Anxiety causes the mind to overthink and overanalyze situations in our life. People with anxiety have a tendency to create "problems" that don't exist, but to them, those problems do exist because their mind has overthought so much that a problem then exists to them.
People with social anxiety tend to obsess over what they should say, should have said, did say, or didn't say. They worry about who they are and how they are compared to others.
Anxiety can cause someone to create scenarios and situations in their head about things that will happen to them and others. Anxiety can lead to panic attacks or fear of them. Anxiety places your mind in a constant state of racing thoughts and worrisome. It causes one to be wired and tired at the same time because their mind is always running which is exhausting.
Stress and worrying and overthinking come hand in hand with anxiety. Someone with anxiety will worry so much that it stresses them out. When confronted with questions of why they are stressed, they don't know why. They overthink about why they can't come up with an explanation for their worrying and stress.
Everything begins to be overthought and forms into stress about things such as school, work, chores, friends you haven't spoken to in years, and even what to eat.
Worrying and anxiety are constantly worrying about anything and everything. When someone tells someone else how they feel and let them know they're worried or stressed about something, people blow them off or don't listen. They say things to those worrying like, "You're worrying too much," or, "Stop overthinking." Although this doesn't help, those worrying have to try to stay calm.
People with anxiety overthink without knowing they're over thinking. They will worry about something several months down the road and not realize it until someone alerts them that they're overthinking. It happens constantly about any and every little thing.
Next time you are confronted with someone with anxiety, try to know how and what you say or do in reaction to their anxiety may affect them. Anxiety is all too real.
