DISCLAIMER- I am in no way a qualified mental health professional I and just simply someone who suffers from mental illnesses and has a little knowledge about the subject. if anything I write is inaccurate please sound off below!
I know it has been a couple of days since my last blog, I needed to take a few days to myself. The last blog really drained me both mentally and emotionally. Going in to depth about my own personal disorder and personal experiences is hard. Especially when I was finding new things out that I just didn’t know before and relating to it so much it honestly gave me clarity in a sense but also scared the fucking shit out of me.
Also thank you so much for all of the support I have received, I am so happy that I am able to help others. I didn’t think I would get so much positivity and it honestly has brought tears to my eyes!
Okay so everyone in the UK population thinks they have anxiety nowadays, when in reality they don’t. People experience a little emotion called “nervousness” or “stress” and think they have anxiety, believe me if you even had a little taste of anxiety you wouldn’t be using the disorder so lightly. From someone suffers badly with anxiety I can’t explain it in another way than hell.
My anxiety can be so crippling at times that it literally stops me from leaving my front door sometimes. I can remember once, I was literally fine and I was getting ready to leave for college. Opened my front door and got smacked straight in the face with a panic attack, slammed the door and didn’t leave my room for three days.
I have honestly missed out on so many life opportunities due to my anxiety. I cant walk into a room when there are a lot of people in without having a panic attack, this has caused me major problems since school. It pisses me off when people tell me to just take a breath and relax…EEEE WELL BITCH, I DIDN’T THINK OF THAT! IM TOTALLY FUCKING FINE NOW!! ergh shut the fuck up.
People who don’t actually have anxiety is the same with people who don’t actually have depression. They have know idea what its like. When my anxiety kicks off I honestly feel like I’m going to die, not even over aggerating. My heart starts to pound, my legs go like jelly, I get dizzy, I feel like some one is squeezing my ribs together and it fucking hurts, I start shaking, sweating and hyperventilating.
There are absolutely loads of different anxiety disorders, the 9 most common disorders and they are;
- Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
- Panic disorder
- Social anxiety disorder
- Phobias
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Skin picking
- Hair pulling
- Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)
- Post-traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD)
No one will have the same set symptoms as someone else,
There are two categories;
PhysicalÂ
- Increased heart rate
- Increased muscle tension
- “Jelly legs”
- Tingling in the hands and feet
- Hyperventilation (over breathing)
- Dizziness
- Difficulty in breathing
- Wanting to use the toilet more often
- Feeling sick
- Tight band across the chest area
- Tension headaches
- Hot flushes
- Increased perspiration
- Dry mouth
- Shaking
- Choking sensations
- Palpitations
psychological
- Thinking that you may lose control and/or go “mad”
- Thinking that you might die
- Thinking that you may have a heart attack/be sick/faint/have a brain tumour
- Feeling that people are looking at you and observing your anxiety
- Feeling as though things are speeding up/slowing down
- Feeling detached from your environment and the people in it
- Feeling like wanting to run away/escape from the situation
- Feeling on edge and alert to everything around you
 This blog wasn’t meant to be a long one so I am going to leave it at this. I want to go into more depth about my own diagnosis’ in the future, I think I’ll be posting a blog on depression next.
Love, Demi-leigh x
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