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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Your Feelings are Valid.

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I want to remind you that your feelings are valid. I’ve been seeing those videos lately that state things that “people with _____ mental health condition” feel about their condition or symptoms they want people to be aware of. While I think these videos can be helpful and relatable, I also want to remind everyone that anxiety is a very broad term with so many different symptoms under it. There is no one mold for symptoms- there are so many different ways of experiencing it. Your feelings are valid whatever they are, whether or not a video or individual describes them well. My point is anxiety is not a “cookie cutter”; it produces different effects in everyone (though some people may experience similar symptoms). I’m certainly not trying to say there’s no purpose for diagnosis; I believe anxiety is a real condition, and there are some who have it and some who do not. But I also believe that among those who have it, symptoms vary significantly.


Thank you. I hope this helps someone out. Prayers.


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A reminder that the symptoms may show up one way in one situation and another way in a different situation as well. Anxiety is not "one size fits all" diagnosis. However, I like the world being made aware that anxiety is possible response. I do agree with you valid feelings are real. Best wishes.
TeacupPig
TeacupPig
Thanks for this :)
1234anonymous1234
1234anonymous1234
Thank you. While I do like the videos on Facebook and such that I see about different mental illnesses as well as chronic illnesses, I like how it can start conversations about them and help make people aware of things they do not experience. But it is always important to remember that no matter what we are dealing with, all the things we feel are valid.
soulwarrior
soulwarrior
Thank you! There are MANY different(and various) anxiety disorders out there. Just as there are MANY different(and various) anxiety disorders out there there are,also, different(and various) levels of feelings and reactions that go with this. Even within the individual disorders themselves there are differing levels! ALL of this NEEDS to be acknowledged and,the ones who go through this, deserve(and need) to be acknowledged as well!
So, thank you for this acknowledgement and encouragement!!
P.S.: I've learned this knowledge(what I stated above)through the yr.s as I did my own therapeutic work.
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