I feel crippled with anxiety...
For those who have experienced the startling effects of anxiety, you know too well how consuming and terrifying it truly is. Those minutes, hours, or days stuck in an endless loop of spinning thoughts and outrageous physical symptoms wears you down. Many people know the classic symptoms: shallow breathing, tight chest, fearful and darting eyes, rapid heartbeat, an inability to focus or sleep or eat...but to truly feel anxiety and spend minutes, hours, days in that loop is unbearable. Those who are on the outside may want to try to be of comfort, but may be at a loss of how to make any sort of impact. Lindsay Holmes details a few tips in her article "5 Of The Most Helpful Things You Can Say To Someone With Anxiety." Take a look and see if they may be of use to you or someone you know. Anxiety is no small matter...be there for someone in a big way.
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