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Does having anxiety mean your crazy/mental?

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Last Updated: 04/11/2022 at 9:00am
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Top Rated Answers
lgbtqkayla1523
March 26th, 2018 3:50pm
no of course not! anxiety is your brain reacting to perhaps stressfull or scary situations. it doesnt in any way make you crazy.
EmmaGraymd
March 29th, 2018 2:57am
Not at all! Anxiety is triggered when you become nervous or something is upsetting or causes you fear. It’s a human response to protect yourself from what is triggering the anxiety.
Glissygirlxox
March 29th, 2018 10:35am
Having anxiety does not mean you’re crazy/mental. Anxiety is a part of human life. All humans experience anxiety at some stage, and at some level. Some are more likely to develop anxiety disorders more than others, however, anxiety is never anyone's fault and never anyone's choice.
Anonymous
April 1st, 2018 2:47am
No it does not mean you’re crazy/mental. Having anxiety just means you fear things and can only mean so much
Tigerio
April 1st, 2018 6:06am
No! Having anxiety dose not mean you are crazy/mental! Having anxiety just means you are scared. It is basically like being scared of the dark..
Pumpkin74
April 1st, 2018 4:39pm
While you may sometimes feel disconnected, having anxiety does NOT make you crazy/mental! Your body is going through fight or flight and actually, it is working! The difficulty with anxiety is our fight or flight response is triggered without danger. Though you may feel alone and distressed about these events, many experience these reactions and there is a lot you can do to get through things!
aListeningEarReady2Hear
April 5th, 2018 2:00am
No, I have the same battle of anxiety and I don't feel crazy or mental....maybe mental...but mental is not crazy. Mental illness is treatable. A person battling anxiety just needs help.... Nothing crazy with feeling anxiety.
Iminthecosmos
April 5th, 2018 2:04am
Of course not, people who have anxiety aren't crazy, a lot of the time they just overthink things or just worry a lot.
WestVirginia
April 6th, 2018 6:01pm
Not at all. Anxiety is one of the most common mental health issues, and many many people struggle with it. It comes in a ton of forms from social anxiety to panic attacks and each kind has different techniques and skills you can learn to help manage it.
Anonymous
April 8th, 2018 6:36pm
No, having anxiety does not mean that you are a crazy or mental. Everyone experiences anxiety at some point in their life, but it becomes a problem when the anxiousness doesn't seem to go away and it interferes with your daily life. Having a mental illness does not mean you are "crazy" but you should certainly seek support and help from someone you trust.
Helpinggrape
April 8th, 2018 8:56pm
No, having anxiety does not make you crazy, over 40 million adults in the USA alone suffer from it and that's just one country. Image the stats for the entire world, the main this is accepting that have it and dealing with it through self care, medication, therapy etc. Don't let anyone make you feel bad about having anxiety, you can deal with this
Gukkiee
April 8th, 2018 9:28pm
Absolutely not. Anxiety is an emotion people feel quite often, though it is classified as a mental disorder it doesn't mean that you're crazy. Everyone experiences anxiety, though some experience it kore often! It's okay to have anxiety, it doesn't make you any less of a person.
Ruth1984
April 11th, 2018 7:11pm
No, I don't think so. It just means you are more sensitive towards certain situations than other people. It can become a problem when you cannot control your reaction to certain situations, but that is solvable.
BritishSteven
April 12th, 2018 3:36pm
No, having anxiety basically means that you have a hard time controlling your worries, I wouldn't use the terms crazy or mental to describe anyone who has any mental health issue.
Mars91
April 12th, 2018 10:35pm
Not at all, everyone has different reactions to stress, anxiety does not mean you are crazy, i feel like it shows you understand there could be parts that go wrong.
Inesa707
April 13th, 2018 10:03am
No it does not mean that! It just means you get nervous in certain situations. Everyone has anxiety its just different levels. You might be okay with dogs while someone else is terrified. but you are certainly not Crazy or mental.
sweetnsour321
April 14th, 2018 9:56am
No having anxiety does not mean you're crazy. Almost everyone will experience an anxiety disorder in their lifetime. Although your brain functions differently to the norm, it does not make you crazy
AnxiousButterfly16
April 14th, 2018 5:22pm
In most cases no. You have to remember that anxiety itself is a normal feeling for all of us, some people just have more of it than others. That doesn't make them crazy.
Anonymous
April 18th, 2018 9:46pm
Having anxiety is like having a fear or doubt about your future, where your thoughts would introduce bad experiences that could happen before, during or after an event... it could be 'crazy ' or then again you could treat it as a logical fault finding excersize of how you can overcome the obstacles that anxiety presents to you
RealLifeTruth
April 19th, 2018 4:56pm
Of course not! Having anxiety often means that you're more inclined to be nervous than people without it, but it definitely doesn't mean that you're crazy or mental. It's a mental health disorder that can be treated ( not always cured, but controlled at least). But to answer the question simply, no it doesn't mean that. I hope this helped
kindsoul129
April 25th, 2018 1:03am
Actually having anxiety means you are human! Everyone is programmed to experience anxiety in situations where we might be in danger - when anxiety does its job it can actually help us survive. However, if you experience extreme anxiety chances are this mechanism has gone a bit awry. It has, somewhere along the line, associated the situation you're anxious about with a threat to your survival. You may be thinking your life has never been in danger in that way but this is where it gets more complex - this system also responds to perceived threats. That means sometimes it is activated when we imagine the worst case scenario... when we get carried away with "what ifs"! The great news is that just as we learnt this association we can un-learn it though examining the events which caused the wires to get crossed or by gradually confronting our fears and seeing there is no danger. So, no - you aren't crazy or mental - in fact your body is doing its job a little too well!
riv3rrr
April 25th, 2018 1:16pm
No, it definitely doesn't. Everyone experiences anxiety as a general survival instinct. Your brain may simply be a little bit more sensitive to going into "survial mode".
Anonymous
April 25th, 2018 1:30pm
Having anxiety certainly does not mean that you're crazy! It simply means that your mind loves to think about things that will likely not happen, and jump to conclusions.
wishfulRose80
April 25th, 2018 11:08pm
Not at all. We are all human. We find something new to be anxious/worried about. It's not always about the situation itself. It's about how you handle it.
positiveForever73
April 26th, 2018 7:03am
Not at all. Everyone goes through having anxiety at some point in their life. This is completely a normal feeling. You can deal with it.
LoveIsLife94
April 26th, 2018 5:00pm
No it doesn't. Anxiety can make us feel like we are going crazy or losing our minds but it's not the case.
Anonymous
May 2nd, 2018 5:46am
No anxiety is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain, talk to your doctor/therapist about medication for this imbalance
AndisCupcake32
May 2nd, 2018 5:53pm
No, anxiety is a normal part of life. It's okay to feel this way and there is tons of ways to help your anxiety, you just gotta find the right thing for you.
EmpatheticEars94
May 4th, 2018 12:51pm
Not at all!. Think of anxiety as one of the many workers present in the human body, both physically and mentally who's job is to keep everything balanced. Whenever this worker becomes overactive or being overworked the balance will be disrupted which will cause some negative effects on the physical and mental aspects of your body. This does not mean that this balance can not be restored
Anonymous
May 12th, 2018 5:15pm
No, anxiety is a normal occurrence. It may seem like you’re going crazy, but you aren’t. You just need some help getting through it.