Take a moment to look around. Maybe you’re on the bus, maybe you’re at your desk, maybe you’re waiting in line, it doesn’t matter — just look up and take in everything around you. It all seems perfectly normal, right? Just the world going on as usual?

Great. Everything’s okay.

But are things too okay right now? Do you ever look around, when everything’s completely normal, and wonder:

Isn’t there something I could be nervous about?

Yes, friend. Yes there is.

Welcome to AnxietyBox.

How does AnxietyBox work?

Every day you’ll receive a new box, and inside the box is an anxiety.

Perhaps you’ve always wondered what having an anxiety disorder feels like. Maybe you just want to supplement the worries that you already have. Maybe your parents subscribed you before you were even born. With AnxietyBox, you’ll get a new apprehension, fear, doubt or inescapable feeling of dread every single day.

Whether it’s a strange sound coming from your refrigerator, a work obligation on the horizon, or an uncharacteristic “hi…” text from your significant other, our supply of incessant, nagging thoughts is nearly inexhaustible.

Get ready to be worried about everything.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the subscription work?

Every day you will receive a small, ornately-decorated box from a man in a raven-black overcoat. You will want to ask the man what his name is, but the words will escape you.

He’s somehow indistinct, like a smudged screen. He seems able to appear anywhere, at any time, and he always disappears in a way that lets you know he’ll be back tomorrow. Shipping is included in the subscription.

What’s in the box?

Opening the box will release an anxiety — maybe one you’ve experienced before, maybe one that’s completely new to you — that you will immediately feel all the way to your core.

The anxiety could be large or small, life-threatening of completely inane; either way, we guarantee you will experience a deep, uncompromising feeling of dread.

In many cases, it will be all you can think about!

Does everybody get the same anxieties?

Not at all; your anxieties are completely tailored to you.

For example, you may be incredibly extroverted, and the idea of worrying about a work presentation or a birthday party is completely anathema. That’s fine! For you, we may offer a deep-seated fear that people only enjoy your company when they can get something out of you, and this feeling will recur whenever you’re not in a crowd.

If you’re already nervous about crowds, you may get that same fear — or, you may start to worry that there’s something wrong with you for not liking crowds, and this will compound the original fear, giving you double, triple, or even quadruple the feelings of panic.

Or, you may just cut somebody off in traffic, and you’ll spend the rest of the day wondering if they’re going to follow you home, or figuring out how to apologize to them if you ever meet again.

Anything, no matter how seemingly insignificant or unimportant, can start to feel like it’s the end of the world.

What if the anxiety I receive doesn’t make any sense?

We pride ourselves on finding innovative, unconventional ways to make you worry. In fact, we can guarantee that some of the anxieties you receive won’t make any sense at all.

You’ve left your apartment hundreds of times without leaving the oven on, but what if this time you did?

The barista at your coffee shop always smiles and says have a nice day, but today she doesn’t. Is it because you did something wrong? She’s her own person, who has had to deal with a million little moments to get to where she is, and is probably wrapped up in all of her own worries, hopes, and distractions — but is it possible it’s because she hates you now?

Anxieties don’t have to make any sense, they just have to be convincing enough to burrow into your mind for minutes, hours, or days at a time.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Like what? We’re not looking at you like anything. That’s all in your head.

How do I cancel my subscription?

There is no way to cancel your subscription. Even if you make it clear that you don’t want to continue compiling anxieties, there’s no way to make them go away completely.

You can move, you can shut your eyes, you can not open the door — they will always find you.

We suggest finding a way to deal with your anxieties, rather than trying to cancel them! Have you considered your friends’ advice to “just ignore them?”