This has been on my mind for a while, but I finally decided to post about it. A couple of months ago I saw several posts on Reddit about social anxiety that I related to. But each time, there was someone in the comments with several upvotes telling OP "you don't have anxiety, you're just a socially awkward loser". That's such a horrible thing to say, and I even found myself doubting if I actually had anxiety. These types of comments infuriate me because yes, there are definitely people who lie about having anxiety to seem quirky, but this person was literally making a meme about their experience with anxiety because they knew other people with anxiety could probably relate to it. 

I haven't been thinking about it as much lately but it still makes my blood boil whenever I remember it. Like if their experience doesn't count as anxiety then what the heck do you think anxiety it?

Sorry if this was just unintelligible rambling. I just remembered it and needed to get it out.