Does being diagnosed with anxiety ruin your life?

Absolutely not!!! There are many therapeutic and drug interventions to assist anyone who has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder as well as many other people experiencing the exact same struggles.

It can feel like it does at first but once you learn to manage it you will be fine. I use to suffer from severe anxiety and would have a panic attack at least 3-5 times a week. Relaxation techniques saved me

I cannot answer from experience but theoretically, it should HELP you. With a diagnosis you can get more accurate help and even medication.

At first it is a bit overwhelming but you learn to accept it as part of who you are and with proper management and self care it makes it easier to overcome and live with

No, being diagnosed with anxiety can give you a clear view on your self and you will be officially be able to look for the correct help for yourself

Not so much ruin my life. It has been very stressful especially when it involves a panic attack. I don't like feeling that way as I'm sure that relates to everyone. I just have to remember to breathe slowly. That's usually helps.

anxiety can only ruin your life if you let it, being diagnosed is the first step to learning how to deal with your anxiety and a road to recovery, learning triggers etc, being diagnosed is a positive not a negative remember that, itd make you more anxious not knowing what was making you feel like you were :)

It almost has. If I didn't try to understand it and take a hold of it, anxiety would have controlled me. It's important to be self aware and understand what is going on with yourself to help yourself.

To be honest I think that one one hand, a diagnosis can be a relief, because you can go about your day knowing it's not 'your fault' you are the way you are, it's that you have a mental ilness and you can almost put the blame on 'it', rather than yourself. But on the other hand, saying out in the open that you have such a thing can affect the way people think of you a great deal. But of course with treatment and finding yourself after a while, if you then say you 'had' a problem, and a genuinely severe issue with anxiety or depression or whatever it may be, but now you've got the better of it and risen above such inner demons, it says something about your perserverance and you're maybe held in higher regard than someone who's never been through such problems.

I actually found that diagnosis to be incredibly helpful as it affirmed what I had been feeling, and it was great to hear that someone had heard and understood me. It gave me a wonderful start point to begin to work on the way my anxiety presented itself, and it helped me feel that it was a legitimate problem, and not just 'all in my head'.