{"id":150226,"date":"2023-01-17T11:46:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T16:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/?p=150226"},"modified":"2023-01-17T11:46:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T16:46:22","slug":"5-things-people-with-anxiety-secretly-do-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/150226","title":{"rendered":"5 Things People With Anxiety Secretly Do Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"5 Things People With Anxiety Secretly Do Alone\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EbF7AriK6IE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>      <br><p> – Hey Psych2Goers, welcome back. Think you&#39;ve never\nexperienced anxiety before? Well, you might not have realized it because people experience\nanxiety in different ways. Your idea of anxiety might not align with\nhow you experience it. And you may not notice anxiety in someone who grapples with it privately. So, it&#39;s important to\nremember to always be kind because you can never know\nwhat others are struggling with when they&#39;re alone. If you&#39;re dealing with anxiety, know that you&#39;re not alone\nin facing these challenges. Anxiety is a normal part of life.<\/p><br><p>It alerts us to dangers\nand helps us prepare for a wide variety of situations. But according to the Diagnostic and Statistical\nManual of Mental Disorders, DSM, anxiety becomes a disorder\nwhen it starts to impact daily functioning and\ndifferent aspects of life. With that said, here are five things people with anxiety secretly do alone. Number one, overthink,\noverthink, and overthink. Anxiety disorders are\ncharacterized by excessive or disproportionate worry and fear that gets in the way of daily activities. It may not be as obvious to other people, but those who struggle with\nanxiety tend to overthink while in the presence of\nothers and when alone. Many people who struggle with anxiety tend to dwell on negative thoughts about themselves and their past. They may replay these\npast events in their head over and over, trying to think of what they\ncould have done differently.<\/p><br><p>And may also imagine\npossible future events to try and anticipate\nthings that might go wrong. Two, confine themselves\nto their comfort zone. Everyone feels anxious now and then, but those struggling\nwith an anxiety disorder constantly adjust their\nlives to cater to it. They may stick to activities that calm their racing thoughts, or engage in pursuits that\nallow them to avoid the things that make them feel anxious instead of choosing activities\npurely for fun or interest. Like re-watching the\nsame shows over and over because they don&#39;t have to\nfeel anxious anticipating what might happen next. Some people may not even\nbe able to leave the house out of fear of being in\nplaces and situations where escape may be difficult.<\/p><br><p><img src='https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/8458945\/pexels-photo-8458945.jpeg?auto=compress&#038;cs=tinysrgb&#038;h=650&#038;w=940'><\/p><p>Or they may struggle to leave the house without a certain person\nthey&#39;re scared to lose. Three, withdraw from social interaction. Some people with anxiety may\nhave a limited social life and turn down invites, not\nout of a lack of interest, but to stay home to calm\ncertain worries and fears. In some cases, the person\nmay seem uninterested in spending time with others due to a crippling fear of\nfeeling humiliated, rejected, or looked down on in social interactions. People with anxiety may withdraw socially to cope with their fears\nand might avoid their phones or ignore or turn off their notifications to manage their feelings of anxiety, and then feel overwhelmed\nand anxious later when they see the backlog of messages. Number four, procrastinate\nor struggle to finish tasks. People with anxiety, especially\nhigh functioning anxiety, may seem like completely\nput together achievers, but they may also grapple\nwith getting their work done when they&#39;re alone, because anxious thoughts may\nforce them to procrastinate.<\/p><br><p>Anxiety also affects working memory, which makes it difficult\nto focus long enough to complete tasks. And so, they may then have to rush to get things done on\ntime, adding extra stress. Then number five, tossing\nand turning in bed. Having anxiety doesn&#39;t\nimmediately translate to nervous, jittery energy that\nothers can easily detect. Someone with anxiety can\nseem calm and rested, when in reality, they might be\ntossing and turning at night, unable to fall asleep because\nof their anxious thoughts. If they do manage to get some sleep, they might be restless or\nriddled with nightmares about their anxieties. For example, those with\nseparation anxiety disorder may have nightmares about being separated from their loved ones. Anxiety disorders are complex and varied, but remember that a certain\nlevel of anxiety is normal and anxiety disorders are those that cause significant distress or impairment in different areas of life.<\/p><br><p>If you or anyone you know, are struggling with an anxiety disorder, please don&#39;t hesitate to\nreach out to a qualified mental health care provider. Can you relate to any of these signs? Share with us in the comments and remember to like and share this video with someone who might benefit too. As always the references and studies used are listed in the description below. 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So, it&#39;s important to remember &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/150226\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">5 Things People With Anxiety Secretly Do Alone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":150225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[696,16121,37008,59881,59879,55011,37598,39667,37548,37009,957,2278,23,59794,59796,39665,59883,59798,41165,57,38161,40036,59873,39633],"class_list":["post-150226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reducing-triggers","tag-anxiety","tag-anxiety-disorder","tag-anxiety-disorders","tag-anxiety-problem","tag-anxiety-problems","tag-anxiety-signs","tag-anxiety-symptoms","tag-dealing-with-anxiety","tag-depression-and-anxiety","tag-generalized-anxiety-disorder","tag-mental-health","tag-mental-illness","tag-panic-attack","tag-psych-2-go","tag-psych-to-go","tag-psych2go","tag-psych2go-anxiety","tag-psychtogo","tag-signs-of-anxiety","tag-social-anxiety","tag-social-anxiety-disorder","tag-social-anxiety-symptoms","tag-things-people-with-anxiety-secretly-do-alone","tag-what-is-anxiety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/htmlF_IMG_63c5968f344ef.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}