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Living with anxiety is like living with a clingy monster that just won’t let go off of your back. It keeps you feeling uneasy, irritated and not just that! People with anxiety issues battle with a lot on daily basis and to the rest, their struggles are more often than not misconstrued as mood swings. Following is a list of many ways in which life sucks for the anxious lot.
1. Imaginary spiders keep crawling on your neck
They love to crawl and touch, a bit too much!
And when physical discomfort gets to its peak, panic attack swoops in!
And people think there is some trouble with your sweat glands!
2. You are always checking for bogeyman hiding under your bed and table
“WHAT!.. WHAT’S that black thing under my bed! Oh okay, it is just a shoe box casting its shadow! Phew. ”
3. Failure to triple check doors is a disaster you bring upon yourself!
“Did I?! Let me take the next bus to home and check the door knob five more times.”
4. You can put on any clothes you want but the anxiety monster keeps finding faults!
“You look malnourished in this”, “your ass is popping out in this”, “what happened to your cool dress sense?”, “you should call in sick because no matter what you wear, you look sick”
5. And sweatshirts and sweatpants are your best friends for life
Because in these you feel comfortable like a baby who is happiest and most peaceful when he snuggles into his blanket. And when you run out of your jerseys and track pants, you start to hate your entire wardrobe! Because trying to get the clothes of the mature people right is a task that gets you anxious.
6. There is sufficient space on your right but you want to make your way through the many vehicles parked haphazardly on your left
You just can’t control this strange urge to get head-on with the not so easy situations.
7. But on the other hand, you can’t even send a single “Hi” text in one go!
“Should I click SEND?”, “Will he be able to understand the exact thought behind this message?”, ” Let me just keep reading it for 5 more minutes before clicking SEND”, “Let me just count till 5, no, till 10” “Okay! Somebody Press Send For Me!”
8. And when you don’t get a reply within seconds, you start screaming internally!
When you end up getting the much awaited reply, you feel that God loves you the best. When you don’t get the reply at all, you feel you have made the biggest fool out of yourself. And you keep contemplating on how the reader of the text would have judged you!
9. Whenever your boss calls you in their cabin, the nerves in your head start throbbing like crazy!
“Is he going to discuss the list of my flaws!”, “Is he going to prove that I am the most unproductive employee in the team?”, “Is He Thinking Of Firing Me!”
10. While travelling alone, you feel that the world is out to get you
“Why do I keep seeing that suspicious man with a hoodie jacket where ever I go?”
11. You put a status on your Facebook timeline and then just as it goes up, you decide that you are better off not sharing..
..So you change the “Who can see this?” setting from “Friends” to “Only Me”! And no, you won’t delete it. You will just keep it to yourself.
12. Your mind races like a horse gone out of control!
There is no off button on it. And you are never able to get your thoughts untangled.
13. You question Every Damn Thing!
“Why do toddlers cry when I take them in my arms? Do I emit ghostly vibes?”
14. You keep drinking water like a thirsty camel
People think you are skin conscious. But water is a source of hydration for your throat that keeps drying off due to anxiety. Anxiety of not meeting the deadline, anxiety of reaching late to the airport, anxiety of losing your special someone. Anxiety Of Anxiety!
15. You have a severe case of thoughtception!
“The weather is so nice today. I love it. But what if I lose someone special during such a nice weather? I will have to carry their dead body when the breeze will be cool and refreshing like it is today. My definition of a pleasant weather will change forever! Okay, I want the Sun to scorch me up now!”
16. Sometimes, you run for your life from the imaginary ghost with shiny red eyes and a huge spade
*running frantically in my mind right now*
17. You become extra attentive when your partner has to leave you alone in a social event, even when it is just for a minute or two
You can’t sit still. You keep turning and twisting to see if you can catch their glimpse. You even keep calling them up to know if they are on their way to you or not. Because they are your security blanket and the entire hall full of unknown faces freaks the hell out of you.
18. And the worst of all, you live in the fear of exploding with anxiety!
You are pretty sure that, that will be the last day of your life!
19. And if there is a pill that you take to calm yourself down, you live in the anxiety of what will happen if it is not with you on the day you get the attack!
“Another way in which I’m going to die!”
20. Meeting new people gets you breathless!
“What if they say something that makes me worry?”, “What if they have an intimidating personality that can push my anxiety button easily!”
21. Everytime you finish laughing, the fear of becoming sad again, takes over you
“Shit I laughed a lot tonight! I hope nothing falls out of order for me now! GOD PLEASE! Waaaaaaa!”
22. People telling you “It is going to be okay”, switches your anxiety button harder!
“Is there anything that I should be worried about? Because I was feeling okay already! What is it? What was not okay that is going to be okay?”
23. And when people say, “Everything in your life is sorted! How can you possible be worrying?”
They can never get what it feels like to wake up each morning with a strange heaviness in head and emptiness in gut. Or what it feels like to not be able to breathe smoothly and without inhaling and exhaling deeply every time a little something comes up. Even when everything is going perfect in an anxious person’s life, there is still something going on that is downright traumatizing. It is ANXIETY people.
What an anxious person expects is for you to be a little considerate. And you don’t have to understand their condition completely in order to feel considerate of their pain.
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