Does being diagnosed with anxiety ruin your life?

No, it will not ruin your life as there are many ways to improve it! It is not a deadly illness. The prognosis and recovery rates are very high! There can be lifestyle and thinking changes made to improve it. It becomes better over time as your knowledge about it grows and more steps are taking to improve it. If you have a diagnosis, talk with your counselor or doctor to determine the best course of treatment for successful results. I also strongly recommend trying non-medication methods like talk therapy and meditation first which works well for mild to moderate anxiety.

It doesn't ruin your life at all! On the contrary, it allows you to have a support system to better manage the anxiety.

After previously having anxiety, I believed it did ruin my life, but by talking to people in the same situation really helps you to get back on track :)

Yes. It keeps me from getting comfortable with even my closest friends, and I worry unreasonably all day. After every lunch break, I sit through an entire class thinking, "What if THIS offended him? What if what I said to her wasn't the right thing?" I lose participation points in class because I'm too afraid to raise my hand. I wanted to ask the teacher if I could use the bathroom, but I ended up putting it off until the bell rang. I get palpitations when somebody stands next to my desk for too long. If I'm wearing earphones, and I hear laughter, my first assumption is I'm the joke. I panic when the teacher messes up my online grades and I have to confront them about it. And that isn't even the tip of the iceberg.

It doesn't ruin your life but makes it easier. You now know what your problem is and you also know the solution to it. Just identify anxiety and apply coping methods.

It can certainly be a tough time dealing with anxiety, however! It doesn't define you. There are ways to beat it, minimize its effects and cope with any sort of panic attack. A very simple one that works for some (but not all) people, is to simply act confident, and in time, you may yourself actually feel that way!

Quite the opposite. A proper and true diagnostic means that you are fully aware of the issue and can take many steps towards leading a happy and fulfilling life.

No it does not. Anxiety can be difficult but it IS manageable. Recognizing the warming signs of an oncoming panic attack can help to stop it before it starts. There are coping skills you can use. Anxiety will not ruin your life

From my experience, it does not have to. Having a diagnosis is one of the steps in getting professional help and treatment, and this treatment may be able to make a significant difference. Having a diagnosis may help with accessing information on mental health problems specific to a person and with finding other people who can relate to your experiences.

Absolutely not. It may even help to discover that you aren't alone, or 'crazy'. Once your problem has a name, and it's been identified, that's when you can really begin to get help, and change it.