7 Things You Should Never Say To Someone With Anxiety
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People will never understand what its like to have anxiety or any other mental illness, so I made this blog/video about things you never say to a person with anxiety.  1. You're right, that could happen This is one thing you should never,ever say! This is going to make their anxiety worse. If someone has anxiety with public transportation, DO NOT, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, tell them about the 17 year old that got raped while they were waiting for the bus. They are most likely well aware hence why they are too scared to take public transportation. Instead say, "well, I don't blame you" and leave it at that. 2. Get Over It. First, you can't "get over" anxiety. If you got a dollar every time someone told you this, you'd be rich like Bill Gates,right? Like I said in my video about Depression, if you wouldn't tell a cancer patient to get over it, why say it to someone dealing with a mental illness. Would you tell someone who lost their mom or dad or sister etc to get over it? 3. Lots Of People Have It Worse That's true, how ever, that doesn't mean that what the person going through isn't valid. This is a guilt trip, you are making the person feel as what they are going through means nothing because there are people who have it worse. Minor or major, someone is going to have something wrong with them. Like when I was in school, get bullied put a toll on me and caused my depression and anxiety. A tornado destroyed Kansas ( I think), back in 2011, and everyone lost their homes. My mom went on about the people in Kansas, invaliding my struggles with getting bullied and a mental illness because the people in Kansas had it worse. Like I said, big or little, someones struggle is real and valid. 4. Calm Down This is like telling someone having a seizure to stop having a seizure, its not that simple for someone having an anxiety/panic attack to just magically stop. They have zero control on what's going on. If something is triggering their anxiety, getting them away from the trigger will be more helpful than telling them to calm down. 5. You Need To Push Through It What do you think they are trying to do? Its hard to push through any type of illness. If someone is in a setting that triggers their anxiety, they can't just "push through it" and everything is peachy. Walk a mile in their shoes. Then you will see its easier said tan done. 6. You're Not Trying To Get Better Why they tell do you think they are taking meds, being in and out of mental hospitals, getting therapy etc. Because they are trying to get better, you mean to tell me that their not? That's like telling someone who is trying to lose weight that they are not trying and they're constantly going to the gym. 7. It Could Be Worse You're right, they could have something much worse, but anxiety is just as bad. It can make you too scared to leave your house, too scared to be in crowed places etc. For instance, I am too scared to get a job because so many thoughts race in my head. "what if the boss is mean" "what if customers verbally abuse me" "what if my anxiety escalates during the busy hours" "what if the boss fires me because he/she has no patience to deal with my anxiety episodes" like I said, big or small, someones problem is real That's all for this video, if there is anything else you shouldn't tell someone with anxeity that is not in this blog/video, tell me down below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viK2BxSiH0E