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[arcanetrivia]

how to decode a person with an anxiety disorder

A good deal of this probably works pretty well as a user's manual for me. I don't think I frequently obsessively worry as a person with true, pure anxiety disorder does, but for most of the places it says worry you can just substitute despair for me and the rest works.

(take everything personally
worry despair
worry despair
worry despair
have difficulty accepting compliments
have difficulty reciprocating friendly gestures... etc.)

I mean, do worry (a lot) about how I am being perceived and various other things as said there, but at least it doesn't come with panic attacks and I think the nature of it is less endless-loop paralyzing. Still though. Pretty accurate.

Comments

[reg-flint.livejournal.com]

That sucks. And it fits me as well but I'm Schizoaffective. To each their own analysis.

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

I remember that endless panic-attack loop. It's been a very long time since I've been that bad, and podisodd's quiet support, coming from many years of prior experience with folks with similar problems, has been absolutely invaluable. But rather a lot of it still holds, and is well-written here. Thanks for sharing it.