know about the suicidal one. I know I have high functioning anxiety, and have been feeling "depressed" as of late, suicidal, and I was worried that I might have depression as well. But to know that the suicidal feelings of hopelessness aren't necessarily connected to depression gives me hope.
I am a similar way. But im not high functioning. I actually get passive suicidal thought. Have since i was a tiny child. At the time i would voice them. It was blamed tk be childhood curiosity then.
The one with violent intrusive thoughts really gets to me. Whenever I'm given something to do or have it's always like "Break it. Break it." Or when I'm holding a knife to wash it "stab yourself. Stab yourself"
I was holding a knife at work the other day and had to walk behind my coworker, and my brain just said, “Stab her. You know you want to. Just do it, see what happens.” I was just like “Absolutely not, what are you on about.”
What a great start of the new year, watching a vid about anxiety... my new year's resolution: learn to manage my anxiety better. Here's hoping 2017 will be a better year not just for me but everyone. :)
Am I the only one here who doesn't have anxiety and just tries to learn more about other people? This comment section is totally crazy for me, I give answers at school all the time, I'll do presentations and everything, and I grew up with the thought that people who don't do that are either stupid or lazy, because that's what I was taught. I'm just learning something completely new right now.
If I'm not at school and people ask where I was I always have to make up something so they don't think I'm crazy or have a super bad mental disorder but I try talking to my friends they always say ya well I have anxiety to and I just try to avoid school so I don't have to talk to people or tell them why I was not their and just no one seems to get it I thought I just was depressed as well but I guess that's another thing that comes along with anxiety I always try to talk to my friends but they oh ya I have panic attacks to and really bad anxiety they just don't get that mine is worse then theirs 😶😞
If you feel like this to thank you for being brave. I had a science project demonstration on Inertia and I felt like I couldn't breathe. people think I'm quiet and shy and I kind of am but most of the time I just want to talk my mouth off and I when I want to talk everything stops working and I can't, no words come out and I'm just screaming at myself inside my head to make the words come out. Whenever my siblings and mom start fighting and we're driving in the car I get giant headaches, my ears start hurting and I just want to get out of the car. Going through the front lobby of the school to get to class through all the lines I feel like everyone is staring at me even though I know they aren't. When I'm around a group of people that I don't usually communicate with I just want to compress myself into a little ball, I feel like that around family too. The reason I feel all of that is because of anxiety and I wish I could control it and make it go away.
My school just started doing work about mental illness in our form time and we talked about Anxiety, Depression, Self-Harm, Anorexia, Suicide... Everything. I almost had a panic attack in the middle if form. My friend who knows about my disorders talked to me after and comforted asking if I was okay. I lied and said I was. Talking about would only trigger it more. What should I do? I don't want to say that I'm Anorexic, That I have anxiety and depression. I don't want to appear weak. This video really calmed me down ☺.
i live with bipolar depression, severe social anxiety, some anger issues and PTSD. It's really difficult to be scared sad and hurt- all at once, and be expected to be perfect. Yes, there are days when I'm happy, and confident, but I can't be like that every day. There are just going to be those days where I am not okay. So to everyone who has bullied me or left me for my imperfections, but your self in my shoes. I'm not being a drama queen, avoiding you, or doing it for attention. I can't help it.
I snapped at a friend once because she sat herself away from me because she thought that I was being too noisy. I have trust issues and a problem with accepting friendship because I am afraid of betrayal. I snapped at her and she told me that I "was being too difficult" and " that my constant anxious behaviour annoys her" and "that [I] need to stop soon or she won't be my friend anymore" That really scared me.... What if others think the same and just bear with me? What if I am a burden and no one likes me? She spoke out what I had been afraid of all along. I always told her that I knew that what I was doing was wrong and that I would try to change but I would end up doing the same mistakes again and again. She told me "not to try anymore because [I] will never change and should just leave." I don't know what to do! I am so scared and ashamed of myself... sorry... Rating on RUclips and getting advice is a good way to deal with this... I hope you'll understand that I am merely asking for opinions and advices. This is NOT for attention-seeking purposes (I think... I don't know )
Can I just say, 0:42 I literally thought something was wrong with me from having this problem. I was unaware it was due to anxiety! As stupid as that sounds, I really didn't. I thought I just had a very dark mind or something was horribly wrong with me, so thank you for pointing out this is a symptom that some people have. It eases me some,
I think I have anxiety.. and phobias but when I say someth like: I dont wanna go outside im scared or others my family laughs at me and call me emo and it makes me even worse idk what to do :(
I also don't know if I have anxiety, but I have most of the symptoms for social anxiety. My national language isn't English, so I tried to explain my mother that I worry about a lot of nonsense constantly. She just told me to stop worrying because it's unnecessary and that I should try to calm myself down... what's even worse is that my parents make me go to social events. I always refuse, so I know how you're feeling.
I used to think this is normal for 12 years until I gathered all the courage I had and asked on Yahoo answers, they said I have OCD(actually I had an obsession that if I tell anyone about my condition then me and my family will die a horrible death, so asking online seemed like a better option). I watched a short film about it on RUclips and started crying. Went to doctor and got labeled with OCD, general anxiety, social anxiety. If you're reading this, and you have Anxiety, I want you to know that you're not alone, I love you, you're a real survivor.
My anxiety is so severe i cant eat even if im hungry, i cannot talk to people normally, i swallow alot, and i cant walk in public without listening to music. I have no friends in school. So im always by myself in the hallways. I can recite and answer questions since i think im pretty smart(i read alot) but sometimes i dont have the courage so i let the opportunity pass by even tho i know deep inside that im correct. I let the teacher call me first or my classmates approach me first. Everyday its getting harder to wake up and deal with my day. I have alot of dreams but i just cant. I wanna live my life but i dont know how.
can any 1 help me please? im from the uk I have a really good friend who suffers with severe anxiety im v supportive and understanding (i have suffered with depression for a long time so kind of get bits of the anxiety stuff) anyway i really wanna help by finding the right professionals for them i understand i cant just force the issue and it is step by step but if i have someone or somwhere to aim for it will really help getting my friend the strategies to cope a little better and hopefully give them the courage to over come this please please anyone if you can help i would really appreciate it
Maybe you could try and find leaflets advertising specific people who could help - such as a psychologist or someone who does cbt (cognital behavioural therapy) and give them to your friend? That way they can read them in their own time and you know they have the details if they want to go ahead and contact someone. You could also send them links to websites with interesting information. Also maybe offer to go to any appointments they might make with them (if they want) so they feel more comfortable. Make sure you're looking after yourself aswell :) best wishes.
I don't want to give you the wrong idea but for ME the idea of having see someone about anxiety scares me more then anything like I'm crazy and need to talk it out but PLEASE think about this no one is the same and neither is anxeity so every treatment can be different for different people
What about "low level anxiety" or "background noise anxiety"? I am not sure what to call it. Not everyone gets bouts of anxiety, yet many people are anxious to some degree or another that causes them to be restless. This might manifest in "normal behavior" like compulsively checking our cell phone or growing bored very quickly. I am just wondering.
"It can cause you to snap at people when they're doing something that triggers you. Then after, when you try to apologize or explain, they don't understand." THANK YOU. this is never brought up I snap at people sometimes, even though I hate doing it I just get so scared and angry and need them to stop And I say things rashly (if this is stated correctly?) So thank you I thought it was insane of me but a part of me always knew that screaming despite hating confrontation or being screamed at was normalish Not that im normal for having anxiety But if you have it, you're not abnormal! I just am?? I mean Ok I was gonna rant but im stopping myself right here
My parents still don't know I have depression, it's crippling and painful, but I'm pretty good at hiding it. But today I cried A LOT! In front of my mom, when she asked what was wrong, I felt so pressured I fainted, the only adult that knows about my depression is my form tutor because someone reported me to her telling Miss about my suicide attempts...nobody else knows but a few friends, and I've suffered anxiety and depression for 6 years
1:05 Honestly.. That's so true. When I snap at my family members or my friends if they trigger me, I instantly regret it. Once I snapped saying "YOU DON'T KNOW HOW I'M FEELING OR WHO I AM!" And they said, "I know who you are. Just a rude kid."
One of my favorite quotes that I relate to and love about anxiety is “Sometimes the best actors/actresses don’t get the lead in the play/musical” I’ve had it since I was in preschool and in 1st grade I got “treated” for it when in reality I was telling my therapist what she wanted to hear. No one knew until I told my mom at the end of last year. Also I love being in my school musical, but never have gotten a lead (I know this is off topic-ish, but I feel like this year is my year, but it’s probably isn’t so I’m not getting my hopes up)
i don't even have medication or any help. i'm too scared to ask. only one person knows i struggle and she's one year older and i'm so grateful for her were super close friends but i can't even look her in the eye and whenever i'm around her i'm so insecure because she's the only one that knows how i feel but not even she knows about my anxiety. i've never been diagnosed professionally but i'm 99 percent sure and even if it wasnt a disorder i struggle with it a lot and things haven't been getting better i'm worried
I used to have panic attacks. I no longer fear it, I overcame that by reading 'FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY' by Susan Jeffers. I've suffered with anxiety since a young age and been to see so many therapists and tried different meds. Come a long way and still battle everyday. I wish the good days could last forever. I have other problems on top of it but I will keep fighting for my son. This was so accurate I love it. Thank you for sharing 🤗🤗
Having anxiety is HORRIBLE & HELL I wouldn't wish it on no one! It has consumed my life & has messed me up from head to toe mentally & physically. I've had to learn to cope & live with anxiety & all of the horrible symptoms that come along with it. Prozac & Xanax have helped to keep me stable but I still have my ups & downs. I've also changed my diet to healthier eating, cut out caffeine, alcohol, fast food, & minimal sugar which has helped lower my anxiety tremendously! It's good to know I'm not alone. Keep fighting, stay positive & don't give up! ❤
I don't need help... I'm fine, right? The stress of my mom breaking up with my dad, my great grandpa dying, reading depressing books, fear, pain, hiding my feelings, school, new people, the fear of losing my friends, family, and myself? I'm NOT okay... Nobody listens... If they ask me if i'm okay and i say i'm not, they ignore me... But, the only people who ask if i'm okay are my classmates and my teacher... I'm sick of people asking if my mom's okay, SHE'S OKAY... If nobody asks if I'M okay, i'm going to tell my class. I need someone to confort me if my mom won't. I know my dad will but, i'm usually at my mom's. I'm hurt. It's sad that the only people who ask if i'm okay are my classmates, my teacher, and my dad. I hide my feelings. I'm quiet and shy, the only place I show my feelings are on the internet because i'm afraid that it'll just make everything worse. I'm hiding. I'm scared...
Thankfully I don't get full blown panic attacks, however I do get short of breath if I'm in a stressful situation and if it gets really bad I may become dizzy and have to sit down. I also will start crying whenever someone SLIGHTLY raises their voice at me, I can't walk into a room if there are strangers in there which sucks if there's someone I know in the room and I want to talk to them, I'll just stand awkwardly outside the door and hope that no one can see me except for them. I'll walk an extra hundred metres to get somewhere if it means avoiding walking past a very particular person or group of people. I sometimes have trouble speaking when a lot of pressure is put on me....I became short of breath and started crying in the middle of a sport class once because everyone was yelling at me, my teacher asked me what was wrong, I said nothing. She said "speak, I'm here to listen" but I JUST COULDN'T SPEAK it was like the words were getting trapped right before coming out of my mouth and I had to sit in the store room to catch my breath. My school's health centre now has a rule where the teacher has to "examine" you over a time frame of 30 minutes before deciding how well you are, and if you're not visibly in pain/bleeding/injured, they'll likely think nothing of it and send you back to class, which is where most of my anxiety gets triggered. I don't answer the phone anymore. I HATE people taking pictures of me and I will literally fucking run out of the shot if I see someone lift a camera in front of my face. I am afraid of falling asleep because I feel so vulnerable and I am terrified of what my sleeping self might do (sleepwalk, sleeptalk, night terrors, etc.) if I'm sitting with my friends and I have rubbish to put in a trash can, the can could literally be 10 metres away from me and I will ask my friend to come with me because I am that wary of not wanting to be "that one girl who walked to the trash can and put her rubbish in it." (As ridiculous as that sounds). The list of ways my anxiety fucks up my life goes on....
I believe Prayer according to your faith can help getting out of as well as avoiding anxiety. Moreover, instead of just being self centered, helping people around, in any problem, increases self esteem n self worth. CHEERS!!!😊
Sometimes I need to remind myself that it's just my anxiety. Videos like this help to remind me that. That all those crazy, awful, ridiculous thoughts are just my anxiety at play. I often forget that and then just myself worked up. It's just my anxiety… it's just my anxiety…
Hmmm. Most of these don''t relate to my experience with anxiety. I don't have these negative intrusive thoughts or overthinking, but rather I can just barely think at all due to being panicky, fast heartbeat, shortness of breath, and general angst. I'm pretty self-controlled with people as well. That's my experience, that instead of million thoughts racing through my brain, I just can't think or concentrate. So I find others experience interesting.
I have a problem expressing what is inside me, with both family and friends. And when someone yells at me, I just put everything mixed in one big problem that makes me imagine more problems. The thing is in school, I have been trying to get rid of this social anxiety that I have, trying to fit in with a group of people. But for ab example, when someone is playing a game like bottle flip or anything, I'd feel left out, I try to play with them, and I want to open up a conversation with all of them. Especially the one I hate and the one I love, which some people would relate to this, because I argue a lot. But when it comes to talk with them on WhatsApp for example, it's so fun showing my true self, it's like I made friends online. But I don't talk with strangers and whatever. The one thing I want people to understand what I'm facing. Especially my crush, I had troubles with him, and he blocked me, because he still doesn't understand of what we went through from me, I blame this on myself, when this happens, for me I just feel annoying. Because not just for him, I annoyed most of my classmates which they won't understand why I do not stop. It's because I have no trustful friends, that I talk a lot. I don't know how to fit in, I don't know how to talk with a group
In my country it's hard to explain people that mental illnesses are illnesses too... They just don't understand that I'm suffering from it. They are sure: depression is just sadness, anxious is normal, cause we all afraid of smth, and I just want attention and overreacting... I just...want them to feel it... I want them to know, what it means to live with anxiety and depression at same time.... I can't even get help, cause my parents are sure that everything will become normal one day... Even psychologist, who I used to visit(now I deal with it by myself) was sure that my problem isn't problem... She was sure that no one need psychological help, cause mental health doesn't matter. And my panic attacks start getting worse... Sometimes I think about suicide( I don't want to live like that....I....I just want to be normal and feel something that except emptiness, sadness and anxiety. I want to be happy..) but I , that I will never do this
These all ring so true, but I nearly cried when I saw the one about childhood anxiety, having never slept more than a couple of hours a night and being sooo bullied till I worked out a coping mechanism (basically, repress and be that sarcastic person who didn't have too many obvious emotions) when I was about 12. It didn't change adults attitudes though. Because I never actually told anyone. Even after I "broke", as I think of it, when I was about 19. And now, as an adult myself who still suffers debilitating anxiety that really affects my relationships, therefore makes life kinda lonely, I still don't really feel let down by anyone, as it's me whose placing a burden on them. It's all so counterintuitive, and, I don't know about anyone else, makes you way more aware of yourself than you need or want to be.
Thank you Lord Jesus that someone understands. Today I felt so sick and I forgot to eat and drink and I was so anxious it made my physically sick. No one understands. My mom won't believe me. Help.
I thought something was wrong with me because I have always imagined family/friends dying in multiple different scenarios in my head even when I was really young. I could spend several minutes imagining it and the details. I'd feel horrible to think of such things and beat myself up with thoughts that I'm a horrible person and a bad friend, I'm still struggling. I didn't even know it was because of my anxiety, I thought I was crazy or a psycopath.. or maybe i am? lol 😮if anyone knows why these thoughts pop up, I'd like to know more thanks!
I’m been labeled“bad” for having anxiety (yes I’m child :p) people don’t understand me it’s like I’m isolated and I can’t find another person or anything to make me fill full. I’m sorry.
The suicidal one kinda happens sometimes to me. I feel depressed and when I have to much time to think(all the time) I always think about the worst things. I’ve sat in school or in a movie theater, etc.... and thought about those things. I love my life and don’t actually want to kill myself but sometimes the thought just comes to me, “what if I killed myself, would anyone notice or care”. Or when I’m upset, “the world would be a better place without me, everyone’s lives around me would be better”, I don’t actually want to I just think it. And idk if it counts as suicidal and if it’s the anxiety but that’s what I think.
literally thought this video would help me with my ANXIETY & Depression but it didnt!! I don't know what to do anymore.. I've quit 3 jobs in the last year. My family are getting fed up and don't really know what's wrong with me and im too embarrass to admit my problems. I can't go to stores or work because of how weird I feel and act. It's so bad now, that Im starting to tremble when talking to people.. in result, it brought me to a dark lonely place. I don't hangout with lifelong friends anymore, im not active anymore, I just stay home and it saddens me because I use to be a very talkative social person, now im a shell of that. Idk if it was all the drinking and Mollys I use to do on the weekends during college, but none of my friends seem to have these problems so idk why it happened to me... im definitely dealing with some major problems, that I have no idea how to overcome! I need a solutions! Anyone with experience please help me! I want to to feel normal again. I wouldn't wish these problems on my worst enemies.
my Anxiety and Panic Attack was coming back lately, and right now still in Fear cycle that everything is feeling anxious about it. luckily I found out what is Anxiety and Panic Attack was in some of RUclips Videos helps, at least a concept of the symptoms is. I do know whats inside in your mind fighting and dealing with. A little minor things will take you down quickly, kick you back in the hole deeper. So I hope like everyone else leave a comment speak it out, you are normal common like others.
I've tried explaining to my dad that I can't do public speaking. I shake, I pick at my wrists, I start feeling dizzy, and in the weeks leading up to it I struggle to sleep. He says I'm just a coward.
I've had anxiety my whole life. In school when I was particularly young I would have panic attacks in class and I was often labelled as an attention seeker and a disruptive influence. My teachers punished me instead of asking what was wrong and nobody ever noticed or cared that I had no friends and was being bullied for my anxiety by the other students. Since then I've spent every ounce of energy avoiding attention, hiding my panic attacks and telling people I'm ok when I'm really not. I really want to talk to someone about it but after so my years of hiding I'm completely unable to. My stupid brain just won't let me. To this day my family have no idea that i've ever had a problem.
Thank you.... this made me cry.... people need to see this.... I'm definitely going to show this to my bf... it might help... I have sever anxiety and it causes a lot of down falls in my relationship... so thank you for this
I’m having a bad anxiety day. I’m on my break and watching these videos calms me down... I’m just being picked on by a few people in class, no biggie. God, I can’t wait to go home and sleep.
i have a clinic anxiety disorder. i had my mom as a first grade teacher and she picked up that something wasn't just right. i was reading two grades above other kids, writing, doing math, and had an extensive vocabulary. but, i seemed like i wasnt" there". i was diagnosed with add and put on meds. boom. done. they didnt stop my anxiety, they just stopped my emotions as a whole. i was a zombie for three years until, THANKFULLY, one day my dad accidentally took one of my pills and felt what it was like. i was tested constantly by psychologists and consulers and therapists and they said i was gifted in every subject... i just had anxiety. i thought i was a freak. i am supposed to have reduced assignments or extra time but most teachers pushed it aside since i was doing fine in class. i was even told that if i "can't handle the work", then i should rethink gifted. things are better now but my parents are always in meetings for me. i refuse to take "the meds" again after how they made me feel. id rather feel too much than feel numb. a tip: surround yourself in things that make you feel good. a certain color, houseplants, old stuffed animals, posters and paintings, instruments, etc...
I come from a good family that loves me, and I have no real reason to worry about things. But I worry about absolutely everything, and accomplish nothing because I'm too busy worrying. Then I feel guilty for feeling so anxious because as I said, I have no reason to feel this way. Or at least I can't find any reason.
I've known I have anxiety for a while, but I wasn't sure, but this video makes me 100% sure of it. Does anyone have advice on how to gain the courage to ask your parents if you can get tested??
thanks for making this video! Even the fear of getting anxiety makes me anxious, and most of the time I'm like a "chameleon" like you said. No one knows how much panic I'm having.
I relate to almost all of these, even the: "some of us have violent thoughts, like not being able to stop imagining family or friends you care deeply about dying horrybly and painfully." Before this video I really thought I was becoming a psychopath or something bc if these thoughts, so I'm happy that it's just part of it sp I'm not a psychopath hahahahh , it's just I've told my parents about my anxiety and stuff but not about these thoughts bc I was scared that they're gonna put me inside a psychopath house or something. But I have these thoughts but that doesn't mean I'm gonna do it.
Dude this spoke to me so much and as a 21 year old who feels a lot older than what he appears, it's really hard to not those evil triggers get to you when you're doing your best not to think about it. But the mind is a labyrinth that cannot be explained with mere words, and the depth that it would take only makes it harder because it's felt differently for every person that goes through it. My anxiety has undeniably been with me for a very long time but I didn't really feel it's affects until the summer of 2014 when I and a friend of mine were attacked by thugs. I don't want to draw this out but the revelation of hiding pain and pain behind different mask is true because now I like to dress preppy to hide away the display of what I used to wear that caused that event to happen and by the grace of God this shall come to pass 😢✝️✝️😢✝️✝️😢
"Constipatation and puking" idk but sometimes anxiety causes a really bad butterflies in my stomach type that lasts for a few hours or days and the only things that i could calm it are "Pooping it out", "puking" or "distraction"
As an person with anxiety myself I can relate to almost all of these...the part that really get me that when the video said's "not being able to stop imagining family or friend's you care deeply about" that really got me crying..of how much I care about my friend and now I feel like she doesn't care about me at all..
Nobody talks about how 1 in 3 people struggle with anxiety yet we all feel isolated, alone, and alienated for struggling with it. We shouldn't still have the stigma that you are less valuable of an employee or less fun to invite out because you struggle with anxiety.
This is actually really helpful. I am a writer and in future projects (aka writing an actual novel instead of short stories) I do want some characters to have different mental illnesses, such as anxiety, and I want to do it realistically. I also want those with any mental illness to be able to relate to the characters too; i'll look and add coping mechanisms as well to help! Plus as someone who has depression I can add in different things I use for myself. Honestly I want mental illnesses to be represented actually and not something horrible that only bad guys have, the good guys may have depressions and it isn't magically cured with just a simple adventure and falling in love. So thank you for uploading this!
that "we are human chameleons and masters of disguise" though, it's so true like after every attacks/breakdowns I always find myself smiling for my family and friends for them to see that I'm ok even though I'm not
I have very bad anger outbursts. Just the little things can trigger me. When the symptoms go away I'm so fatigue I just want to sleep. Sometimes just sleeping is better than feeling.
I am going to start a blog talking about my severe anxiety and panic disorder and what it's like also having ADHD attached to it. Nothing is up yet, but I am going to work on it little by little because I am tired of my mental illness trying to take control of my life and I want to help someone! You can do this people. We can do this!
i never knew what was wrong with me, countless relationships destroyed, 2 failed marriages. lack of energy, thoughts running through my mind at night, and i completely push who ever was In my life. but now im seeking the help i need. changing the way i do things now. only last year i understood what my issue is...it was destroying my life.
Oh my God.. I have anxiety, and I thought I was just so alone in these symptoms, I have intrusive thoughts often, and I thought I was going to become a murderer or something, this video helped a lot
That one about people you care about dying... I tried to open up to my mom about being anxious when she jumps (horse back riding) then she yelled at me for saying she was a bad rider... she doesn't understand that I have more severe anxiety while riding the bus and I can often breath on horseback and sometimes when she jumps but never on the bus or walking to classes or on a Saturday night lying alone thinking of everyone you care about dying and how no one cares about or loves you
I agree with anxiety causes low self esteem and low self worth. Sometimes I have low self esteem. And I agree with the mediation doesn't mean I don't have anxiety part. I agree with all of it
0:42 I cried because I've been having those thoughts since I in fourth grade, I even had it yesterday, you can say it's been more than 6 years when I started having them. I can't believe that it's something, finally someone talked about it 😢
Anxiety can feel like, at one moment, the thing you were freaking out about is fine now, and it's over, but then later, it all comes flooding back to you, obstructing your view from what is important and what the truth is.
I snap at my parents a lot, they kinda trigger my anxiety. My dad will yell at me after I snap at him, and then I try to speak again, and he doesn't let me. When I try to say sorry, he's just like, don't say sorry if you aren't really sorry. I say I am. But he claims I'm not, because sorry means that I won't do it again, but I can't help it.
thank you so much i thought i was really weird and I was slightly scared of myself 0:43 i do ALL the time never knew it was because i might have anxiety but i cant stop it. Worse part is i have an intense imagination and can imagine everything clearly so i see my best friend dead over 12 hours a day and its scary and they wont go away (if anyone has any tips on how to make the images go please give me some (and please don't say imagine something else my brain doesn't work like that)ok thank you)
Everyone thinks im just a realy happy person because i hide my fear and no one would understand me and my thoughts and they would think im insane whenever i speak or laugh thats me screaming in fear and anger because of all negative thoughts i think and whenever i try to explain it doesnt come out right. Sometimes i feel like someone can hear my thoughts and are judgeing my because i have Socail anxiety and yea, no one understands me and probably never will
I'm thankful that my school has opened up opportunities for me like I have a consular who tells me anytime I need to see her just to ask to go up and the nurse know how I have anxiety and how I feel same with my teachers and when we had finals I was able to sit in a room by my self and leave early bc my anxiety is trigger by not feeling good and feeling nauseous and I over think. Thanks for this video thansk so much
The hardest is when you know you are tiring people around you with your sickness, no matter how hard you try not to involve anyone in this, it affects all your relationships..
I have anxiety and people don't realize that I dont have any self confidence I'll act like I do or like nothings wrong but it's not I wish I had a friend that would understand
This video makes me cry, because finally it feels like I and what I have are understood. Thank you very much for making this video, it means the world to me.
Tanya Franssen ik I felt the same
As a person with Anxiety myself, am I the only one who hates surprise/tight/forced hugs?
Yes, I would probably hate that. Fortunately for me my closest friends know better than to surprise or force me with anything. I suspect others find me uncomfortable to be around, so no danger there. If my anxiety has really turned up the heat, I'm all clammy and sweaty and certainly don't want anyone getting too close.
Me too, but I have trouble expressing any kind of affection.
Sabina V. Me too. I can only hug my family or literally one of my friends who's been there for me since Reception (I don't know what it's called in America or anywhere else).
SAME FRIEND
Katelyn Adams I hate it too😭
My school doesn't understand anxiety. They don't understand that people like me can't do presentations or read in class, they ask us to participate more in lessons not knowing that we have to mentally prepare ourselves just to answer the register. They don't seem to understand that being in a lesson full of other kids can be really stressful and affect our grades. They don't understand that I can't just go into the cafeteria at school if it's full of people, I need to leave early so I can get my lunch or I can't eat. They don't understand how horrible it is in P.E sharing changing rooms with other people when we hate our bodies and we don't like to perform sports in front of others because we don't want to humiliate ourselves. We aren't being snowflakes, anxiety isn't an excuse to get out of work and it isn't helpful when you tell us to 'get over ourselves.'
It'zHolly Xoxo I can relate to practically all you have said. It's true.
KiwiiCattella AJ/LPS It's horrible, I hope you feel better soon because nobody should have to go through it! When it begins to get too much, you need to talk to someone, never try and do it alone x
It'zHolly Xoxo to help yall m make a fake email , send this to your main teacher
It'zHolly Xoxo z
Sometimes I'm told things like "Everyone gets nervous." Or "Why are you so scared, its not that big of a deal." It sucks.
I fainted on the bus to school once due to anxiety and I went to the nurse with my friend when I arrived at school, I couldn't talk, all that would come out of my mouth was nonsense, I had to stay in school and even worse, I had a surprise presentation to do and I didn't feel like I could get out of it but i built up the courage to talk to the teacher and he basically took me out of class and sent me to my form teacher and me and my form teacher sat outside lying in the sun discussing on what I could do to help my anxiety, I'm getting better and my social skills now and I've plucked the courage to answer questions frequently in class and even ask them which I particularly struggled on before soon I feel like I won't have anxiety anymore
Also, I miss last lesson a lot to go and sit outside and talk to my form teacher
I wish my teachers would understand no body does
Aimie Jo i wish my teachers could be like that.
Haley Radtke it's not just you going through it, I'm sure someone in your class or school understands how hard it is :) stay strong
Don't feel bad if the feels of anxiety come back, you'll learn to manage it and work with not against your anxiety. Be patient with yourself and try and not let it stop you from doing things even if it means it takes you longer to do them :)
Most of those sentences really speak the truth. Thank you very much for getting it out in the open. I am trying to educate few of my friends and bf so they can help me instead of making things worse.
Isn't that the truth.
How can I educate my boyfriend about anxiety?
He doesn't understand it's not just overthinking or worrying or being shy.. It's an illness.
The other day I had a panic attack and he did not know how to help so he didn't do anything which made it even worse.
And I always have very low self-esteem, feel insecure and he tells me not to worry, that I'm cute and I don't have to think about other's people beauty and what they think about me and stuff.
Also I shake/tremble (not a fluent English speaker sorry) a lot and can't understand I'm not cold or just nervous..
Please help
It is ruins the chance for you to go to school and learn any trade, because you can't sit in the classroom, or speak, ect. They have some medications for it now, but those medications do not get rid of the symptoms. When I grew up - it was living in terror (really), everytime you went anywhere. It railroads your chance to make a living, even if you are an intelligent person, because you are constantly fighting your body. You are trying to work, and you have to fight the symptoms of racing thoughts swimming in your head (like people noticing your nervous). I have had humiliation dreams for decades. Anxiety is very painful.
I've had anxiety for as long as I can remember, to the point where I don't even know when it hits me it seems like a normal feeling that I get like happiness and sadness, but in reality it's a problem, I really don't know that it hit me until somebody tells me why are you that anxious and I'm like nvm, when I talk to People about it they're like yeah we've all got anxiety in some point of our life it's just a phase get over it, anxiety isn't a phase it's an illness and humans should stop that "phase" shit anxiety isn't a phase depression isn't a phase self harm isn't a phase don't assume it's one just because you've never got it... people should educate themselves before letting ill people even further down it's really not the right thing to do try helping instead that's the right thing. I know this comment won't affect anyone but why not putting it out there right ? btw the mighty you're one of the best channels about mental health our there you're truly the best, nice job
I always snap at people because I’m like a ticking time bomb with my anxiety. They kept doing it and I keep hearing a voice saying.’ There doing it to make you mad, do something!’ I wish, people would understand, that anxiety isn’t a joke. It’s not something you can just, ‘grow out of!’ It isn’t a phase! We are not just dramatic! We are people who have a mental illness that affects us on the inside, where only we can see it, where only we hide.
I don’t like sharing things, or letting people borrow things because I get stressed out that they are gonna break it or ruin it. I’m rude to people who say things behind my back, I hear what everybody says about everybody because I am always there, listening, watching, hiding, writing, singing.
I'm dizzy because I have anxiety and I have anxiety because I'm dizzy.. it's an on going battle for the last 3 months now. And it only happens as soon as I walk in the doors at my job.. its a constant off-balance feeling like I'm on a boat and I hate it.. anybody else have this? and what can I do
I have Anxiety And IT Helps to squish a stress ball
+Ailin Ice for dizziness??
I HAVE VERTIGO ALL THE TIME TOO FROM ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION I DIDNT KNOW ANYONE ELSE HAD THAT
derealisation or depersonalization maybe? I've got that too. Its a symptom of anxiety for some people.
I don't get vertigo until the anxiety really ramps up, but I have noticed walking through the door at work in the morning does start to trigger the clammy palms and rapid breathing, right from the start of the day. Sometimes I think work is killing us and that my fears may not be all that unreasonable.
To everyone who has anxiety/depression here: Make this comment section your home; talk to people, feel like you belong and enjoy yourself because you're not alone. I know what it's like I'm going through the same right now.
I didn't know about the suicidal one. I know I have high functioning anxiety, and have been feeling "depressed" as of late, suicidal, and I was worried that I might have depression as well. But to know that the suicidal feelings of hopelessness aren't necessarily connected to depression gives me hope.
Same
I am a similar way. But im not high functioning. I actually get passive suicidal thought. Have since i was a tiny child. At the time i would voice them. It was blamed tk be childhood curiosity then.
Definitely speak to someone, there is a lot more help out there x
This is absolutely true for me
it sucks when people think ur faking your attacks and all of ur anxiety overall
The one with violent intrusive thoughts really gets to me. Whenever I'm given something to do or have it's always like "Break it. Break it." Or when I'm holding a knife to wash it "stab yourself. Stab yourself"
I was holding a knife at work the other day and had to walk behind my coworker, and my brain just said, “Stab her. You know you want to. Just do it, see what happens.” I was just like “Absolutely not, what are you on about.”
What a great start of the new year, watching a vid about anxiety... my new year's resolution: learn to manage my anxiety better. Here's hoping 2017 will be a better year not just for me but everyone. :)
How's it been so far?
Am I the only one here who doesn't have anxiety and just tries to learn more about other people?
This comment section is totally crazy for me, I give answers at school all the time, I'll do presentations and everything, and I grew up with the thought that people who don't do that are either stupid or lazy, because that's what I was taught.
I'm just learning something completely new right now.
If I'm not at school and people ask where I was I always have to make up something so they don't think I'm crazy or have a super bad mental disorder but I try talking to my friends they always say ya well I have anxiety to and I just try to avoid school so I don't have to talk to people or tell them why I was not their and just no one seems to get it I thought I just was depressed as well but I guess that's another thing that comes along with anxiety I always try to talk to my friends but they oh ya I have panic attacks to and really bad anxiety they just don't get that mine is worse then theirs 😶😞
P.E is the worst for me,i felt like i was gonna puke...I hate the games where 1 person has to go up and demonstrate something
If you feel like this to thank you for being brave.
I had a science project demonstration on Inertia and I felt like I couldn't breathe. people think I'm quiet and shy and I kind of am but most of the time I just want to talk my mouth off and I when I want to talk everything stops working and I can't, no words come out and I'm just screaming at myself inside my head to make the words come out. Whenever my siblings and mom start fighting and we're driving in the car I get giant headaches, my ears start hurting and I just want to get out of the car. Going through the front lobby of the school to get to class through all the lines I feel like everyone is staring at me even though I know they aren't. When I'm around a group of people that I don't usually communicate with I just want to compress myself into a little ball, I feel like that around family too. The reason I feel all of that is because of anxiety and I wish I could control it and make it go away.
My school just started doing work about mental illness in our form time and we talked about Anxiety, Depression, Self-Harm, Anorexia, Suicide... Everything. I almost had a panic attack in the middle if form. My friend who knows about my disorders talked to me after and comforted asking if I was okay. I lied and said I was. Talking about would only trigger it more. What should I do? I don't want to say that I'm Anorexic, That I have anxiety and depression. I don't want to appear weak. This video really calmed me down ☺.
i live with bipolar depression, severe social anxiety, some anger issues and PTSD. It's really difficult to be scared sad and hurt- all at once, and be expected to be perfect. Yes, there are days when I'm happy, and confident, but I can't be like that every day. There are just going to be those days where I am not okay. So to everyone who has bullied me or left me for my imperfections, but your self in my shoes. I'm not being a drama queen, avoiding you, or doing it for attention. I can't help it.
As someone who has social anxiety disorder, I appreciate this.
im glad that you exist in this world ;)
I hav had it for yrs n I didn't know I thought I was just wierd it means everyday tasks r hard for me n it's debilitating
I snapped at a friend once because she sat herself away from me because she thought that I was being too noisy. I have trust issues and a problem with accepting friendship because I am afraid of betrayal.
I snapped at her and she told me that I "was being too difficult" and " that my constant anxious behaviour annoys her" and "that [I] need to stop soon or she won't be my friend anymore"
That really scared me.... What if others think the same and just bear with me? What if I am a burden and no one likes me? She spoke out what I had been afraid of all along. I always told her that I knew that what I was doing was wrong and that I would try to change but I would end up doing the same mistakes again and again. She told me "not to try anymore because [I] will never change and should just leave."
I don't know what to do! I am so scared and ashamed of myself...
sorry... Rating on RUclips and getting advice is a good way to deal with this... I hope you'll understand that I am merely asking for opinions and advices. This is NOT for attention-seeking purposes (I think... I don't know )
Can I just say, 0:42 I literally thought something was wrong with me from having this problem. I was unaware it was due to anxiety! As stupid as that sounds, I really didn't. I thought I just had a very dark mind or something was horribly wrong with me, so thank you for pointing out this is a symptom that some people have. It eases me some,
I think I have anxiety.. and phobias but when I say someth like: I dont wanna go outside im scared or others my family laughs at me and call me emo and it makes me even worse idk what to do :(
I also don't know if I have anxiety, but I have most of the symptoms for social anxiety. My national language isn't English, so I tried to explain my mother that I worry about a lot of nonsense constantly. She just told me to stop worrying because it's unnecessary and that I should try to calm myself down... what's even worse is that my parents make me go to social events. I always refuse, so I know how you're feeling.
Majci Rock yap same but they make me go outside and walk every day :,,,) I just dont know what to do
purple octopus
Me neither, but I'd really like to help you :/
Majci Rock same goes for me :,)
purple octopus I am so sorry
I used to think this is normal for 12 years until I gathered all the courage I had and asked on Yahoo answers, they said I have OCD(actually I had an obsession that if I tell anyone about my condition then me and my family will die a horrible death, so asking online seemed like a better option). I watched a short film about it on RUclips and started crying. Went to doctor and got labeled with OCD, general anxiety, social anxiety.
If you're reading this, and you have Anxiety, I want you to know that you're not alone, I love you, you're a real survivor.
My anxiety is so severe i cant eat even if im hungry, i cannot talk to people normally, i swallow alot, and i cant walk in public without listening to music. I have no friends in school. So im always by myself in the hallways. I can recite and answer questions since i think im pretty smart(i read alot) but sometimes i dont have the courage so i let the opportunity pass by even tho i know deep inside that im correct. I let the teacher call me first or my classmates approach me first. Everyday its getting harder to wake up and deal with my day. I have alot of dreams but i just cant. I wanna live my life but i dont know how.
THE really true one for me is the one about loved ones dying. I have thoughts like that and It's so hard to deal with
These are very relatable. Thanks
The "bad child" was me😢 No one understood .
Monica S :(
I have anxiety and people who don't have it don't understand how hard it is.. I hate it
So, uh, any advice for how to deal with anxiety and panic attacks? :)
can any 1 help me please? im from the uk
I have a really good friend who suffers with severe anxiety im v supportive and understanding (i have suffered with depression for a long time so kind of get bits of the anxiety stuff)
anyway i really wanna help by finding the right professionals for them i understand i cant just force the issue and it is step by step but if i have someone or somwhere to aim for it will really help getting my friend the strategies to cope a little better and hopefully give them the courage to over come this
please please anyone if you can help i would really appreciate it
Maybe you could try and find leaflets advertising specific people who could help - such as a psychologist or someone who does cbt (cognital behavioural therapy) and give them to your friend? That way they can read them in their own time and you know they have the details if they want to go ahead and contact someone. You could also send them links to websites with interesting information. Also maybe offer to go to any appointments they might make with them (if they want) so they feel more comfortable. Make sure you're looking after yourself aswell :) best wishes.
I don't want to give you the wrong idea but for ME the idea of having see someone about anxiety scares me more then anything like I'm crazy and need to talk it out but PLEASE think about this
no one is the same and neither is anxeity so every treatment can be different for different people
I cried during this bc it explains my life I suffered from severe anxiety
What about "low level anxiety" or "background noise anxiety"? I am not sure what to call it. Not everyone gets bouts of anxiety, yet many people are anxious to some degree or another that causes them to be restless. This might manifest in "normal behavior" like compulsively checking our cell phone or growing bored very quickly. I am just wondering.
"It can cause you to snap at people when they're doing something that triggers you. Then after, when you try to apologize or explain, they don't understand."
THANK YOU.
this is never brought up
I snap at people sometimes, even though I hate doing it
I just get so scared and angry and need them to stop
And I say things rashly (if this is stated correctly?)
So thank you
I thought it was insane of me but a part of me always knew that screaming despite hating confrontation or being screamed at was normalish
Not that im normal for having anxiety
But if you have it, you're not abnormal!
I just am??
I mean
Ok I was gonna rant but im stopping myself right here
1:07 is literally my life.
that's how I feel I have all of that but i don't really think suicidal anymore and I don't puke but other than that all that happens to me
1:08 that's how I lost like 5 friends
I'm crying because YES ㅠㅠ
My parents still don't know I have depression, it's crippling and painful, but I'm pretty good at hiding it. But today I cried A LOT! In front of my mom, when she asked what was wrong, I felt so pressured I fainted, the only adult that knows about my depression is my form tutor because someone reported me to her telling Miss about my suicide attempts...nobody else knows but a few friends, and I've suffered anxiety and depression for 6 years
1:05 Honestly.. That's so true. When I snap at my family members or my friends if they trigger me, I instantly regret it. Once I snapped saying "YOU DON'T KNOW HOW I'M FEELING OR WHO I AM!" And they said, "I know who you are. Just a rude kid."
Oh my god I love this video
One of my favorite quotes that I relate to and love about anxiety is “Sometimes the best actors/actresses don’t get the lead in the play/musical” I’ve had it since I was in preschool and in 1st grade I got “treated” for it when in reality I was telling my therapist what she wanted to hear. No one knew until I told my mom at the end of last year. Also I love being in my school musical, but never have gotten a lead (I know this is off topic-ish, but I feel like this year is my year, but it’s probably isn’t so I’m not getting my hopes up)
i don't even have medication or any help. i'm too scared to ask. only one person knows i struggle and she's one year older and i'm so grateful for her were super close friends but i can't even look her in the eye and whenever i'm around her i'm so insecure because she's the only one that knows how i feel but not even she knows about my anxiety. i've never been diagnosed professionally but i'm 99 percent sure and even if it wasnt a disorder i struggle with it a lot and things haven't been getting better i'm worried
I used to have panic attacks. I no longer fear it, I overcame that by reading 'FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY' by Susan Jeffers. I've suffered with anxiety since a young age and been to see so many therapists and tried different meds. Come a long way and still battle everyday. I wish the good days could last forever. I have other problems on top of it but I will keep fighting for my son. This was so accurate I love it. Thank you for sharing 🤗🤗
Having anxiety is HORRIBLE & HELL I wouldn't wish it on no one! It has consumed my life & has messed me up from head to toe mentally & physically. I've had to learn to cope & live with anxiety & all of the horrible symptoms that come along with it. Prozac & Xanax have helped to keep me stable but I still have my ups & downs. I've also changed my diet to healthier eating, cut out caffeine, alcohol, fast food, & minimal sugar which has helped lower my anxiety tremendously! It's good to know I'm not alone. Keep fighting, stay positive & don't give up! ❤
1:05 someone is like you're not the boss of me(i can't stand that sentence) and I'm like "DON'T SAY THAT I AM THE BOSS OF YOU!!!!!!!
I don't need help... I'm fine, right? The stress of my mom breaking up with my dad, my great grandpa dying, reading depressing books, fear, pain, hiding my feelings, school, new people, the fear of losing my friends, family, and myself? I'm NOT okay... Nobody listens... If they ask me if i'm okay and i say i'm not, they ignore me... But, the only people who ask if i'm okay are my classmates and my teacher... I'm sick of people asking if my mom's okay, SHE'S OKAY... If nobody asks if I'M okay, i'm going to tell my class. I need someone to confort me if my mom won't. I know my dad will but, i'm usually at my mom's. I'm hurt. It's sad that the only people who ask if i'm okay are my classmates, my teacher, and my dad. I hide my feelings. I'm quiet and shy, the only place I show my feelings are on the internet because i'm afraid that it'll just make everything worse. I'm hiding. I'm scared...
Thankfully I don't get full blown panic attacks, however I do get short of breath if I'm in a stressful situation and if it gets really bad I may become dizzy and have to sit down. I also will start crying whenever someone SLIGHTLY raises their voice at me, I can't walk into a room if there are strangers in there which sucks if there's someone I know in the room and I want to talk to them, I'll just stand awkwardly outside the door and hope that no one can see me except for them. I'll walk an extra hundred metres to get somewhere if it means avoiding walking past a very particular person or group of people. I sometimes have trouble speaking when a lot of pressure is put on me....I became short of breath and started crying in the middle of a sport class once because everyone was yelling at me, my teacher asked me what was wrong, I said nothing. She said "speak, I'm here to listen" but I JUST COULDN'T SPEAK it was like the words were getting trapped right before coming out of my mouth and I had to sit in the store room to catch my breath. My school's health centre now has a rule where the teacher has to "examine" you over a time frame of 30 minutes before deciding how well you are, and if you're not visibly in pain/bleeding/injured, they'll likely think nothing of it and send you back to class, which is where most of my anxiety gets triggered. I don't answer the phone anymore. I HATE people taking pictures of me and I will literally fucking run out of the shot if I see someone lift a camera in front of my face. I am afraid of falling asleep because I feel so vulnerable and I am terrified of what my sleeping self might do (sleepwalk, sleeptalk, night terrors, etc.) if I'm sitting with my friends and I have rubbish to put in a trash can, the can could literally be 10 metres away from me and I will ask my friend to come with me because I am that wary of not wanting to be "that one girl who walked to the trash can and put her rubbish in it." (As ridiculous as that sounds). The list of ways my anxiety fucks up my life goes on....
I believe Prayer according to your faith can help getting out of as well as avoiding anxiety. Moreover, instead of just being self centered, helping people around, in any problem, increases self esteem n self worth. CHEERS!!!😊
Sometimes I need to remind myself that it's just my anxiety. Videos like this help to remind me that. That all those crazy, awful, ridiculous thoughts are just my anxiety at play. I often forget that and then just myself worked up. It's just my anxiety… it's just my anxiety…
Hmmm. Most of these don''t relate to my experience with anxiety.
I don't have these negative intrusive thoughts or overthinking, but rather I can just barely think at all due to being panicky, fast heartbeat, shortness of breath, and general angst. I'm pretty self-controlled with people as well.
That's my experience, that instead of million thoughts racing through my brain, I just can't think or concentrate. So I find others experience interesting.
I have a problem expressing what is inside me, with both family and friends. And when someone yells at me, I just put everything mixed in one big problem that makes me imagine more problems. The thing is in school, I have been trying to get rid of this social anxiety that I have, trying to fit in with a group of people. But for ab example, when someone is playing a game like bottle flip or anything, I'd feel left out, I try to play with them, and I want to open up a conversation with all of them. Especially the one I hate and the one I love, which some people would relate to this, because I argue a lot. But when it comes to talk with them on WhatsApp for example, it's so fun showing my true self, it's like I made friends online. But I don't talk with strangers and whatever. The one thing I want people to understand what I'm facing. Especially my crush, I had troubles with him, and he blocked me, because he still doesn't understand of what we went through from me, I blame this on myself, when this happens, for me I just feel annoying. Because not just for him, I annoyed most of my classmates which they won't understand why I do not stop. It's because I have no trustful friends, that I talk a lot. I don't know how to fit in, I don't know how to talk with a group
In my country it's hard to explain people that mental illnesses are illnesses too...
They just don't understand that I'm suffering from it. They are sure: depression is just sadness, anxious is normal, cause we all afraid of smth, and I just want attention and overreacting... I just...want them to feel it... I want them to know, what it means to live with anxiety and depression at same time....
I can't even get help, cause my parents are sure that everything will become normal one day... Even psychologist, who I used to visit(now I deal with it by myself) was sure that my problem isn't problem... She was sure that no one need psychological help, cause mental health doesn't matter.
And my panic attacks start getting worse...
Sometimes I think about suicide( I don't want to live like that....I....I just want to be normal and feel something that except emptiness, sadness and anxiety. I want to be happy..) but I , that I will never do this
These all ring so true, but I nearly cried when I saw the one about childhood anxiety, having never slept more than a couple of hours a night and being sooo bullied till I worked out a coping mechanism (basically, repress and be that sarcastic person who didn't have too many obvious emotions) when I was about 12. It didn't change adults attitudes though. Because I never actually told anyone. Even after I "broke", as I think of it, when I was about 19. And now, as an adult myself who still suffers debilitating anxiety that really affects my relationships, therefore makes life kinda lonely, I still don't really feel let down by anyone, as it's me whose placing a burden on them. It's all so counterintuitive, and, I don't know about anyone else, makes you way more aware of yourself than you need or want to be.
I hav it 24/7 it's so debilitating I can't perform a sigle task without overthinking...:(
Thank you Lord Jesus that someone understands. Today I felt so sick and I forgot to eat and drink and I was so anxious it made my physically sick. No one understands. My mom won't believe me. Help.
I thought something was wrong with me because I have always imagined family/friends dying in multiple different scenarios in my head even when I was really young. I could spend several minutes imagining it and the details. I'd feel horrible to think of such things and beat myself up with thoughts that I'm a horrible person and a bad friend, I'm still struggling. I didn't even know it was because of my anxiety, I thought I was crazy or a psycopath.. or maybe i am? lol 😮if anyone knows why these thoughts pop up, I'd like to know more thanks!
Title: "Things about anxiety that nobody talks about."
The kid named Nobody:
Edit: I have anxiety okay? Just trying to lighten the mood.
I’m been labeled“bad” for having anxiety (yes I’m child :p) people don’t understand me it’s like I’m isolated and I can’t find another person or anything to make me fill full. I’m sorry.
The suicidal one kinda happens sometimes to me. I feel depressed and when I have to much time to think(all the time) I always think about the worst things. I’ve sat in school or in a movie theater, etc.... and thought about those things. I love my life and don’t actually want to kill myself but sometimes the thought just comes to me, “what if I killed myself, would anyone notice or care”. Or when I’m upset, “the world would be a better place without me, everyone’s lives around me would be better”, I don’t actually want to I just think it. And idk if it counts as suicidal and if it’s the anxiety but that’s what I think.
literally thought this video would help me with my ANXIETY & Depression but it didnt!! I don't know what to do anymore.. I've quit 3 jobs in the last year. My family are getting fed up and don't really know what's wrong with me and im too embarrass to admit my problems. I can't go to stores or work because of how weird I feel and act. It's so bad now, that Im starting to tremble when talking to people.. in result, it brought me to a dark lonely place. I don't hangout with lifelong friends anymore, im not active anymore, I just stay home and it saddens me because I use to be a very talkative social person, now im a shell of that. Idk if it was all the drinking and Mollys I use to do on the weekends during college, but none of my friends seem to have these problems so idk why it happened to me... im definitely dealing with some major problems, that I have no idea how to overcome! I need a solutions! Anyone with experience please help me! I want to to feel normal again. I wouldn't wish these problems on my worst enemies.
my Anxiety and Panic Attack was coming back lately, and right now still in Fear cycle that everything is feeling anxious about it.
luckily I found out what is Anxiety and Panic Attack was in some of RUclips Videos helps, at least a concept of the symptoms is.
I do know whats inside in your mind fighting and dealing with. A little minor things will take you down quickly, kick you back in the hole deeper.
So I hope like everyone else leave a comment speak it out, you are normal common like others.
I've tried explaining to my dad that I can't do public speaking. I shake, I pick at my wrists, I start feeling dizzy, and in the weeks leading up to it I struggle to sleep. He says I'm just a coward.
I've had anxiety my whole life. In school when I was particularly young I would have panic attacks in class and I was often labelled as an attention seeker and a disruptive influence. My teachers punished me instead of asking what was wrong and nobody ever noticed or cared that I had no friends and was being bullied for my anxiety by the other students. Since then I've spent every ounce of energy avoiding attention, hiding my panic attacks and telling people I'm ok when I'm really not. I really want to talk to someone about it but after so my years of hiding I'm completely unable to. My stupid brain just won't let me. To this day my family have no idea that i've ever had a problem.
Thank you.... this made me cry.... people need to see this.... I'm definitely going to show this to my bf... it might help... I have sever anxiety and it causes a lot of down falls in my relationship... so thank you for this
I’m having a bad anxiety day. I’m on my break and watching these videos calms me down... I’m just being picked on by a few people in class, no biggie. God, I can’t wait to go home and sleep.
i have a clinic anxiety disorder. i had my mom as a first grade teacher and she picked up that something wasn't just right. i was reading two grades above other kids, writing, doing math, and had an extensive vocabulary. but, i seemed like i wasnt" there". i was diagnosed with add and put on meds. boom. done. they didnt stop my anxiety, they just stopped my emotions as a whole. i was a zombie for three years until, THANKFULLY, one day my dad accidentally took one of my pills and felt what it was like. i was tested constantly by psychologists and consulers and therapists and they said i was gifted in every subject... i just had anxiety. i thought i was a freak. i am supposed to have reduced assignments or extra time but most teachers pushed it aside since i was doing fine in class. i was even told that if i "can't handle the work", then i should rethink gifted. things are better now but my parents are always in meetings for me. i refuse to take "the meds" again after how they made me feel. id rather feel too much than feel numb.
a tip: surround yourself in things that make you feel good. a certain color, houseplants, old stuffed animals, posters and paintings, instruments, etc...
I come from a good family that loves me, and I have no real reason to worry about things. But I worry about absolutely everything, and accomplish nothing because I'm too busy worrying. Then I feel guilty for feeling so anxious because as I said, I have no reason to feel this way. Or at least I can't find any reason.
I've known I have anxiety for a while, but I wasn't sure, but this video makes me 100% sure of it.
Does anyone have advice on how to gain the courage to ask your parents if you can get tested??
thanks for making this video! Even the fear of getting anxiety makes me anxious, and most of the time I'm like a "chameleon" like you said. No one knows how much panic I'm having.
I relate to almost all of these, even the: "some of us have violent thoughts, like not being able to stop imagining family or friends you care deeply about dying horrybly and painfully." Before this video I really thought I was becoming a psychopath or something bc if these thoughts, so I'm happy that it's just part of it sp I'm not a psychopath hahahahh , it's just I've told my parents about my anxiety and stuff but not about these thoughts bc I was scared that they're gonna put me inside a psychopath house or something. But I have these thoughts but that doesn't mean I'm gonna do it.
Dude this spoke to me so much and as a 21 year old who feels a lot older than what he appears, it's really hard to not those evil triggers get to you when you're doing your best not to think about it. But the mind is a labyrinth that cannot be explained with mere words, and the depth that it would take only makes it harder because it's felt differently for every person that goes through it. My anxiety has undeniably been with me for a very long time but I didn't really feel it's affects until the summer of 2014 when I and a friend of mine were attacked by thugs. I don't want to draw this out but the revelation of hiding pain and pain behind different mask is true because now I like to dress preppy to hide away the display of what I used to wear that caused that event to happen and by the grace of God this shall come to pass 😢✝️✝️😢✝️✝️😢
"Constipatation and puking" idk but sometimes anxiety causes a really bad butterflies in my stomach type that lasts for a few hours or days and the only things that i could calm it are "Pooping it out", "puking" or "distraction"
As an person with anxiety myself I can relate to almost all of these...the part that really get me that when the video said's "not being able to stop imagining family or friend's you care deeply about" that really got me crying..of how much I care about my friend and now I feel like she doesn't care about me at all..
Nobody talks about how 1 in 3 people struggle with anxiety yet we all feel isolated, alone, and alienated for struggling with it. We shouldn't still have the stigma that you are less valuable of an employee or less fun to invite out because you struggle with anxiety.
Once, I somehow convinced myself that all my friends were dead and it was all my fault, even though I just talked with them.
That was scary.
This is actually really helpful. I am a writer and in future projects (aka writing an actual novel instead of short stories) I do want some characters to have different mental illnesses, such as anxiety, and I want to do it realistically. I also want those with any mental illness to be able to relate to the characters too; i'll look and add coping mechanisms as well to help! Plus as someone who has depression I can add in different things I use for myself.
Honestly I want mental illnesses to be represented actually and not something horrible that only bad guys have, the good guys may have depressions and it isn't magically cured with just a simple adventure and falling in love.
So thank you for uploading this!
that "we are human chameleons and masters of disguise" though, it's so true like after every attacks/breakdowns I always find myself smiling for my family and friends for them to see that I'm ok even though I'm not
I have very bad anger outbursts. Just the little things can trigger me. When the symptoms go away I'm so fatigue I just want to sleep. Sometimes just sleeping is better than feeling.
I am going to start a blog talking about my severe anxiety and panic disorder and what it's like also having ADHD attached to it. Nothing is up yet, but I am going to work on it little by little because I am tired of my mental illness trying to take control of my life and I want to help someone!
You can do this people. We can do this!
i never knew what was wrong with me, countless relationships destroyed, 2 failed marriages. lack of energy, thoughts running through my mind at night, and i completely push who ever was In my life. but now im seeking the help i need. changing the way i do things now.
only last year i understood what my issue is...it was destroying my life.
I enjoy watching videos on anxiety but this made my heart beat fast
Oh my God.. I have anxiety, and I thought I was just so alone in these symptoms, I have intrusive thoughts often, and I thought I was going to become a murderer or something, this video helped a lot
That one about people you care about dying... I tried to open up to my mom about being anxious when she jumps (horse back riding) then she yelled at me for saying she was a bad rider... she doesn't understand that I have more severe anxiety while riding the bus and I can often breath on horseback and sometimes when she jumps but never on the bus or walking to classes or on a Saturday night lying alone thinking of everyone you care about dying and how no one cares about or loves you
I agree with anxiety causes low self esteem and low self worth. Sometimes I have low self esteem. And I agree with the mediation doesn't mean I don't have anxiety part. I agree with all of it
0:42 I cried because I've been having those thoughts since I in fourth grade, I even had it yesterday, you can say it's been more than 6 years when I started having them.
I can't believe that it's something, finally someone talked about it 😢
Anxiety can feel like, at one moment, the thing you were freaking out about is fine now, and it's over, but then later, it all comes flooding back to you, obstructing your view from what is important and what the truth is.
I snap at my parents a lot, they kinda trigger my anxiety. My dad will yell at me after I snap at him, and then I try to speak again, and he doesn't let me. When I try to say sorry, he's just like, don't say sorry if you aren't really sorry. I say I am. But he claims I'm not, because sorry means that I won't do it again, but I can't help it.
thank you so much i thought i was really weird and I was slightly scared of myself
0:43 i do ALL the time never knew it was because i might have anxiety but i cant stop it. Worse part is i have an intense imagination and can imagine everything clearly so i see my best friend dead over 12 hours a day and its scary and they wont go away
(if anyone has any tips on how to make the images go please give me some (and please don't say imagine something else my brain doesn't work like that)ok thank you)
I have no depression..the doctors said that u have bipolar syndrome paranoid personality mood disorder anxiety disorders..borderline personality..
Everyone thinks im just a realy happy person because i hide my fear and no one would understand me and my thoughts and they would think im insane whenever i speak or laugh thats me screaming in fear and anger because of all negative thoughts i think and whenever i try to explain it doesnt come out right. Sometimes i feel like someone can hear my thoughts and are judgeing my because i have Socail anxiety and yea, no one understands me and probably never will
I have anxiety soishal anxiety depression and PTSD ( post tramatic stress dissorder ) and. It's hard
that's so true...I noticed that alot of people don't know that when someone has anxiety, has physical problems too..
I'm thankful that my school has opened up opportunities for me like I have a consular who tells me anytime I need to see her just to ask to go up and the nurse know how I have anxiety and how I feel same with my teachers and when we had finals I was able to sit in a room by my self and leave early bc my anxiety is trigger by not feeling good and feeling nauseous and I over think. Thanks for this video thansk so much
The hardest is when you know you are tiring people around you with your sickness, no matter how hard you try not to involve anyone in this, it affects all your relationships..
I have anxiety and people don't realize that I dont have any self confidence I'll act like I do or like nothings wrong but it's not I wish I had a friend that would understand