The best way to cope with anxiety is to accept the fact that you have it. To me, I believe everyone in is world has some form of anxiety in them. It's hard to struggle with such a disorder because there is no technical form to rid of it. My sisters always tell me not to think about it, but to me it's hard when you have so many things roaming through your head. The WORST thing to tell someone with anxiety is to calm down. You never tell anyone to calm down.
One of the main complications with anxiety is a panic attack. Everyone can have their own form of panic attack. When it happens to me it feels like my brain is no longer in my head. That every possible feeling in my body is gone. I assume that I cannot breathe, and go into this meltdown that I have to have water. It's a surreal feeling.
Everyone tells me that it's mind over matter, that if you are willing to think positively that it will slowly fade away. No matter how happy your thoughts continue to become, there is always that speck of worry that stays in the back of your head. My worries consist of if I am good enough, if people like me, whether or not I have enough money, if my gas is going to run out in my car before I get to where I'm going.
My anxiety is more social than most others. When I'm with a big group, especially individuals I do not know, I get this feeling of suffocation. My body feels overwhelmed by all the bodies around me. Once at a concert there were tons of spectators around me, and I literally had to leave for a few minutes and gather my thoughts and feeling back.
My best advice to give in order to cope is to talk about it. If you keep it bottled up it's only going to get worse. Though saying this, I too am not the best at communication. Most of the time I try to tell my mom when I'm feeling insignificant or if I feel an anxiety attack occur, and she does her best to get me to calm down.
You shouldn't feel neglected or you're the only one who has this disorder. Whether diagnosed or not, we all have some form of it. You are not alone. Try to remember that there is another individual out there who feels the same as you do. Never overthink yourself into a bad mood or stage. PLEASE talk to someone.
