#anxiety life

[whilereadingandwalking]

Trying to put my anxieties and fears to the side and remind myself that yes, the future is scary, yes things could always fall out from under me, and yes, my sleep has been terrible, but I am blessed, my loved ones are alive, and on my 30th birthday I’m going to hold a koala, so my life is still good.

[standupcomedyhistorian]

I saw a chart in a health_anxiety post on Instagram that I believe can EASILY be applied to the progression of songs in Bo Burnham's Inside! 👀

Don't believe me? I did the work so you don't have to 😉

Not Anxious: Content, Comedy (less anxious is more like it haha)

Triggered: FaceTime with My Mom (Tonight), How the World Works, White Woman's Instagram, Unpaid Intern, Bezos I, Sexting (Bo being triggered by technology)

Nervous: Look Who's Inside Again

Sweating/Shaking: Problematic, 30 (Bo is certainly dripping with sweat in Problematic 🥵)

INTERMISSION

Full-on panic attack: Don't Wanna Know, Shit

Am I dying?: ATL (he ends it with "and I think I'm gonna die!"; also explicitly mentioned in The Future)

Trying to calm down: Bridge of Welcome to the Internet (this one's a stretch)

Trying to normalize breathing: Bezos II (also a stretch)

Feeling muscles relax: That Funny Feeling

Exhausted, but gaining control: All Eyes On Me

Able to cope again: Goodbye

Being okay: Any Day Now (as okay as we can be)

What do you think? Was Inside supposed to represent the timeline of anxiety in its music, or am I going crazy (would I even know)?

Let me know your thoughts, and keep it here for more comedy fun! ✌🏼🐔

[blackrosesandwhump]

Quick reminder:

There's nothing wrong with taking medication so you can do something that would otherwise make you anxious.

[zeoumren]

Things people ( a particular family member) have said to me ( a person with extreme anxiety over feeling like a burden/annoying to others)

"be quiet!"

"You are being annoying."

"you are here everyday" (about me visiting my parents house. Whom both have said they like it when I visit and they worry about me)

"look" ( this is if I ever start a sentence with: "look, I need to talk about..." It is mimicking the way I talk to stop me from saying anything. An embarrassment tactic)

"why don't you ever call?"

"I won't find it annoying" (see bullet 2)

I feel like I have to catalogue this. Just to get it outside of me. My desire to run and hide is very bad right now and I am on Anti anxiety medication for a reason. But this family member, who has gone through their own mental health struggles does not seem to respect how damaging these things they have said are like my entire being is a joke. I have been this way my whole life.

Anyone who suffers from anxiety or any other mental illness or if you are neurodivergent you are not a burden. You are strong, you have tried hundreds of times harder than others to become what you wanted to be. And even if you are still on the path towards it. Or there are bumps on the road.

You are NOT a burden.

You are a human, deserving of respect and dignity just like anyone else, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

[too-cool-for-facebook]

Govt: "Your Anxiety doesn't stop you from working 😌 "

My dude, my Anxiety keeps me from going to events that I WANT to go to. It's hard to interact with folks who I know are friendly, and after I do, I'm out of commission for 2 days. Tell me, how am I supposed to make a living out of that?

[soulsprinters]

Me *sits down and has lengthy talk with my mother about respecting my boundaries and working on my anxiety at my pace*

Mother *nods along and agrees*

Me "So you'll let me decide the pace to work on my anxiety?"

Mother "No, I'm going to do double the amount of things that make you anxious until you forcibly heal."

Me "That's...not at all what I said. That's going to make my mental health worse..."

Mother "Nonsense, you'll be perfectly fine. Once you see that, I can do TRIPLE the things you're anxious about and youll be totally healed." :)

Me " That's not how that- You know what, nevermind. You're not listening"

[alexwelsh81]

Oh come on. I thought when one area of your life was rubbish the rest would be good? Up and down, up and down, I just want stuff to work out

[tsunderedoctor]

Thinking about purging my following list, it’s already over 500 and I am overwhelmed seeing the dashboard. I just don’t want people to get mad at me if I unfollow them-

[whilereadingandwalking]

My anticipatory dread of good events has increased with the general lack of care and masking: an anxiety and certainty that someone will give me or my partner Covid and we won’t be able to go to Australia, or that something else will sweep this trip out from under us. We’re generally safe but there’s a limit to how much our masks protect us if others aren’t wearing them. Part of me won’t be excited for the trip until we’re on the plane.

[moral-disorder]

Anxious! Another person at work has come down with covid. I sadly woke up at 6am today. I've had a little bit of a cough for a couple of days. Nothing heard back from a tattoo inquiry email that I want to know about before I can plan a trip. So much anxiety!

[permdaydreamer]

This is for the people who didn’t party in their teens and twenties. For the people who didn’t have that “coming of age” movie experience with shenanigans and revelations. This is for the people who mostly keep to themselves. Who maybe prefer things to be quieter and gentler. This is for the people who don’t feel like they belong in a culture that values loud parties and flashing lights. I see you. And you are valid.

[thesparkwhowalks]

Me at 34, having woken up with a pukey case of nervous stomach every morning for like three weeks now, reflecting on how this was my "normal" for roughly all 900 days of 8th through 12th grade:

[ladyfarona]

If there was a contest for "most bitter bitch ever" it wouldn't be won by a person but by my anti anxiety medication

[ionomycin]

Mother of Pearl

[too-cool-for-facebook]

Why's my brain gotta be like this 😭? I would really like to serve in the Peace Corp, and the perfect opportunity just opened up - IN THE FIELD I GOT MY BACHELOR'S IN - and I was super excited! But trying to fill out the application, I got so anxious that I got overwhelmed and shut down 😭