Why Should We Talk About Fear And Anxiety?
Fear is weary. Fear is crippling. It can exhaust your mind. It can wring all the vigor out of your soul and hang it out to dry just like you squeeze out water from a wet cloth. It can twist and crush your confidence in ways you can’t comprehend.
Have you ever felt it blurring your senses to the point that your palms get sweaty, your heart thumps faster and your throat turns dry? Have you experienced blood getting drained from your face, making it difficult for you to think clearly or to stand upright?
Fear can be caused due to any reason that may seem silly or trivial to many. Not only can an evil ghost, a stray dog, a blazing fire, stark darkness, lofty height, or deep water induce such mind-numbing fear.
Sometimes a vicious boss, or a loud voice is enough to make one’s blood run cold. Or sometimes you can worry yourself to death for no apparent reason. You can feel the grip of fear all over yourself just in the anticipation of some grave misfortune. And that leads to the most ineffable and uncontrollable disorder of anxiety.
Anxiety is not just stress. It involves an ongoing sense of fear and stressful thoughts that creep into your mind involuntarily. It can undermine your confidence and can make you feel powerless, making your day-to-day activities seem like a Herculean task.
You can assume worst of things like you would fail at everything, lose your job, ruin your life, etc. The constant fear of embarrassing yourself incapacitates you. You can feel restless and on edge all the time. There may be a constant tightening sensation in your chest that can annoy you. You can suddenly burst into tears even if you don’t want to cry.
But the most taxing thing is that you find it impossible to explain your unsubstantiated fears and repeated flashbacks of panic attacks to your friends or family. You feel that you will be judged and ridiculed. You don’t want to be humiliated.
However, it is not the solution. You need to understand that this may happen to anybody and you are in no way abnormal. You just need to find someone you can trust and tell them how you feel, without any filter. Or you can reach out to a medical practitioner for counseling.
Anxiety is curable. An open conversation with your therapist, your trusted circle of friends, or in some cases, medication can treat anxiety disorder. Don’t lose spirit. The people who judge you are feeble, not you. So, don’t feel ashamed to reach out to your friends or family.
