Our anxiety is not an excuse to not communicate.

Hello, long time severe anxiety disorder sufferer here. Good days, bad days, we all share them. There is no cure of anxiety, we all know that horrible truth, but there is help. Just like with weight loss where the plain simple truth people don’t want to hear is that it’s just calories in/out, the same goes for anxiety:

1) See a doctor/therapist/psychiatrist. 
2) Be honest and communicate with them how what you’re feeling. 
3) Get the help you need.

That combination will open up a world of help to you. Yes there are outliers such as insurance availability, which meds work, and so forth, but we all tend to generally fall under the same situation and spectrum. 

I cannot stress how important this is as I see a lot of people coming through here and displaying signs of not just anxiety but OCD, Depression, and other such mental health issues.  THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE HELPED BY RANDOM PEOPLE ONLINE. 

As a mental health professional myself, I wish posting to this forum would come with a checklist or auto-bot comment first of: “Have you spoken to or set up an appointment with a professional about this?”. It’s important for us anxiety sufferers to be there for each other as all know how lonely the “no one else understands” feeling can be, but I see a lot of people coming here displaying signs of other mental health issues and incorrectly thinking it’s because of anxiety, or they’re outright asking for medical advice from people unqualified to give it.

Please, do not forget to seek professional help. It’ll greatly improve your quality of life.