dontjudge

I am sure those who have experienced anxiety will agree that anxiety can come in all different forms of shapes and sizes.

Anxiety is not stagnant. It continues to move, it continues it's path of destruction whether that be rocking back and forth, palms sweating, screaming, shaking, crying, hyperventilating, some form of a physical change in your body or a form of emotional change in your body.
But whatever it is for you.....

IT IS THE WORST THING IN THAT VERY MOMENT AND YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING TO STOP IT!

Anxiety is one of the most complex disorders (in my opinion) to experience, and to describe to someone else. Not just how it feels, but why it happens. Sometimes it happens for no reason at all. There does not have to be a trigger. Circumstances in your life don't always cause anxiety. Sometimes it just happens, and in those moments.... you hope you aren't in public because most will think you are crazy or think "what the heck are they doing?".

Maybe some of you have it mastered and you have an escape route?
**I know I don't! I just sit right where I'm at, don't care where that is, and cover my head, and cry and move back and forth.....**

Maybe on one of those dreadful days, someone would see me, help me through an attack and tell me it will be OK.

The day that I see that happen, is the day I will believe we finally have a chance to change the stigma on mental health!!

#spreadawareness #beopenminded #dontjudge

A Bad Day, Month, Year, Life…
By Katie Roulier
You Must Be The Change You Want To See
You do not know what someone else is facing at any given time. They could be having a bad day, week, month, year or life.
That fast food employee you just yelled at could have just experienced something terrible, but still got up and went to work. To be yelled at by you about lettuce on your burger which is not her fault as she takes orders and does not make the food. She might have rang up the order specifying no lettuce. The kitchen guy might be new and accidentally put it on there. Now the manager comes out, who is overworked and way underpaid. You proceed to yell at the manager. After trying to find a solution and offering you free food for the inconvenience you would like to call head office about the terrible service.
You get home still fuming. You call head office and start directing your anger towards a Customer Service Rep who may not be 100% proficient in English. This frustrates you even more. You are going to blow a gasket!
Somehow, somebody comes into the picture and resolves the problem. Thank GOD.
You see, that irrational behavior you exhibited to 5 (five) people made them all feel terrible. You finally have resolution but what is really the problem here?
NOT THE LETTUCE. YOU COULD HAVE PICKED IT OFF. I DOUBT YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO LETTUCE. IT'S NO ONES DAMN FAULT BUT YOUR OWN.
Lets say for shiggles that all of these 5 people go home and take it out on an additional 5 people each that night. Those people on turn take out their frustration on another 5 people each.
THE PLAGUE IS MULTIPLYING, DIVIDING AND CONQUERING.
This post is not about the lettuce. This post is about our choices and behavior affecting others.
Let this sink in for a bit. Now think about someone posting a hot political topic or whatever you would feel the need to take action over on Facebook. Using the top story, how can we refrain from making a ton of people feel badly?

We can remove the damn lettuce (STIMULI) and have a great rest of the day.

#dontjudge
#walkamile
#bekindalways