My Anxious Thoughts

Why was it that the same kind of things I loved about others were the things I hated about myself? Why were they quirks on them but flaws...

I never hurt myself because I wanted to die. I didn’t even want to hurt myself. I wanted to keep myself alive and to do that, I needed...

Sometimes I'm able to do things I usually wouldn't be able to. Sometimes things that should make me anxious...

People with anxiety shouldn’t have to be afraid of others finding out. If someone tells you they have anxiety, believe them. It is...

When I was in 4th grade, a girl told me my laugh was loud and annoying. I believed her and from that day on, I held in my laugh. I...

Taking medication for a mental illness should be no different than taking medication for a physical illness. My brain is physical, it’s...

I don’t consider social anxiety to be a positive thing in my life, and I do know life would be a lot easier without it. However, I...

Even though I focus a lot on the mental side of social anxiety, it is so much more than that. The physical symptoms affect me as much...

If I ask you to help me, please don’t roll your eyes. Please don’t tell me no, or to handle it myself. Don’t...

It takes a long time for me to believe the fear is as irrational as I know it is. Facing my fears doesn’t fix anything, learning to...

No matter what they look like, anxiety attacks are serious. They’re terrifying and make you feel like something awful is going to...

Despite being the third most common mental disorder (behind depression and alcoholism), social anxiety is still wildly misunderstood. It...