Why does telling myself "it's just anxiety" make everything feel much worse?
uniqueMango45
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Aug 2, 2016
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Acknowledging anxiety can be challenging because sometimes you think of what anxiety means - the symptoms you have, past experiences, triggers, etc. Sometimes you have to do something else instead of acknowledging it to calm yourself down. Everyone
is different.
Anonymous
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Aug 16, 2016
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Seek for help. If you're in a uncomfortable situation ask to step out for a moment and calm down.
Anonymous
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Oct 25, 2016
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Because by calling it 'just anxiety' it doesn't validate your feelings and therefore you cannot deal with the cause of your anxiety and how to overcome those feelings.
Anonymous
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Apr 4, 2017
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Self talk like that can make it seem as though our problems aren't "bad" enough to bother us. It can also feel invalidating. If someone told me that my depression was "just sadness and not that bad" I would feel really hurt. Depression like anxiety is an illness and can't be dealt with being told it's not important and to get over it.
Anonymous
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Dec 5, 2017
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because anxiety itself is a serious and big problem, so saying 'just' anxiety is not really making the situation any better.
Anonymous
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Dec 12, 2017
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It makes you feel worse because you feel like it's no big deal according to others and you're just exaggerating it.
Anonymous
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Dec 19, 2017
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Telling yourself "it's just anxiety" does not take care of the feelings that make you feel anxious in the first place. A more effective way is to acknowledge the reasons that create these feelings and find a way to deal with them.
Ninolo
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Jan 30, 2018
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Because knowing what it is does nothing to dissipate it's consequences.
Because when you probably try to force yourself to calm down, which puts an additional stress on you, which in turn worsens your feeling.
satureSnow01
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Feb 6, 2018
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Telling yourself that “it’s just anxiety†makes you feel worse because you are depriving yourself of the help you may need.
IWannaBeWell23
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Jun 4, 2018
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Saying it's just anxiety is taking away from how debilitating it can actually be. It can seem like a great idea, taking away the power it has on you, but you're also minimizing how real the problem is. Anxiety can be a simple little stone in someones path but for others it can be the largest mountain they have to climb.
hgraff31
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Jun 11, 2018
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Putting a label on how you feel can sometimes be a bad thing if you think about it the wrong way. When you tell yourself “it’s just anxiety†it normally will make your brain think that there is something wrong with you. And that is clearly not the case.
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