Just Breathe: Severe Food Allergies and Overcoming Anxiety | Aviv Emery | TEDxTheMastersSchool

Being born with severe food allergies required Aviv Emery to overcome the anxiety that came with an act as simple as eating. Although not everybody suffers from food allergies, for everyone, anxiety is inevitable. Whether worried about a test in school, rejection from a crush, or a medical issue, everyone will feel anxious sometimes. For Aviv, overcoming the unrealistic anxiety that was taking over her life was one of the biggest challenges she has faced. Through this TEDx Talk, Aviv will impart some coping mechanisms for anxious feelings and how to prevent irrational thoughts in the first place. Aviv Emery spends her time writing, talking to people, and, as she highlights in her TEDx Talk, worrying. She writes for The Masters School’s student-run newspaper, Tower, and is the co-founder of the student-run club Bridge USA. Aviv loves to make new friends and is often found listening to music tucked in a library pod. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@Fiona_409-kv7zt]

This is me too and i’m struggling right now because people always ask me you need to try more things (Btw i’m allergic to dairy) and i hate it so much because they don’t understand how much fear we get from it and how much stress it caused me and they keep saying your gonna be a picky eater when you grow out of it but i wish so much that i could just be able to eat everything i wanted. Does anyone have advice? And that you for sharing it makes me feel a lot better about it.

[@jennapyatt4740]

this is exactly how i feel, and have since i can remember. i didnt think anyone else had my same problems

[@xavierrolston]

SO SO GOOD! Thank you Aviv for sharing your experiences :)

[@eileenfd3351]

Thank you I have a corn allergy amongst others it has been so hard to do life since

[@faithkubala6165]

I just had a severe reaction to my peanut allergy this past weekend. I’ve had anxiety since I obtained consciousness as well, it’s so hard! I’m so thankful to be alive and hope to spread more awareness like you’re doing. Great speech🙏🏼