Show of Hands

There are things that give me anxiety now that didn’t when I was younger. I absolutely hate it. I just asked my doctor for meds to help with those times.

I think anxiety in and of itself is not something you can control, or at least not all the time, but the symptoms of it are often the result of not knowing how to cope.

Agreed. But a new study shows that your diet can really cause anxiety. health.yahoo.com/conditions/mental-health/anxiety/articles/unexpected-between-diet-anxiety-130000694.html

Combat PTSD sucks…

I couldn’t agree less

Some people have anxiety even when there are no challenges or adversity and they are successful and high functioning. I think anxiety disorder is sometimes the result of poor diet, gut problems, lack of sleep. Anxiety can be managed with healthy lifestyle choices

Anxiety is not a “bad” emotion to be avoided. It’s just an emotion, like all others, that needs managed.

No. Anxiety is normal for growth, challenges or that “gut instinct” many of us have that keeps you out of danger. It isn’t normal if it becomes crippling in daily living or maybe unusual fears of something, ie; cat hair 🤓

It can be, but it is also a diagnosable mental disorder.

In some cases, maybe. But Cud’s comment below nailed the physicality of it, and FatShadow is right in that the poll is too reductive. I’m guessing what you intended to highlight were those who don’t have the emotional maturity to handle regular life situations and therefore stress out needlessly?

Sometimes

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Sounds like something an over privileged dickhead would say who never had to struggle or fight for anything in life.

Anxiety comes down to neurotransmitters that inevitably affect anyone’s mood. If someone has an imbalance of these, they will feel anxiety inevitably regardless of how “tough” they are. This is especially true for anyone who has faced trauma. Personal grit will only get you so far (even if it does get you far).

I disagree.

Not learning to or not choosing to

Very true.

Sounds like a saying from someone that hasn’t had a lot stress in their life.

Completely disagree. Anxiety is a chemical stress response that activates the brains fight or flight system. Your body is literally dosing you with adrenaline, cortisol and other hormone chemicals. Its a normal and good response to have because it heightens awareness and alertness. Its only considered a disorder if your body is having a physical issue with these physical chemical systems. Can you train yourself out of the response? Yes, but not always. Sometimes there is a real physical issue going on that requires meds.

Comes down to how you see yourself and your situation -

You’re either: A) a victim (woe is me), or:
B) a problem-solver, looking for solutions when things go sideways

Completely agree. As someone who has dealt with anxiety at different levels, its on the person to learn how to cope, prevent, and manage situations

Agree

Disagree. I think that’s something someone would say who has not faced massive issues. Sometimes there are issue so devastating, so grave that anyone would get anxiety.

If that were true, you’d be able to logic and reason your way out of it.

Trust me, if you struggle with anxiety, you can’t.

It could be, but very well also might not be.

That may be too reductive for my taste.

I do think that may apply to many individuals. But not everyone.

Mrs. Shadow is one of, if not the most anxiety ridden ppl I have ever met. She is also one of the most intelligence, independent, and capable humans I have ever met. He does a fantastic job managing it in her professional life, but there has to be something more to anxiety than just learning different behaviors.

To my knowledge I have never experienced anxiety, and I would argue Ive done nothing to achieve that.

That sounds like blaming anxiety on the person experiencing anxiety. “Just cope with it” is not going to help if they’ve hit their breaking point. Yes, there are coping skills, but some stressors are more than even the best can handle.

Anxiety is not a personal failure.

some people suffer with it, I dont think it’s a matter of “chilling out” for them. I’m pretty chill by nature.

No. Anxiety is a normal reaction to stressful situations, like losing your job, or your house burning down.

In some cases that can be true, but the causes of anxiety can be far more wide-ranging. It’s not a “one size fits all” situation.

Anxiety is a departure from a connection to the reality of one’s existence….

Nope. This is wrong and dangerous