So, to explain, sometimes I think modern society is so mental-illness-focused that you NEED a diagnosis to explain why you're so anxious all the time, which I totally understand. But, once I got my diagnoses, I tended to be like "okay, I know what it is now, so shouldn't it just...go away?" and I found myself identifying too much with my anxiety.

For example, I went to my therapist and she told me that I'm just an anxious, introverted person, which couldn't be further from the truth. I'm actually very laid-back and social, but my ANXIETY isn't. When I went about my life believing my therapist, I ended up believing my anxiety so much more.

I haven't met with her for 3 weeks, and I've honestly been doing much better. I feel more like myself, and my anxiety has taken the backseat because I haven't allowed it to overpower me.

I joined a PMDD support group on Facebook, and so many posts were talking about how terrible PMDD is and how pessimistic it makes them about the world. I am the first person to say that PMDD sucks. It makes me so physically anxious and has caused a lot of problems in my social life. That being said, if I sit and wallow about how shitty PMDD is, I tend to feel worse. I feel more anxious and more depressed. 

What I'm trying to say is, there's a gray area that I think is often overlooked. You can have anxiety, PMDD, OCD and it can really affect you. It can make your days harder, and it can cause all sorts of problems. I by no means want to diminish that. But, at the same time, the more you think about how hard it is and the more you give it power to cause problems, the worse it gets.

Does that make sense? I feel like it's a pretty unpopular opinion in the mental health sphere--it's either that anxiety can be 100% cured through medication or it's a chronic, debilitating disease. I want to find more people in the gray area, and I want there to be more resources that fall in that category!