25 Things People Don't Realize You're Doing Because of Your Anxiety
Avoiding text messages. Refusing to pick up the phone. Tapping. Nail biting. Hair pulling. While these might seem like rude or annoying habits to an outsider, for someone with an anxiety disorder, it can be part of their everyday life.
And while most people understand what it’s like to be nervous or anxious, those with more persistent anxiety or panic symptoms might express or cope with their anxiety in different ways — ways that might be hard for others to understand.
To find out other ways anxiety manifests itself, we asked The Mighty’s mental health community to share one thing people don’t realize they’re doing because of their anxiety. Here’s what they had to say: 1. “Zoning in and out of a conversation to prepare a response or to silence your brain.
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