{"id":151645,"date":"2023-10-25T06:39:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/?p=151645"},"modified":"2023-10-24T13:20:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:20:24","slug":"8-things-people-with-anxiety-want-you-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/151645","title":{"rendered":"8 Things People with Anxiety Want You to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"8 Things People with Anxiety Want You to Know\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mRJPmaQ1U4w?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>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n– [Narrator] Hey,\r\nPsych2Goers welcome back. Do you have anxiety or do you know what it\r\nmight feel like to have it? If you answered no, then it’s still important\r\nfor us to educate ourselves and raise awareness about anxiety and other mental illnesses, so it’s a good thing you’re here. And if you have someone in your life who you think might be struggling\r\nwith feelings of anxiety, then it would do you a lot of good to learn more about what it’s\r\nlike to live with anxiety so you can help eliminate\r\nthe stigma against it and be there for them\r\nin a way that they need. So with that said, here are eight things People with anxiety want you to know.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNumber one, anxiety is real,\r\neven if you can’t see it. One of the worst things you\r\ncan do to someone with anxiety or any kind of mental\r\nhealth concern is to invalidate their feelings by saying their anxiety is a choice or that it’s all in their head. Just because you can’t see it doesn’t make their struggle\r\nwith mental illness any less real. Number two, anxiety\r\naffects a lot of people all over the world. According to the Anxiety and Depression\r\nAssociation of America, roughly 31% of those aged\r\n18 years old and above have or will experience\r\nan anxiety disorder at some point in their lives. That means over 40 million\r\nadults in the United States alone suffer from anxiety every year. That makes anxiety one of\r\nthe most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses in the world, affecting people of all ages, races, genders, and backgrounds. Number three, people with\r\nanxiety wish they could stop, but it’s complicated. Next time you ask your friend\r\nto just snap out of it, relax, or get a grip on their anxiety, think back to a time when you\r\ngot sick or seriously injured. Could you just tell your\r\nbody to get over the cold or stop being allergic to something? To heal your bones or cure your infection with the sheer power of will? No, right? If you could, then life\r\nwould be much easier for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWell, mental illness\r\nis the same way. Living with anxiety is far\r\nfrom a walk in the park, and it’s not something that someone can just get over in a snap. Number four, anxiety\r\naffects the mind and body. Sometimes our anxious thoughts lead to experiencing physical symptoms like sweaty palms,\r\ntrembling, muscle tension, shortness of breath, and a pounding heart. Anxiety is never just in your head. And trying to rationalize it, as kind as your intentions might be when you tell someone there’s\r\nno need to be nervous, tends to make them feel worse, not better. Number five, anxiety has\r\nnothing to do with you or the relationship. One of the reasons why it’s so difficult for people with mental illnesses to have healthy, thriving,\r\nlong-term relationships, be they platonic or romantic, is that most people tend to have this very problematic idea that\r\nif you love someone enough, you can make their mental illness go away, that they can be well for\r\nyou or change for the better because of how much they love you and how much you love them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBut it just doesn’t work that way because their anxiety has\r\nnothing to do with you or their relationship with you. And just because they feel\r\nanxious around you sometimes doesn’t mean they love you any less. Number six, seemingly random\r\nthings can be triggering. Anxiety can be scary, especially when we don’t\r\nunderstand the exact nature of why and when it happens. A lot of people suffering from anxiety are often triggered by\r\nmany different things. Oftentimes, it can be uncomfortable or unfamiliar situations, such as public speaking or\r\nhaving fights with friends, but it can also be brought out by seemingly random, unrelated things.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/flywait.4parkinson.hop.clickbank.net\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/6724306\/pexels-photo-6724306.jpeg?auto=compress&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;h=650&amp;w=940\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNumber seven, it’s not your\r\njob to fix those with anxiety. When a friend or family member confides in you about their\r\nstruggles with anxiety, they’re doing it because they trust you and feel safe being vulnerable around you. They’re not asking you to fix them or make their problems go away. So just be there for them\r\nlike a good friend would, and any support or\r\nunderstanding you can show will surely go a long way in helping them manage their anxieties.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd finally, number eight,\r\nwe are more than our anxiety. Finally, but maybe most importantly, people with anxiety want you to know that they are more than their\r\nstruggles with mental illness. They don’t let their anxiety\r\ndefine them or their life, so you shouldn’t either. And just because someone\r\nstruggles with anxiety doesn’t mean they can’t\r\nenjoy themselves anymore, reach their full potential, or have meaningful\r\nrelationships with others. Anxiety disorders are also one of the most highly treatable mental\r\nillnesses in the world, so there’s always hope that\r\nthings will get better. So if you have anxiety, do\r\nyou agree with these points? Did you learn something new? Remember, if you or anyone you know is struggling with anxiety or any other serious\r\nmental health concern, please do not hesitate to reach out to a mental healthcare\r\nprofessional today and seek help. Did you find this video insightful? Tell us in the comments below. Please like and share it with friends who might find value in this video, too.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMake sure to subscribe to Psych2Go and hit the notification\r\nbell for more content. All the references used are added in the description box below. And thanks so much for watching.\r\nI’ll see you next time.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mRJPmaQ1U4w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As found on YouTube<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/flywait.60secpanic.hop.clickbank.net\">Anxiety disorders, phobias, and chronic panic attacks affect millions of people all over the world. Often, treatment consists of medications used to reduce anxiety, but these medications don\u2019t work for everyone<\/a><strong>.<\/strong> Many people are too afraid to explore the real reason why they have anxiety or they\u2019re too embarrassed to seek medical attention. Instead, they suffer for years struggling to learn how to cope with this condition, alone. More often than not this results in the person avoiding many of the places and activities they once loved because they\u2019re so afraid they\u2019ll have a panic attack in public. <a href=\"http:\/\/flywait.60secpanic.hop.clickbank.net\">If you\u2019re tired of trying new medications that don\u2019t work or you\u2019re looking for an all-natural approach to anxiety treatment, the 60 Second Panic Solution program can help<\/a><strong>.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/flywait.60secpanic.hop.clickbank.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/0nvLhGS\/download-z2.jpg\" alt=\"download-z2\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; – [Narrator] Hey, Psych2Goers welcome back. Do you have anxiety or do you know what it might feel like to have it? If you answered no, then it’s still important for us to educate ourselves and raise awareness about anxiety and other mental illnesses, so it’s a good thing you’re here. And if you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/151645\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">8 Things People with Anxiety Want You to Know<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":151644,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,96,132],"tags":[696,16121,37008,59879,37598,957,39814,2278,59794,59796,39665,59798,57,38161,60933,39633],"class_list":["post-151645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reducing-triggers","category-tech","category-weird-stuff","tag-anxiety","tag-anxiety-disorder","tag-anxiety-disorders","tag-anxiety-problems","tag-anxiety-symptoms","tag-mental-health","tag-mental-health-awareness","tag-mental-illness","tag-psych-2-go","tag-psych-to-go","tag-psych2go","tag-psychtogo","tag-social-anxiety","tag-social-anxiety-disorder","tag-things-people-with-anxiety-want-you-to-know","tag-what-is-anxiety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/htmlF_IMG_6537f3c30e7a0.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151645","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=151645"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151662,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151645\/revisions\/151662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}