anxiety
A look at anxiety in its many forms and manifestations; what is the nature of this specific pattern of extreme fear and worry?
Lies My Anxiety Tells Me
It feels like you’re at the top of a roller coaster. You know the drop is coming, sometime that is. Sometimes it’s a few seconds, other times, minutes. Swirling upside down and right-side up. Whipping you left and right with your adrenaline pumping through your thin bluish-green veins. Your breath becomes heavy; it feels as though you are breathing through a green Starbucks straw. The pumping of your heart can be felt through your temples—pulsing, racing, scaring you. Deep breaths. In and out. In that moment the only thing you need is pain, something to distract you. And then it’s over.
By Michaela Switzer8 years ago in Psyche
In the Head of a Girl with Anxiety
What is difficult is that, outside, I seem to be like everyone else. Simple coat, jeans, little black shoes, and a hat to hide my morning sloth. My poor hair, we will resume tomorrow. I seem to be doing well, as they say. Just a little tired, but people think it's because I go to bed late or have too much to do in a day. Finally, it's just because I've been an insomniac for so many years that I've forgotten my last-worst-good night's sleep. The good old times. I seem old to say that, but I still have 18 years and all my teeth.
By Shana Guimond8 years ago in Psyche
When It's "All in Your Head"
I had my first major panic attack a week before I graduated from college. I was at work and it was ten minutes before closing. I had worked a 6 hour shift and my legs were tired but I was happy. I was leaving soon and there was nobody in the store (though, in retail, that can change in a matter of seconds). I was going through returns when, suddenly, I felt it.
By Cassie Valencia8 years ago in Psyche
Anxiety During Pregnancy
Before pregnancy, I was already dealing with a lot of anxiety. I can say that it started around high school because that is when I moved from New Hampshire to New Jersey—a completely different state where I did not know anyone and had to start new with everything. On top of that, high school is a time where you develop physically, when boys are interested and you're also interested. You get more school work and, above all, you get insecure. You start to learn who you are and that people judge over the smallest things. Of course, I never took my anxiety seriously because I was young and thinking it would pass eventually.
By Kimberly Castillo8 years ago in Psyche
Plans Changing With Borderline Personality Disorder
Those with BPD can be impulsive. We may go out and spend all our money on new clothes. We may gamble it all away. We might suddenly decide to drive down a motorway at 3 o clock in the morning without a seatbelt.
By Shaye Goodenough8 years ago in Psyche
The Love Life of an Anxious Being
HEYHIHELLO. Let's talk anxiety. I am 21 old and I was diagnosed officially with Generalized Anxiety Disorder about a year ago, although it really began my junior year of high school. I was also diagnosed with depression a year ago. I never wanted to admit that I was depressed, I never wanted to admit that I was an anxious mess... but the real fucking struggle is trying to have a working relationship when your mind is constantly on fast forward.
By Michele Hastings8 years ago in Psyche
What To Expect From A Loved One With Anxiety...
The only way to describe anxiety to someone that doesn’t suffer from it is asking them to imagine the worst possible thing that could ever happen to them, whatever it might be. Now imagine that it is happening right now, about to happen or has just happened. That miserable, panic stricken, utterly hopeless feeling, that is how I feel 98 percent of the time… for literally no reason at all.
By Samantha Bentley8 years ago in Psyche
Stressed Out
This is what it is like to be stressed out all the time. It is like wearing a ten ton backpack every day. It is always looking behind you to see if someone is laughing. It is pretending like you are the happiest person in this world. Always smiling until you are too tired to pretend. You will wake up every morning and be fine, but as the day goes on you will get tired. You will worry more and not being able to concentrate. If you are in school this is very annoying. If you are like me you wake up tired and you will not be able to sleep. You feel like you are letting everyone down including yourself. You feel as if you just don’t work hard enough. And even when you do it isn’t enough.
By Unknown Love8 years ago in Psyche
What Does the Therapist Say?
That Feeling in Your Chest— I have been wanting to talk about this for some time and nothing but my own insecurities and fears have been holding me back. I'll often lay awake at night reviewing things that I've noticed which tend to go unnoticed by others who aren't experiencing the same things.
By C. R Watson8 years ago in Psyche
Walking Into a Room
As the knob twists and the door whips open, the music fills my ears and the steady drumming of my heart quickens. My lungs draw in the warm air that flows around me. It smells of the heavy perfumes of girls seeking attention. One foot in the room and the stares that I felt could have bore a hole through even the thickest winter jacket. Why is everyone looking at me? As I take a second step, the blood rushes to my cheeks and I know my face is flushed. Holding back the urge to leave, I search the room for a friendly face, with little success. Why did I come here?
By Samantha Brett8 years ago in Psyche
