1. Anything and Everything Can Bring It On

For me, everything can make my anxiety act up. This can be anything from going out alone, making a phone call, too much sound stimulation at once, thinking of my children growing older, and more. When my anxiety comes forward, whether it is known to the world around me or not, please do not grow impatient or angry with me because of it as it will only make things worse.

2. My Anxiety WILL Make Me Cry

There are and will be times when my anxiety becomes too much for me, so yes, I will cry. This may happen because I become so angry with having anxiety or because I have become so overwhelmed with how I am feeling and being surrounded by too much sound or it will happen just because. I just ask that you hold me in your arms as a way to comfort me and wait with me while it passes. Please be patient with me as it will more than likely happen a lot.

3. My Anxiety WILL Make Me Angry

There are going to be more times than I would like to admit that I will become stupid angry when my anxiety hits. If I am being honest with myself, this emotion pushes through all of the others when it comes to my anxiety and that it because I hate it just as much as you do. When I am feeling anxious, I will become easily irritable, so anything from the company coming over to the children playing will make me angry. So please, I just ask that you are patient with me as this may happen the majority of the time. Do NOT get angry with me and yell at me when it does happen, that will make things worse.

4. I Hate It As Much As You Do...If Not More

Please do not tell me how much you hate my anxiety or how I should stop being a baby because I know how ridiculous it can be, I am the one living it not witnessing it. Do you think that I like feeling this way literally every day? Feeling so nervous and it becomes hard to breathe when I am told to make a phone call or even thinking of making a phone call. Do you think I like feeling sick to my stomach at the thought of going into a store alone? What about how I feel when I actually do go in alone? Do you think I enjoy constantly needing someone to do things for me or be with me everywhere I go so that I do not freak out? No, I do not...I hate it and there is a good chance that I hate it more than you do. The only thing you can do for me is to be there for me and try to understand that I am doing what I can do try to get through this daily hurdle. Please do not make it worse by belittling me for things I cannot control.