Everybody has a little anxiety, a disorder is when it's on overload and can't be controlled

Awesome thread. The fact that only one ******* showed up in it and was immediately blasted by op has reaffirmed my love for this community.

1st world problems

when you live in a 3rd world and cant even afford to eat you don't have these joke problems

Show some respect. I'm literally shaking rn.

I get it sometimes after a night of serious drinking.

i get anxious when i see ******* red no avi's

I'd say the majority of adults suffer from chronic fatigue to some degree unless they're getting 8+ hours of quality sleep every night (and sticking to a strict sleep schedule), which very few do, and the elevated cortisol resulting from poor sleep habits leads to feeling of "anxiety"

You can't say that just because some have it worse than others that others can't complain. This is the logical fallacy of relative privation.

I'd say social media has a lot to do with it. So many are obsessed with comparing themselves to others and of course what you post for the world to see will only be the illusion you want to give off. Kids have parents that post their entire lives on social media, girls expect that guys have x amount of points on chit like Snapchat. People who don't have/use Instagram and the like are seen as weird. I did plenty of stupid stuff as a youth, but lucky for me there isn't video or photographic proof that will last forever.

I don’t have it “all of a sudden” I’ve had it most of my life. I think a lot of it has to do with my stepdad. I had to tip toe around him most of my life because he was a psycho, and I think it just developed from there.

He’s right though (savageoldman).... everyone looks at the people who have it better than them on social media and gets depressed.... but no one ever takes the time to stop and think about families getting bombed in Syria... or children being sold into the sex trade in Thailand... or hell, the people in your town/city that are sleeping in a bus shelter or subway because they’re homeless and have nowhere else to go.

If you’re living a comfortable life in a first world country you’re better off that the vast majority of the world.

Perspective is important.

That’s all true. But people in those places aren’t on phones 24/7. Are brains aren’t designed to handle the information overload that we’re giving them.

And like another poster said, how many adults really get adequate sleep? Without any research I’d guess our diets consisting of highly processed food and chemicals doesn’t help either.

I don’t have anxiety but I have had one anxiety attack when I was in high school. Was just on the way to school, no test or any reason to be nervous. But I literally felt like I was gonna die, the bus was like spinning as if I was drunk. Can’t imagine having those feelings with any sort of regularity

Nah not everyone.

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It's a feedback loop; builds on itself

I think a common one is the fear of fear. Its not really the or a fear itself, its fear of what happens when the feeling comes about.

Its an evolutionary tool. It happens when some event you experience is different from normal society, and its a warning that youre about to be outcast from normal society ---> e.g. when making a speech in front of an audience "omg what if i make a mistake theyre gonna think im so stupid. What if i say something stupid" then they start sweating, and they try to stop it, then they try to stop those feelings/ thoughts themselves and then those thoughts build on top of each other and they try to supress it, but it keeps happening and making it worse

Theres a bunch of types that fall under the anxiety and imo its the main cause of depression. What typically happens is people get anxiety; hate the feeling of the thing that causes them anxiety; then they avoid the thing that causes them anxiety and it leads to depression

Imo... The label is a bit dangerous; however, necessary in aiding it and fixing it, but i think theres too much focus on the problem and not the solution. The latter prob because of pharma and $$

I believe these all become problems when it detracts or interrupts from your life. So, yes, everybody experiences it, but not everybody develops general anxiety. Its a good bet that the latter experienced it more often; therefore was in a poor environment.

And again, the anxiety happens ---> leads to depression "omg why did i look so stupid in my speech, people are going to think im weird" [usually results in not wanting to make speeches anymore. And next time want to avoid it] ---> leads to poor self esteem "how did i let this affect me"

Edit: btw, the theory about it being so panicky is because humans travelled in groups, so being outcast puts you at a significant disadvantage in fighting animals and what not

It only took 11 posts for someone on the misc to blame liberals about something that isn't political. Bravo.

because they adults suddenly think its cool to have it so they can have an excuse for meds

just like kids think its cool to say they have ADHD

If a person is put in a tank of warm salty water with earmuffs and a blindfold, deprived of stimulus, after some hours they begin hallucinating. In the absence of stimuli, the brain creates its own.

Note that the anxiety is not coming from working class people or the unemployed or people living in war zones, it's the prosperous peaceful middle class. In the absence of stresses, the brain creates its own.

Yeah, cuz taking meds is “cool”. Come on.

that movie was the ****

Survival instincts are some of the strongest most ingrained behavioral traits in nature.

Modern society has removed the fight for survival.

With out real stress to compare it to the brain becomes hypersensitive to lesser stimuli.

Remember when you couldn't even walk 20km to your local cavern without having a sabre tooth tiger try and kill you?

If you're seriously depressed and/or have anxiety you're not attention whoring. You're isolating.

This has some truth to it.
People are just more open about their flaws and shortcoming because we're moving toward a more liberal society with more tolerance.
Anxiety has always existed. It's true that the increased social isolation of the modern world and social media influences have made it worseWell the thing is that the natural tendency is to compare yourself to people that are close to you in both time and space.
This argument is not founded on reality.

caffeine.

It's now a accepted drug for people of all ages.

Really? Suicide rates:

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/...the-world.html

1 Sri Lanka 34.6
2 Guyana 30.6
3 Mongolia 28.1
4 Kazakhstan 27.5
5 Cote d'Ivoire 27.2
6 Suriname 26.9
7 Equatorial Guinea 26.6
8 Lithuania 26.1
9 Angola 25.9
10 South Korea 24.1
11 Sierra Leone 22.1
12 Bolivia 20.5
13 Central African Republic 19.6
14 Belarus 19.1
15 Poland 18.5
16 Zimbabwe 18.0
17 Russia 17.9
18 Swaziland 17.9
19 Cameroon 17.5
20 Latvia 17.4

Mental health isn't a joke. It's not about personal weakness. Thread's full on potato in it's ignorance.

Regarding anxiety, man DS, I am disappoint. Why not ask your two friends about it? Chits real, I can vouch. I was a skeptic in the past, but hell I've seen enough. Most these fukkers speaking out of ignorance. Society is fukked, it's not just here in the well off countries.

We live in a matriarchy and without a clear enemy

People live their feelings and create false challenges to have a sense of struggle

ITT, miscers probably come into contact with 50-100 people a day (all sources) where 1 or 2 people mention mental health and come to the conclusion that *everyone* has a bullchit mental disorder. Full on potatoes on display here.

There's a huge difference between being "anxious" and having an anxiety disorder. You guys won't truly understand until you've experienced depersonalization/derealization.

It’s almost as if having mental issues is a badge of honor these days

Actual anxiety sufferer here. I honestly think it is connected to mental illness. More people have anxiety because more people have mental illness or at least some symptoms.

My personal opinion is that it is a side effect of certain drugs. The body gets dependant on the pills used to regulate or help mental health and so without it or without the proper dosage, anxiety crops up.

Persons with anxiety may have been on or are on some mental health meds example those for ptsd, bipolar, borderline, depression etc.

gosh you think so?