Just a random rant

[GoldenMaknae97]

Does anyone else with anxiety feel like the people around you don’t believe anxiety is real? Almost as if they think you’re making it up or that you wanna be the victim. That you’re just overthinking and being dramatic. And that you just need to relax... it’s so frustrating because this stuff isn’t just a tool for attention. It sucks to be worried all the time and you can’t always just stop. I really wish there was more awareness about these kind of issues rather than skepticism and blaming.

[Agora1]

GoldenMaknae, it is difficult for the average person to comprehend what it's

like to live each day with Anxiety. I don't know how many times I was put down

by family as playing the victim. Belittling advice that only helps to rev up our anxiety even more.

Now with the Pandemic and economic situation, the average person is starting to feel

anxious and depressed. More effort is now being put on getting the message out that

this is a real disorder. xx

[Slate]

If you're into watching shows there's this one that has helped me and I've enjoyed. It's called Virgin River and the characters all have real world problems that most around them don't seem to understand. It's a real show that talks about how life has real joy often hidden amongst pain and isolation.

[Marysblue in reply to Slate]

Loved it. Can't wait for season 3.

[GoldenMaknae97 in reply to Slate]

I’ve heard of this show! I’m gonna check it out thank you

[celestw]

i feel like this too, my mom says i want attention and i’m always over dramatic and she gets pissed off at me and yells at me every time i open up about my anxiety, she says, and i quote “you are not gonna make me go crazy”...like i don’t ask to feel like this..thanks mom for calling me crazy love that..

[GoldenMaknae97 in reply to celestw]

that's terrible. I hate that people are unwilling to understand and see beyond their own perspective...

[celestw in reply to GoldenMaknae97]

me too it’s a frustrating cycle😔also love the pfp btw! i love kpop!

[GoldenMaknae97 in reply to celestw]

thank you! kpop lifts my spirits haha

[UkyoCoanccy]

That happen to me a lot. I am working in no to get mad because I got angry when people said " sometimes I am anxious too but I just distract myself with one interesting activity, then I am good again".

To hear that makes me mad. That is when I do not want to tell them anything about me because they do not understand that is something very difficult to control.

[GoldenMaknae97 in reply to UkyoCoanccy]

yes exactly!! For them it may be occasional. It's not like it follows them all the time. This is chronic for some of us and it's upsetting when people downplay it and brush it off as a minor inconvenience.

[Sugold]

I get the frustration. Perhaps people react this way because anxiety has become something like the "trend thing going on of the century". People usually tend to roll their eyes if they see the same thing/phenomen happen in daily life more than enough (sadly, anxiety has become much more apparent in the recent decades). you have every right to be irritated about this, but perhaps you can give yourself more peace if you just shrug about this immaturity those humans show? people always will be somewhat immature all over the world...

[GoldenMaknae97 in reply to Sugold]

this is true. I can't expect everyone to understand, I just wish they didn't act like it's all an act or something.

[Sugold in reply to GoldenMaknae97]

perhaps we can all learn how to ignore what is not so important or who is not so important at all and thus what bullshit they have to say.

[alfreddy7 in reply to Sugold]

Yes, It is definitely the frustration with me. The frustration of thinking of my anxiety will ever go away. Not so much of depression but frustration.

As someone like me that is new to this I have accept it the fact or at least I think I have accept that I have Severe anxiety.

But other than that sugold. You couldn’t have said it any better.

[Sugold in reply to alfreddy7]

thanks, would you btw like to help out in a small survey? I try to focus especially on dealing with stress and anxiety issues. would love to hear your contribution, only if you want of course