Things People With Anxiety Want Their Friends to Know
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2024
- When you live with anxiety, some aspects of friendship can be hard. But it doesn’t mean people with anxiety don’t care about their friends.
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anxiety problems; too anxious to got to the docs to actually to be told you have anxiety problems.
truth!
Li Na its better to be told by a medical professional than yourself
@@miss.melody1575 you know it when you have anxiety
What really gets me is most of my friends don't know I have anxiety, and my closest friends I have shared it, don't understand what anxiety is- it's not just a self-diagnostician. It's a really "disease". And it's hard, too. Not just dealing with it, but getting through every day with people who have no clue even the smallest word could trigger an anxiety attack.
Luna Lovegood OMG I DIDNT THINK THERE WAS SOMEONE WITH THE SAME FEELINGS AS ME!
Are you diagnosed anxious as per a specialist
I had to explain it to my bestie
I am legitimately crying, everything I have go through my mind every day is put into words.
Robyn Marsden i feel you. ;;
Naive Sunshine I feel you
Ieva Kr same here
Naive Sunshine im crying too.
Naive Sunshine I don’t know why I’m crying. I suddenly just started. Maybe it’s the same reason as you x
These are the things people with anxiety want their friends to know, but their friends arnt the people watching the video, they are
Thanks for calling me out like that.
why is this so accurate
not true
I'm watching it not cause I have it but because I'm aware of it and I want to have a better understanding
I've never been able to relate to something so much, I've told my close friends I have anxiety but they just don't understand and just argue with me because I don't go school when I feel like this.
omg same
My friends are good, it's just that they don't understand. They keep saying things like "but still" or "why don't you just" , it's annoying. I know what you're saying, but I don't have the physical capability to do it. Sometimes they make fun of it too
Every day, I ask my friend "how are you?" The other day, she replied with, "weirded out that you keep asking me that". I ask because I want to be asked. I want to tell someone that I'm not okay. But I don't trust ANYONE. I ask because I want to help people if they need it. Even though I wouldn't trust me. I think this makes me a hypocrite.
I hope you are doing well! You are not alone 😊
Reach out to someone you really trust my beautiful 🤩 ur not alone and ur loved 🥰
my first memory of anxiety and panic attacks was shortly after kindergarten. I was constantly punished for it. that didn't help.
this is a beautiful video. but with me. My anxiety comes from my friends and no matter what I do i push them further and further away
My friend Mal always says I look depressed. I am, and I tell her I'm fine. I would vent, but she's sort of a gossip.
Anxiety is romanticized so much. Most of the time i don't feel its okay to say something when I'm having anxiety because almost EVERYONE says/thinks they have it. Because of this, most who haven't actually learned about it dont know how serious it is, and that it's just some type of excuse. Apparently it's just something 'cool' (?) to have or use as an excuse, but it makes things even HARDER than they already are for people who *do* have anxiety. :/
Amen. I'm a little more than just sick and tired of hearing all the angsty 13 year old moaning and groaning about how their life is so hard, and they're triggered at all the haters who just don't understand that their dementia/ADL/personality disorder/OCD/anxiety disorder/PTSD/what ever the heck else there is making their very existence excruciating, when the worst thing they've ever gone through is their mom running out of dinosaur chicken nuggets. XD
But, seriously, anxiety is living hell, not something that should be romanticized as you eloquently put it. There needs to be more videos like this, spreading the truth about anxiety, not what the media tells us. And don't worry, things will get better. :)
yes yes yes x
Cri... my friend has *ANXIETY*
I don't like people telling me to breathe,ever. Cause I'll think about breathing and I'll think I'm out of breath and I breathe faster and I get scared so...
It's difficult for people to understand about "Anxiety"because most people who suffer with it don't show any outward signs like someone with a physical ailment who we readily sympathize with but the pain can feel just as severe for those who have to deal with it. Support is vitally important letting people who suffer know that you really care,that you are there for them ! It may be simplistic but it will make them feel a little less stressed and that you understand !
I have anxiety and depression problems for 3 years now, I self-harmed but one friend told my mom so now I can’t, it was the only that can relax me a little . When I told my friends I have anxiety they told me that it wasn’t a disease and that everyone has it, and one of them insulted me. I was so trigger, so sad. I told 3 of them that I had depression, one of them told all my friends that I had depression, so I was so angry over her, she told me that I didn’t have depression and that if I really had depression I wouldn’t be like this, for her I would cry all the day and didn’t see anybody and I wouldn’t tell anyone that I had depression and that I was just an attention seeker. I get really mad at her for long days and one day we have another argument about that, the day after I apologize for what I said, even tough I still think what I said, she didn’t apologize, she just said that it was okey and that she wasn’t rancorous. Everyone say that if you had depression you must tell someone, and when I tell me friends they rejected me because they think that I just want attention, it really trigger me . Nobody help me after this, except one, but she knows everything because I tell her what happened everyday and how I feel so she trust me. After telling my friends that I have depression I feel regretful. I lost several friends who don’t understand.
Sorry I just want to share my story, sorry for my bad English
Thanks you
I used to have horrible anxiety to the point where it started getting in the way of just normal life. And one day I got a summons for jury duty and I completely lost it because all I could picture was myself having a panic attack in front of the judge in the middle of a court room. But that moment made me realize I needed help so I got help and went to therapy and I hardly feel anxious anymore. It takes time but it is so worth it to go to therapy so please please get help if you think you need it!
This made me cry, it very much resembles my experience with anxiety/social anxiety. Thanks so much for this video as I'm sure it will help my family & friends finally understand.
I've watched this video so many times. I've just sent it to my friends. I'm also crying. I wish I hadn't sent it, but I know I shouldn't delete the text.
one of my friends sent me this video
YES FINALLY!!!!!
anxiety IS NOT an attitude. why dnt people understand this
I wish i could have the courage to tell my BFFs about my anxiety struggles then show them this video~ So they can understand me a lil more 😞
Sofia White do it! You have the courage
it is not about courage
they will never understand as long as having anxiety is considered like a luck of stable state of mind and of intelligence but not as a sickness just like other physical ones ~
thank you anyways for your cheering i appreciate
Sofia White it's because they don't understand your struggle. sometimes they aren't your real friends at all... I have the same problem my husband and family know about this..but I just recently told my friend Jenny about it.. she said to me ohh u do.. didn't know that....I get to nervous when I see her sometimes
Camile CE omg i feel ya. sometimes i get nervous meeting with people even if they are my family or friends
never been able to relate to something so much ♥
I am turning 66 in April. This video is an authentic flashback to my over 50 years of this in my life.
This is sad because i have such a hard time trying to say this! The worst is when you have an anxiety attack or you feel that tightenss in your chest and difficulty in breathing you know what it is you just don’t know why you are having it! Im sick of this thing been thrown around like oh yeah i was so stressed for my exam i think i have anxiety or o had a panic attack! The hardest thing is that you can never seem to turn your brain off its so exhausting! But I’m not going to let this stop me from living because in the end you need to tackle your worry monster and not let it control you (as my psychologist said)
I just realized how much this relates to me!
This is everything I've always wanted to share, but didn't know how to say it
I can't even study having anxiety! My grades are becoming low due to this, and my divorced mother is shouting in me constantly making me more furious and anxious at the same time. I don't know what to do honestly
I can't even tell my friends I was reccently dignoised with it because I'm afraid of what they'll think of me so I'm always anxious if they ever find out
that was very well put, it describes the feeling so well
wish this would have reached more people on UA-cam
at least 19 million saw it on Facebook..
This is so true I know exactly how it feels
I have severe anxiety and suspected depression. (Both are not properly diagnosed but I have proof and ways of knowing) I didn’t tell anyone for 2 years or so, and in the end I told my 2 closest friends maybe 2-3 weeks ago. One friend reacted so kind, so caring and what I needed: “OMG why didn’t you tell me! I could’ve helped you! If you need anything I’m always here for you. Don’t worry- you’re not alone. Xx” and the other... well. I asked my friend who was really kind about it to ask my other friend if she believed taht I had these mental health problems and she said “idk I haven’t really seen her doing it.” DOES SHE WANT ME TO HAVE A PANIC ATTACK INFRONT OF EVERYONE??? Because that would make me feel worse. I’m going to send her this video and tell her... JUST BECAUSE YOU CANT SEE IT? Doesn’t mean it’s not there. Any advice would be great, peace and love to all those will mental health issues too xx
*with not ‘will mental health issues too’
I wish people would stop saying anxiety is not a mental illness or saying they have anxiety when they've never seen a doctor.
thank you.just being reminded that there are others going through the same thing helps...i am an intellectual who loves to debate and write on many subjects from epistemology to metaphysics and everything in between.i like to think that i have a solid understanding of logic and can dissect thoughts and actions to determine rationality,as best as one can hope to do, considering the flaws of communication and the depth of our minds.to have thoughts that are firmly in the irrational/illogical camp is extremely frightening to say the least
I have anxiety it feels horrible sometimes I feel like I don't even get to live a life
It’s not just “being a bit scared” and I can’t just “get over it” either.
I told my parents about my anxiety, and I'm going to therapy for it tomorrow. Is it possible to not go and want to go at the same time?
I'm here looking for how to help & support my long distance friend who has GAD. I've spent long time don't understand how this affects their life. Searching and searching cuz I don't wanna disturb or annoy him with questions which maybe make things worse since I'm taking care about every single word. It's really hard to understand something you don't.
Thanks for making this video!
THANK FOR EXPLANATION,
'LIFE HAS NO BLESSING LIKE A PRUDENT FRIEND
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Completely relatable 🙄😔
Am i the only one who's getting anxious cause I'm afraid I'll not be able to read it all in time?
Thank you for this.
I don't know how to tell my friends because they go through stress too but not like me and be like ye me too or it will bring awkwardness and sadness to the group then I feel like we won't have as much fun or especially with me. Idk if I'm overreacting sorry if I am 😬😬
But I don't know when to talk and when to leave her alone I don't want to do the wrong thing!
Inexplicable Happenings have a talk with her to understand her better. everyone is different. she can only answer that question. when you see her being a little off ask her what you can do if there's anything you can do. that's the best you can do for her. You will not do anything wrong. you care and you're trying to understand and that's admirable and thank you for asking and caring and trying to understand this issue.
i have anxiety and most of my friends don't even know what that mean ....
Thanks, this has made me understand a part of my personality a bit better.
Danny Dierickx anxiety is not a personality
Snowey 12 I did not say it is
Best you have explained
My only friend treats my anxiety like its just shyness.
Nailed it.
i just freaked out because the music stopped matching with the paper then muted it
+TeoTheLostBoy the music is nice with my eyes closed though
Had to pause the video multiple times b/c I kept hearing random sounds. Ugh.. fuck anxiety..
Yes, but my friends don’t believe me.
I just had my first Anxiety attack I'm (11) will it come back I'm scared but I know I'll be okay.
I had my first panic attack at 11, it's hard to take in and deal with, it most likely 99% will come back but people just say they deal with it but the best thing to do is not just to deal with it, it's to get help.
yes.
I have a friend with really bad anxiety I'm trying to understand so I don't make him feel bad in any way. I also listen to ANYTHING he tells me when he vents. is there anything else that someone with anxiety can tell me helps?
Sending to friends... oh wait, I have none.
Can I get the name of the music please? I recognise it from somewhere.
It's at the end of the video
Ah thanks.
Same
Can anyone help me please. How do you get through the hurdle of getting your anxious friend to come out to meet you and have fun with you? We've been trying to call her to many events and activities that we are doing and she always cancels last minute or just waits until its over and appears like nothings happened. They say this is supposed to change with time but I can't tell if it will. How do we gain her trust? Any advice from anyone will help. thanks you so much!!
pickupvillage Since you described her as anxious one possible reason might be the chance that there will be many people at the event or it’s not something that she likes enough to go to. Possibly try to invite her to events that are more low-key and are fun for her to attend. Hope this helps!
if you have friends
How do you send a UA-cam video?
oh wow! This is so true! D'X
I only have 1 close friend and she knows about my anxiety my other two friends know to butall 3 of them dont understand if i miss school if i snap if i dont leave the house for days they ask me about it they tease me it makes me feel worthless like i am trash i hate it i put on a mask so they qont know what i am felling i hide behind it sometimes during class i dont know why but i wanna burt out with anxiety so i always go to the bathroom and cry eith anxiety and pain (i get chronical migraines with anxiety)
THIS IS A REAL KOOL VIDEO
before summerbreak i befriended the kid with no one to hangout woth/ kinda difficult cause randomly he wpuld just wander around alone/ i also need my friends to kinda like be confident and hold convo but anyways ye we became friends but kinda recent after summerbreak started after a lil minecraft phase he had kinda excuses idk if lies or not but i understood hes introverted but when it comes to vc and gamign and when i ask hom to join he may say yes but never join even tho hes online and yes he has took intative before but am writing this cuz am wondering if he still wanna be freidns or if he just wants to be alone for a long period and then get in contact again??
Mood.
Can we share this video on our website, www.thepsychoparents.com?
FUN STORY: so there's this girl in my class (ima call her Cas) and she saids things like "im so depressed i punch myself" (also tries to be lgbt to impress me ¯\(◉◡◔)/¯) And so every time im about to have a break down my bud um Abby says: "dont be a cas!!" and im like excuse me buut
I dont have friends
my friend told me to go to the mental assulym. just because I said I don't belong here in school.
K.
this music is from roblox lumber tycoon 2 lol who can relate? lol
And royals high
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what is the point of this o.o
This is me and i hate it
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Thank you for this.