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Do you feel anxiety is easy to talk about? If yes, when do you feel the safest to share? If no, what would make it easier?
Do you feel that society is receptive to anxiety? If no, why not?
Do you feel certain people are more receptive than others? Why or why not?
I think for me it was hard for me to speak about having anxiety, in the beginning. It became easier the more I didn’t feel ashamed about it.
I don’t feel that Society makes it easy to discuss living with anxiety. Social media encourages the representation of a picturesque life and shuns a person’s inability to control their response to their surroundings. Shame is usually the most common reaction to anything other than “normal” behavior.
I think people that have had anxiety are more receptive to anxiety, because they know that you can’t control it, but manage living with it. When people understand anxiety is a valid emotion, that directs you to a certain action, it will be less uncomfortable to talk about and less shaming will happen. Anxiety is nothing to fear. It is a natural response to unfamiliar things. Take the 1st step beyond that emotion, and experience the new thing, and you will show your mind there is less to react to than originally perceived.