Aimeé
People are more and more open about discussing mental health and the way conditions like chronic depression and anxiety can mess with how you perceive and react to the world. One issue with having anxiety is that if it’s your everyday experience, you might not even realize that’s what you’re feeling isn’t normal. That’s probably why this anxiety symptoms checklist shared by Twitter used @depressionnote struck such a chord with so many people, receiving over seven thousand retweets:
anxiety feels like
• increased heart rate
• worrying about the future
• feeling disconnected from the world
• loss of appetite
• insomnia
• shortness of breath
• feeling like you might dieQuote this tweet with #AnxietyFeelsLike and what anxiety feels like to you
— Mental Health Notes™ (@depressionnote) December 5, 2019
The poster encouraged others to share their experience of what anxiety is like under the hashtag #AnxietyFeelsLike, and added a few additional notes:
• The unwillingness to get out of bed almost every morning
• Perceiving simple tasks like brushing your teeth or taking a shower to be incredibly arduous tasks
• You’re constantly in your “own little world” because you can’t properly deal with the pressures of reality— R (@ShuShee93) December 6, 2019
Those symptoms also sound like depression, which often interweaves with anxiety. It’s a tough battle to fight, but if you read the responses below, you’ll see you’re not alone:
1.
#AnxietyFeelsLike
A lot of stress
Always living in the past and future
Always awake till 2/3 am
Distancing myself from friends and wishing to have a strong friendship
Every little thing is annoying
Afraid to ask even for help
Memories disappearing slowly— s u n f l o w e r (@ppeachiigloss) December 6, 2019
2.
#AnxietyFeelsLike •You’re going crazy •Loneliness, even when you have a group of supportive people that love you •Second guessing, even triple guessing, just overthinking everything •Feelings of worth/hopelessnes •Terrible feeling of something bad happening •Always tired. pic.twitter.com/yELSYEq0nB
— Frizzle (@Frizniz12) December 16, 2019
3.
I have very little problem talking to people randomly on here and sorting DMs but randomly message me on Facebook and my anxiety skyrockets
Couldnt tell you why. Also couldn’t tell you why confrontation there bothers me and here doesnt ♀️#Anxiety #AnxietyFeelsLike #EndTheStigma— ❄Jazzy Bells❄ (@JazdzewskiTara) December 13, 2019
4.
Afraid to tell anyone you need help. Not being able to go to a place you have been a 1000 times before. Missing out on things that you love to do. Feeling sick, nervous arms, hot flashes. Being unable to travel long distances without panicking. Constant worry. #AnxietyFeelsLike
— John Maczko (@JohnnyRadio) December 6, 2019
5.
#AnxietyFeelsLike
-fearing/hating change
-Second guessing everything you do, no matter how miniscule
-Not wanting to come out of your room
-Fearing interactions even so much as just texting someone
-Feeling triggered by the smallest details— Shani Brandon (@ShaniBeeGirl) December 6, 2019
6.
#Anxietyfeelslike
Not being able to take a selfie in public. Having to put your change in your purse and take your stuff at the same time, when the cashier has already said Next. Shortness of breath. Overthinking your embarrassing moment. Not being able to walk past a crowd.— s u n s h i n e (@Marley_pee) December 5, 2019
7.
An intense fear and dread of being outside and around people
— Oliver (@OliverDMcCall) December 5, 2019
8.
* complete inability to focus on work
* worrying about things that may or may not go wrong
* waking up in an immediate state of panic
* everything feels like a crisis— Nous Contre Tous (@notokaywithit) December 6, 2019
9.
#anxeityfeelslike wanting to socialize but being unable to.
Not being able to move or speak.
Too many thoughts and not enough at the same time.#mentalhealth
— Faline (@CallmeFaline) December 6, 2019
10.
my chest tends to tighten up and it feels like i can barely breathe. my heart rate goes up like crazy and my whole body gets shaky. it feels like everything around you is closing in. it’s awful
— pam (@INTROSRNDIPTY) December 6, 2019
