Tag: First-hand
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Chapters Can Go Unexplained
Being an anxious individual means always seeking answers. We obsess. We replay moments over and over. We torture ourselves. And for what, answers? Do we even feel better when we do get answers? Not always. It’s easy to think that if we get clarity, it’ll be easier to move past things that have happened –…
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Thinking Doesn’t Change a Thing
“To think too much is a disease.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky Do you ever replay the same moment in your head so many times that it stops feeling real? For me, I replay conversations, read into the small details, and end up stuck in a rut of feeling stuck in my own head – the one…
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Embracing Change
I know first hand the anxiety that can overwhelm you when you hear of a change of plans. It can feel like a punch in the gut – it can make your stomach drop and heart race – but why? The short answer? Our brains crave predictability, When we have replayed possible scenarios over and…
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The Weight of Feeling Nothing
Katy Perry once said: “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, floating through the wind, wanting to start again?”, so let’s talk about why the answer is an astounding YES. While everybody experiences life differently, I’m sure at one point or another, we’ve all experienced the feeling of nothingness. The feeling where we’re not…
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Navigating Anxiety and Body Image in Your 20s
Something that nobody tells you about hitting 20, is not only how much we change mentally, but also how many physical changes we go through. We constantly hear people preaching about how we will soon reach ‘Mental Maturity’, but what they neglect to mention, is the changes that come when we hit ‘Second Puberty’. Our…
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Overcoming Anxiety: Defining Your Own Mind
It can be easy for those with anxiety to feel like they are confined, or owned by their anxiety – and I’m not surprised. Anxiety can make us feel shut-in, alone, and misunderstood. But the truth is, our anxiety doesn’t define us – we define it. Our anxieties most often reflect our own fears and…
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Anxiety and Isolation: Finding Your Support Network
I know all too well, the familiar feeling of feeling forever alone with this disorder. It feels as though nobody truly understands, and as though it’s a battle that only I face – even when we know there are so many others out there who face the same battle. Unfortunately, because everybody experiences anxiety differently,…
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How I Conquered Anxiety and Found Hope
This post is mainly just an update from my previous post: ‘How Anxiety Affected Me’. I recently came to realise that I ended the previous posts on my relationship with anxiety as rather negative. I was at a point where I was struggling to leave the house, find work, and I was beginning to implement…
My Mind, Mostly. 