Does being diagnosed with anxiety ruin your life?

I don't feel like it ruins your life at all. When I was diagnosed with anxiety, I was actually relieved that I finally knew why I was feeling the way I was. It was nice knowing that I wasn't crazy, that someone else could say "Yeah, you seem pretty anxious."

When I was diagnosed with anxiety two years ago, it actually helped my life, because it helped to identify what I was experiencing. When I was actively having panic attacks, I seriously believed that my heart was beating out of control and that my lungs were failing. I was under the impression that my body was giving out on me, and having a diagnosis of anxiety was able to help me to heal, because it made what I was experiencing something that people believed was managable.

Being diagnosed didn't ruin my life. Anxiety made it difficult, diagnosis gives a path to recovery. Without a diagnosis the path to recovery can seem unsure and worrying. With knowledge comes power and upon realisation, I have been able to address all of these issues and slowly with time, have been able to regroup my thoughts and pull through - just like all of you can! Anxiety is tough, it is, but recognising and knowing it is there can be undeniably positive in terms of finding a way to cope and understand it.

No it does not, it's the opportunity to get treatment and get better. You can finally put a label on what you're experiencing.

I think it is an obstacle in your life that you overcome and in the end makes you a stronger person.

Absolutely not. Being diagnosed with anxiety is the starting step to learning how to manage it. Once you know what it is, you can start to work towards overcoming it. Although you may always feel anxious, there are methods you can learn so that it doesn't affect your life

It absolutely doesn't ruin your life however, it would be up to you to control it. Staying positive is always best

Being DIAGNOSED doesn't ruin your life, it's one of the first steps in stopping the disease from ruining your life. Once you're diagnosed you can start the journey back to becoming healthy and happy.

No, because it can be managed, controlled and prevented. By understanding yourself better, you can learn what is causing it to happen, anticipate it and reduce its impacts on your life.

I'll be honest. It does at first. When your psychiatrist tells you that you have an anxiety disorder, your world turns upside down. But, that's because you've let it take control. Not on purpose, but you can decide to not let it rule your life, and then having a diagnosis doesn't change the way you live your life.