Yeah, be a thing, maybe a toxic childhood thing. But once it’s hits it shits
Comment on That about sums it up
Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Growing up I always thought anxiety was bullshit.
I’m 46 now and a few anxiety attacks later I realise how debilitating it can be.
SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 5 weeks ago
shalafi@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Same, but to be clear, we’re talking about panic attacks, right? That is exactly what the meme is talking about, or should be.
OTOH, there are these people: “Gosh! Sometimes I’m nervous in social situations and don’t know how to act! I have an anxiety disorder!”
No you don’t buttercup, you have “being a typical human disorder”. And most likely, no one even notices your discomfort. One time I was on LSD at a party and talking to a guy, freaking out internally. “Man, I’m sorry, but I’m tripping balls right now.” He had no idea!
tetris11@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Im not very in tune with my feelings, so it came as somewhat of a surprise to me during a high stress period where I had defend myself on Zoom at work under duress in front of a panel with an audience of over 200 people in the chat… where I could feel my skin tingling and my vision starting to fuzz up at the corners, and could barely hear myself talk.
It took all that I had to breathe slowly and calmly, and a colleague later told me that I seemed fine in my presentation.
Someone can seem okay on the outside, but what theyre experiencing on the inside might be some crazy thing that just does not show.