Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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panda68
panda68
Have you ever walked down the street quickly in a certain part of town? Ever been made to feel shame and guilt because of the color of your skin? Ever been called a resist slur by someone trying to get your attention? Ever felt discriminated against? Ever felt like hiding your face on the subway because "they" are staring you down? Ever had someone play the "race card" against you? If you answered yes to these questions, I feel your pain. Only, I'm white.
LuckyEmpath
LuckyEmpath
We do live in a very judgmental world and it is difficult for everyone no matter the color of your skin, religion or sexual preference. Just the fact that we all have anxiety, an invisible ailment, causes much judgment from those around us. It is not easy but we are all managing to get up every day and face all that we fear. I hope you are able to do the same.

Take care
MsBlank1
MsBlank1
I know this all too well.....and I too am white.....perhaps it has made me more sensitive to minorities and the underdogs in life....and that is a good thing. I even had a Hispanic person refuse to help me, a "white cracker" re side my house as he had been treated so poorly by White Americans and since I fell into that category....he refused to work for me. Talk about the shoe being on the other foot....even though I have never treated a Hispanic poorly or any other minority. Heck.....I'm the minority now!

I spent one of my college classes studying the Hispanic community and some of their stories brought me to tears. I can empathize with them and other bullied ppl.
It is a tragedy that bullying goes on and prejudice runs rampant every where. I think it is healthier to stand up and fight it than to lay down and let it run over you. It definitely has made me a stronger and better person.

By the way. When I first moved on this block 29 years ago, the entire block only had White Americans on it. Today. I am the only
White American left on the block. The folks across the street are Polish Americans and the houses on either side of me are Hispanic Americans (there are only 4 houses on this block).
It doesn't bother me and I've adapted quite well.