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If you ever wonder what it feels like living with anxiety, picture being envious of traffic lights for being able to make a decision with zero effort to turn green or red depending on the situation. Yeah, it’s sometimes that ridiculous, but the struggle is real.

Luckily, there are meme pages out there who aim to do great things in this harsh world. Enter Anxiety Within, an Instagram page that aims to raise awareness on mental health through memes. Because the world would be a darker place without memes at this point.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like a list, a very detailed list with clear instructions. I know I used to fight the 1 with parts a,b,c but now I welcome it.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Might be me. Massive social anxiety but people say I am the life of a party.

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    As mentioned previously, Anxiety Within is an Instagram meme page that deals with all manner of memes that revolve around the concept of anxiety. The page was created in 2018 and has since then amassed a following of nearly 300,000 followers who are digging the 8,640+ posts already up on the page. The posts are mostly memes, but do include some let's be real time with educational posts about mental health.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    diciplin is one of the most important things to train, and like a mucle it goes limp if you don't use it. That was really easy to say, and very hard to practice.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or you just got met with impatience, anger, or shaming everytime you asked for something, so you internalised that and are afraid to ask for anything.

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    So, a bit of context: anxiety is a feeling of unease, whether worry or fear, which can range from mild to severe. Now, if they come and go—say, around an exam—that is normal. However, some folks find it hard to control their worry, and it becomes a constant in their lives, turning into full-blown panic attacks, disorders or phobias.

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    10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who works in a very email-y job, there are very few emails that deserve your haunting guilt for responding late.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Think about it, pink toed tarantulas...maybe it's not toes...maybe it's pink flip flops....OoO

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    Anxiety can ultimately affect many aspects of life. If it’s mild, it can be merely annoying having to, say, check the stove or the door lock a couple times more than the average Joe.

    If it’s severe, however, it could be an immense hurdle to overcome in terms of moving on in life or simply coming out of your home for fear of the unknown.

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    Daria
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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anger also makes you blind to other points of view or opinions. It's a primal tool.

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    Jon Steensen
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    10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well it is often the fear of failure that drives the procrastination. It is when the fear becomes too hard to deal with that you procrastinate in order to distract yourself in an attempt at easing the load on your mind. It is a short term strategy, that only makes the trouble further down the line worse... but that is only a problem for future-you, and that guy is way easier to screw over, as he is (at least at this moment) only a hypothetical being.

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    And you’d be surprised how prevalent anxiety is these days. In the US, it is reported that over 40 million adults (roughly 19% of the population) have an anxiety disorder. Throw symptoms of depression into the mix and the count increases to a third (32.3%) of adults in the US. Younger people, ages 13 through 18, are most likely to suffer from anxiety, though adults might have it too.

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    10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Puns' and 'Don't Be Awkward', please change places. It's a no-brainer, thank you.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We do it with books too, a "Comfort Read" is a book or series that you just go back and re-read again and again.

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    In terms of the whole world, it’s estimated that roughly 301 million people—roughly 4% of the global population—were suffering from some form of chronic anxiety.

    Some experts suggest that the reason why anxiety is so widespread is due to the excessive amounts of information we soak in on the daily.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is me when I open a door at night and knowing that I locked it but I have to get up and double check anyways.

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    As such, these days, people often have trouble understanding what information they need to react to and what ought to be ignored. In turn, this leads to things like obsessive compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and phobias, among many others. And factors like the pandemic didn’t help, as there are still signs pointing to higher anxiety rates among the population than they were before covid hit.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even on vacation I can't relax. I will try to sit down in the sunshine and just chill out and think about all the things that I could or should be doing.

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    10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard once that “you become the person you needed when you didn’t have anyone.” I think that’s really interesting lens to view life through.

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    Anxiety is considered highly treatable. The only problem with that is that, statistically, only 37% of people actually seek therapy and treatment.

    Women are more likely to seek mental health treatment. 25.6% (compared to 14.6% for men) have already sought out medical attention and statistics show that women are considered more likely to take medication or receive treatment in general.

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    10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...and that is one of the reason that combatting depression is so hard. A bit like with alcoholism, what causes the problem masks as the solution.

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    Reasons why folks don’t seek help include not being able to afford treatment, not knowing how to access the available resources, and succumbing to the feeling of a stigma surrounding mental health treatment. In the case of that last one, most folks tend to tackle the issue themselves, but the problem comes as not many are actually equipped to do so. And so they default to the “grin and bear” tactic.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can we get a Marie Kondo method of therapy, where you and the therapist agree "This does not spark joy" and you can just bin that trauma and never have to deal with it again?

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    To circle back to the initial point—that anxiety is often caused by an abundance of information—there was actually a study conducted back in 2020 that showed how the digitization of society can add to anxiety. Turns out, stress and anxiety that’s related to the use of technology can lead to demoralization and frustration, information fatigue, loss of motivation, dissatisfaction at work and decreased individual productivity.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love this! I'm also very good at lying about how I feel so beware, therapist! ;-) Mine had to tell me not to smile when I was recounting traumatic things.

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    If you, or someone you know, is struggling with mental health issues and anxiety, know that there is no shame in seeking help. You can call the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Helpline at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or check out some of the other crisis helplines.

    But if scrolling is your way to alleviate stress, there’s more where that came from. And if that isn’t enough, there’s an entire Instagram page waiting for you.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like "I feel overwhelmed and sad about the future" and part of that is me, and the other part of that is that the future is already set up to be a dumster fire, because humans have filled the world with trash and set it on fire. Repeatedly.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Telling the therapist they've gone into therapy to predict people's actions and pretend to have some control over circumstances...

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    10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also put the con in disconnecting from any group or people I try to connect with because I don't think I'll be welcomed or tolerated.

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    10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, that one time you said something super cringey as a teen, yeah, you're gonna remember that in detail.

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