Tired of anxiety culture

Made even more complex by way of many people using diagnosis as an excuse due to excuse making being part of the disorder in the first place 🥴

I have anxiety about driving. So I’m not. Bc it’s not safe.

I’m an adult. If something makes me feel uncomfortable, I literally don’t have to do it.

I do think there’s an over diagnosis going on. But I also think that the times we live in, lead to high anxiety.

I agree completely, though there are obviously exceptions as well.

However, I see a lot of people who are afraid to step out of their comfort zone automatically assume they will never be able to because they have anxiety surrounding the issue (and EVERYONE experiences anxiety when it comes to things that are out of their comfort zone; that's as normal as it gets), so they never try. They are encouraged by others to just accept that they'll never be able to do it without even trying as well.

Honestly, the only way you will overcome anxiety about something is to face it. The only way you can possibly grow is to step outside of your comfort zone. Now obviously, fear is also a good thing and there are certain things in which you should absolutely listen to it, but as far as everyday things like socialization, finding a job, etc., I think people should be encouraged to move out of their comfort zone, even if it's in baby steps, and do their best to try to overcome it. It IS possible, and I know because I've been there and have overcome it, and I'm not any more special or better than anyone else.

Though I'm glad we have better mental health awareness and are more understanding of people's issues these days, I do think we as a society have gone a bit too far in the direction of just accepting defeat, and/or coddling. I think there's a good middle ground. Anxiety is a completely normal emotion, but is treated these days like it's a severe disorder in every case (not saying there aren't anxiety disorders, just that not every case of anxiety stems from one). It is always possible to do your best to improve your situation to the best of your ability.

I honestly think modern day society and the way people treat those with anxiety issues and other problems has a lot of fault in this. They treat those people as if they're less capable than others and make them think that, and it damages their confidence, only making the situation worse. I know that is largely what I've been fighting ever since my adolescence, where I was essentially babied by teachers and counselors, told I was not as capable as others, and to pretty much just give up and accept my situation the way it was rather than doing anything to improve it. It's been a struggle to rebuild my confidence ever since, but dropping that stupid mentality was the best thing that ever happened to me, and the nonsense about me being less capable than others was pure horse shit. I'm so glad I had adults in my life that still believed in and had faith in me to point me in this direction, or I would probably be struggling badly right now.

Some people might be like that, but when others say that they just mean that, because of their anxiety, they're not ready to try that particular thing just yet. But they're working on it, and are taking small steps, and will eventually be able to try that particular thing in the future.

I think its kind of sad I have met alot of people that say theyre autistic or too anxious to work and they sit around and get government handouts but still function good enough to have friends and do everything else. I think the handouts enable them most of them can easily work they just need a push to overcome their fears. I honestly feel like I have been worse off mentally than most of them but I always held a job.

I have social anxiety and have challenged it a ton of times my whole life, even worked in customer service and travelled alone and gone to therapy etc... Nothing has worked even a bit. It's like my brain keeps resetting to making social situations extremely anxiety-inducing no matter what.
You get diagnoses for a reason. Everyone gets sad sometimes too, that doesn't mean they have depression and can just watch a funny movie and be healed.

I'm tired of hearing people say shit like this. 99.999% chance you've never had an anxiety disorder and actually do not truly "know [how or how much] it's hard" or have any real basis from which to judge who has a "real" problem or is using their diagnosis as a tool, vs who is using it as an excuse. Nor do you know how toxic this attitude is to so many people who are genuinely struggling, or how often we have to hear it directed at us (including from our own loved ones), or how aggravating and isolating it is when people who clearly have no idea what the fuck they are talking about say things like "yeah I feel anxious too sometimes" or "I've been through some hard things and I just did x, y, and z to try to fix it - why don't you do what I did?"

Get a life and stop judging how others live theirs. You do not know from the outside what people have been through or how hard they may be working just to be standing in front of you appearing "lazy."

Lol

I agree, I know loads of people who get therapy and “have panic attacks” even guys, it’s pathetic