Does having anxiety mean your crazy/mental?
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Updated: Apr 11, 2022
coolvibes
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Feb 9, 2018
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no, not really. anxiety is a natural mechanism meant to alert folks of an impending danger, it is how you respond to anxiety or how well you cope with having anxiety that determines how severe it will become. f you find you are struggling, then there are many people you can discuss your challenge with, but anxiety is usually not a permanent situation and you can learn how to manage it.
Mariaaa00
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Feb 10, 2018
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Just because you have anxiety, does not mean you are crazy (in any sense!). Anxiety disorders are very common and are nothing to be ashamed of. Many people experience anxiety, but there are varying degrees of it. Don't worry- you are not alone!
8Moonlight
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Feb 10, 2018
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It definitely doesn't. Everyone has anxiety at some point in their life; before a speech, a job interview, an exam... Maybe some have anxiety more than others, and this still doesn't mean that the person is crazy. Deep breaths and mediation can reduce the amount of anxiety.
Anonymous
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Feb 15, 2018
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Of course it doesn't! Having anxiety just means that you get really anxious about certain things, it has nothing to do with being crazy. Having anxiety is not wrong at all, it's a common thing and there are many ways to deal with it.
PipeOrgan
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Feb 17, 2018
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Not at all. Virtually everyone has some anxiety about what the future holds. You're being very thoughtful and concerned.
Anonymous
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Feb 20, 2018
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No, all of us go throught anxiety in our lives. Its a form of reaction when something has been wrong or bothering us. Its a normal thing to feel anxious about something.
HopefulSloth21
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Feb 21, 2018
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I wouldn't call someone with anxiety crazy or mental I believe its just different way of looking at the world and things that happen around us, obviously it is some kind of illness that individual should work on but wouldn't go as far as crazy or mental unless the case is really severe.
Anonymous
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Feb 22, 2018
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No of course not!! Anxiety is a disease and should be treated just like having cancer. It is not your fault you are this way and you should be treated like you matter.
Anonymous
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Feb 23, 2018
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No, lots of people have feelings of anxiety in their life, it's completely natural and nothing to be ashamed of
Anonymous
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Feb 28, 2018
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Anxiety is a nervous condition that an individual develops in case of failure to develop an alternate ego defence.
E.g: You couldn't study for your exam because you had to attend a wedding. During the occassion, you're constantly worrying about and fixated on what would happen in your paper and have an increased heart beat.
It is a mental disorder, but mental in the sense of relating to the mind, not lunacy.
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