Anxiety is not a sign of weakness. Anyone can be affected by it, no matter what gender, race, religion, culture or personality. It’s not a defect in your personality or a problem with you.
When my anxiety was escalating, I felt like it was because I was weak. I could not deal with everyday situations and simple things, which lead me to think it was my own weakness that caused me to be how I was. I couldn’t think of any reason why this could have been happening to me and I was struggling to cope with the anxiety which made me feel even weaker.
I think I thought it was my own weakness that caused my anxiety because I saw so many other people my age going off and doing loads of fun things. I couldn’t help but compare myself to them; noticing how they could do things without a care in the world. Their fears never appeared to stop them doing things so why did it constantly stop me? This led me to a cycle of thinking I was weak and comparing myself to other people.
Few people actually show their weakness and only broadcast their success to society. Everyone has parts of their life and personality that they want to hide away from people so if you think rationally, they probably have similar thoughts to you, just maybe in different forms. If you spent a day inside their heads, you would probably see a completely different person to the person you see from the outside. As you open up your own mind to understand what others are hiding, you would realise that everyone does experience a range of feelings from happiness to hurt to anxiety. Everyone experiences negative thoughts, frustration, sadness, loneliness, anger and worry.
It’s normal to have these feelings and everyone does. You aren’t weak for feeling these things. When you look at your life and compare it to the tiny part of other people’s lives that you see, you begin to believe that there is something wrong with you because you aren’t the same as them. You think that you are missing out on all the amazing things they are doing and you will only find yourself searching for a fix that may never come.
Everyone experiences anxiety but their bodies interpret it in different ways. Some people are not badly affected by anxiety so they find it easy to keep their calm however others are badly affected which can sometimes manifest itself as an anxiety disorder. Being someone that suffers from an anxiety disorder can make you feel like ‘the odd one out’ or weaker than your friends because they don’t have the same experiences. It isn’t a flaw in your personality or character just in the chemistry of your brain which you have no control over.
I like to think that if I was weak I would not be able to live with my anxiety, but as I live with it every day, I must have some strength. Many people would not be able to deal with what I have to everyday which reminds me of the strength I really possess.
When my anxiety was escalating, I felt like it was because I was weak. I could not deal with everyday situations and simple things, which lead me to think it was my own weakness that caused me to be how I was. I couldn’t think of any reason why this could have been happening to me and I was struggling to cope with the anxiety which made me feel even weaker.
I think I thought it was my own weakness that caused my anxiety because I saw so many other people my age going off and doing loads of fun things. I couldn’t help but compare myself to them; noticing how they could do things without a care in the world. Their fears never appeared to stop them doing things so why did it constantly stop me? This led me to a cycle of thinking I was weak and comparing myself to other people.
Few people actually show their weakness and only broadcast their success to society. Everyone has parts of their life and personality that they want to hide away from people so if you think rationally, they probably have similar thoughts to you, just maybe in different forms. If you spent a day inside their heads, you would probably see a completely different person to the person you see from the outside. As you open up your own mind to understand what others are hiding, you would realise that everyone does experience a range of feelings from happiness to hurt to anxiety. Everyone experiences negative thoughts, frustration, sadness, loneliness, anger and worry.
It’s normal to have these feelings and everyone does. You aren’t weak for feeling these things. When you look at your life and compare it to the tiny part of other people’s lives that you see, you begin to believe that there is something wrong with you because you aren’t the same as them. You think that you are missing out on all the amazing things they are doing and you will only find yourself searching for a fix that may never come.
Everyone experiences anxiety but their bodies interpret it in different ways. Some people are not badly affected by anxiety so they find it easy to keep their calm however others are badly affected which can sometimes manifest itself as an anxiety disorder. Being someone that suffers from an anxiety disorder can make you feel like ‘the odd one out’ or weaker than your friends because they don’t have the same experiences. It isn’t a flaw in your personality or character just in the chemistry of your brain which you have no control over.
I like to think that if I was weak I would not be able to live with my anxiety, but as I live with it every day, I must have some strength. Many people would not be able to deal with what I have to everyday which reminds me of the strength I really possess.