Have you ever wondered what exactly makes you officially anxiety ridden? I have thought about this question a lot and I wanted to a create a list of behaviors that say anxiety disorder loud and clear. Now this stuff is only funny when it’s not happening, but it can be funny.
You know you have an anxiety disorder when…
1. You enjoy checking your pulse AND have other people check your pulse too.
2. You can’t sleep at night and watch colorful, cheesy and old television shows to help you fall asleep.
3. You question your sanity at least once a month.
4. You have gone to the doctor at least 2-3 times in a year and told to go home because you were healthy.
5. Existential crisis are more of a regular mental “workout” and not an off the wall occurrence.
6. You like to examine food and beverages for microscopic specks that could, possibly, potentially cause you harm.
7. You lock your car or home and have to go back and check to make sure it’s locked – at least twice.
8. You count all the ways things can go wrong for any given situation AND come up with more catastrophic alternatives to the first list of scenarios.
9. You rely on palpitations for a heart rate elevating workout.
10. Your shadow frightens you at least once a week.
Number 4 on the list brings to mind a particularly funny anxiety episode I had. I was at work and had a panic attack and of course I thought I was dying so my boss (yes my boss) drove me to the ER. Once there I was treated to the full ER royal treatment. After about an hour the doctor and nurses realized that it was anxiety and not a heart attack. Shortly thereafter I was rolled out of my curtained area and placed in front of the nurses station counter. About five minutes after that a nurse came by and served me lunch.
So imagine me on a hospital bed, in hospital PJ’s, laying in front of the counter having a chocolate milk. Oh the humanity of it all. It was embarrassing but there were plenty of real sick people that needed the space. The point of the list and the story about the ER trip is to point out that even when you’re having a tough time it’s o.k. to laugh at yourself and the situation. Granted I know anxiety and anxiety symptoms aren’t exactly hilarious, I hope you can see why having a sense of humor can make the going easier. Laughing is a free way of feeling better, even if it’s only for a little while.
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I also read all the points and feeling is same as ur points.
Pl suggest me .