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30 People Are Sharing How Anxiety Impacts Their Everyday Lives

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Anxiety is the most common mental disorder in the world. Currently, it affects about one in 13 people, meaning that approximately 7.3 percent of the world's population is facing these struggles every day. For someone who doesn't have it (lucky them!), it may seem like something that can easily be shrugged off. I'm sure that many who are struggling with their mental health have heard their "just-cheer-up's" more than enough.

Quite recently, someone started a thread on Twitter about what anxiety feels like. The person wrote that their anxiety feels like an increased heart rate, worrying about the future, feeling disconnected from the world and other symptoms. Other people started sharing their symptoms as well, thus making the thread go viral with almost 17k likes. Scroll down below to read people's answers on what anxiety feels like to them and comment on whether you've dealt with the same struggles (and even maybe how you managed to overcome them!).

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Note: this post originally had 50 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.

Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

Neringa Utaraitė

Neringa is a proud writer at Bored Panda who used to study English and French linguistics. Although she has many different interests, she's particularly drawn to covering stories about pop culture as well as history. While not at the office, this Panda enjoys creepy movies, poetry, photography and learning how to play the piano.

Neringa is a proud writer at Bored Panda who used to study English and French linguistics. Although she has many different interests, she's particularly drawn to covering stories about pop culture as well as history. While not at the office, this Panda enjoys creepy movies, poetry, photography and learning how to play the piano.

What do you think ?

反社会的 4 years ago

Anxiety is like constantly hearing boss music but never seeing the boss.

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G13 4 years ago

Omg lol that's so true

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Alice Laughs 4 years ago

I've been advertising this to everyone I know with anxiety: ashwagandha, an herbal supplement, was recently recommended to me and has been effective when various pharmaceutical meds have not. It's aka "Indian ginger" and treated as a spice like turmeric (curcumin). It reduces cortisol in the body. Check for medication interactions and whatnot, of course. If anxiety is your body's alarm system, alerting the firefighters to get ready and deal with a problem, normally the alarm system turns off after it's served its purpose. If the alarm system doesn't go off, it just sounds continuously at a deafening volume and feels like it incapacitates the firefighters. After a week of ashwagandha, I feel like the mechanism for my body's alarm system was fixed and could finally turn the alarm off, relieving the deafening catastrophizing and finally rallying the firefighters. I personally am taking six 500mg capsules a day.

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Cindy Snow 4 years ago

I will check if it interferes with any of my meds but I like the idea

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Naomi Wayker 4 years ago

I can imagine that and for those who have it u have my sympathy

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反社会的 4 years ago

Anxiety is like constantly hearing boss music but never seeing the boss.

15points

G13 4 years ago

Omg lol that's so true

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Alice Laughs 4 years ago

I've been advertising this to everyone I know with anxiety: ashwagandha, an herbal supplement, was recently recommended to me and has been effective when various pharmaceutical meds have not. It's aka "Indian ginger" and treated as a spice like turmeric (curcumin). It reduces cortisol in the body. Check for medication interactions and whatnot, of course. If anxiety is your body's alarm system, alerting the firefighters to get ready and deal with a problem, normally the alarm system turns off after it's served its purpose. If the alarm system doesn't go off, it just sounds continuously at a deafening volume and feels like it incapacitates the firefighters. After a week of ashwagandha, I feel like the mechanism for my body's alarm system was fixed and could finally turn the alarm off, relieving the deafening catastrophizing and finally rallying the firefighters. I personally am taking six 500mg capsules a day.

3points

Cindy Snow 4 years ago

I will check if it interferes with any of my meds but I like the idea

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Naomi Wayker 4 years ago

I can imagine that and for those who have it u have my sympathy

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