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Here’s An Instagram Page Dedicated To Memes That Would Benefit From A Therapist’s Consult (50 New Memes)
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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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 9 months ago
On the other had, it leads to wearing red hats and voting for Trump.
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DennyS (denzoren) 9 months ago
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.
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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Jon Steensen 9 months ago
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.
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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BrownTabby 9 months ago (edited)
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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DennyS (denzoren) 9 months ago
Think about it, pink toed tarantulas...maybe it's not toes...maybe it's pink flip flops....OoO
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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Jon Steensen 9 months ago (edited)
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.
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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Green Machine 9 months ago (edited)
'Puns' and 'Don't Be Awkward', please change places. It's a no-brainer, thank you.
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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DennyS (denzoren) 9 months ago
Take that depression! (Hazbin reference for anyone that's been watching)
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DennyS (denzoren) 9 months ago
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.
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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Christie Egendoerfer 9 months ago
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.
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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Jon Steensen 9 months ago (edited)
...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.
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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Marcellus II 9 months ago (edited)
I let my mind wander at a work meeting and it never came back.
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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cerinamroth 9 months ago
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.
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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Mine Truly 9 months ago
The three hardest things to say: I was wrong I need help Worcestershire sauce
TheBlueBitterfly 9 months ago
I shut down and push people away, not because I feel I don't deserve help, but because people complicate my brain and I get embarrassed about my emotions. I KNOW I deserve, and want, help. I know I'm mostly a pretty decent mother and wife. But I still can't help being scared by it.
Michelle C 9 months ago
I’m not going to repeat what I thought here; I will say this meme has definitely been accurate more than I’d like to admit….
Ariadne Toms 9 months ago
That's almost exactly how I feel shyrali I do the same thing. I'm working on it! We can retrain our brains
Tracy Wallick 9 months ago
Because for those of us who have been abused, isolation came to mean the abuse was over and we finally had some relief.
River wolf (she/her) 9 months ago
Yep. And it feels like if you try to get help, they (your brother) will make fun of you again and push you off the cliff into the stampede of bison (wait is that lion king?)
Flora Porter 9 months ago
I think of it as pulling up the drawbridge to shut out all the noise, unhelpfulness and general overstimulation I can't tolerate at that moment.
Justin Rogers 9 months ago
I prefer to think of myself as an eccentric recluse with a really cool menagerie. Unfortunately I have to go into public/ city once or twice a month for coffee and animal food/ medicine
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Jeannie Ruiz 9 months ago
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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DennyS (denzoren) 9 months ago (edited)
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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DennyS (denzoren) 9 months ago
Also, that one time you said something super cringey as a teen, yeah, you're gonna remember that in detail.
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Rostit.. . 9 months ago
we will. It will be the hour or so before we die so yay!
Load More Replies... River wolf (she/her) 9 months ago
How are there enough people who said they don’t find it appropriate to make a whole 1%?
Tracy Wallick 9 months ago
I find it comforting that the more time I've spent in therapy, found the right combination of medications and learned actually *helpful* coping mechanisms, I find fewer and fewer of these memes relatable as time goes on.
Rostit.. . 9 months ago
we will. It will be the hour or so before we die so yay!
Load More Replies... River wolf (she/her) 9 months ago
How are there enough people who said they don’t find it appropriate to make a whole 1%?
Tracy Wallick 9 months ago
I find it comforting that the more time I've spent in therapy, found the right combination of medications and learned actually *helpful* coping mechanisms, I find fewer and fewer of these memes relatable as time goes on.
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