Does having anxiety mean your crazy/mental?
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Moderated by Danielle Johnson, MSED, Community mental Health Counseling, LMHC
Updated: Apr 11, 2022
Machapuchare
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Oct 13, 2016
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Everyone has emotions, and feelings. Some get anxious more than others, but we each have our own unique perspective that we see the world from. It may take time to understand what role anxiety has in your life, but in challenges appear self-discovery.
Anonymous
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Oct 15, 2016
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Of course not. Having anxiety is just your mind/body having a surplus amount of caution in your day to day life.
Anonymous
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Oct 20, 2016
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No it's a normal feeling. But as all feelings they need to be balanced otherwise it means that you have some pathology and might want to slow down and self-check what's really happening to you.
Doodlebug1
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Oct 26, 2016
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Not in the slightest! It makes you human. It is supposed to be a helpful emotion for making you make better choices (which comes from primitive days) but sometimes it can get a bit out of control for us in the modern world. You are perfectly normal and you should know that you are not alone.
InspireTheLiars
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Oct 26, 2016
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Anxiety is a regular feeling the majority of people will encounter in their lives. Having anxiety definitely does NOT make you mental.
Aetherius
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Oct 27, 2016
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Mental illnesses are often stigmatized hugely. Having anxiety doesn't make you strange, or different, or "crazy". It's far more common than many people admit. It's nothing to be ashamed of, and neither is seeking help.
LastHope1218
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Oct 28, 2016
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Having anxiety does not make you crazy or mental. It simply makes you an individual, who like all people, get nervous and possibly upset when they are faced with a situation that makes them uncomfortable.
PanicAtTheDiscoQueen
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Oct 30, 2016
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No, it feels that way a lot of the time but it doesn't mean you're insane. It means you have a lot of stress and pressure on you.
strawberrySoul15
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Oct 30, 2016
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No. Anxiety means that you worry about the lille things in life and you have trouble letting them go. That doesn't mean you're crazy/mental. It just means you have trouble letting things go and have trouble relaxing. Everyone gose throught it at least once in thier lives.
RainyRainbow15
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Oct 31, 2016
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I don't think having anxiety mean that you are crazy or mental. It's nothing extraordinary to have fears I think everyone experience anxiety, some more than other ones.
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