Could you tell me a time you felt anxious?

Anxiety is a feeling of unease , fear and nervousness. There are many other words that I could use to describe the feeling of “anxiety”. 

Anxiety is one of many mental health problems that affect so many people and that is why it’s important for me to say how it’s made me feel and how I have been able to deal with it. 

For me, one of the most important emotions that I’ve learnt from has been anxiety. It’s an area that makes you feel self doubt, building up a fear and almost leaves you feeling mentally drained along with a lack of self confidence. For people who know me, they will know that I’m super positive towards most situations and I will always look into things with a optimistic thought process.  When I started to experience anxiety, I didn’t know what it was until I saw a professional, I was experiencing panic attacks every morning for 2 weeks straight which had stopped me from attending both university and work. Of course, I knew something wasn’t quite right. The reason I didn’t know, is because there is still stigma around people’s mental health which is starting to slowly get better but it could be improved.

I’m currently in my last year of university as well as growing my own business. So as some can imagine, surely that could be a cause? 

Partially yes, but I always like to push myself and sometimes that can help me cope with my anxiety as my job is my passion and other times it can make me feel overwhelmed and scared incase I’m not good enough?

BUT this is what anxiety makes you feel like. It’s important that you don’t let anxiety win. You find coping mechanisms to deal with it. My main coping mechanism is exercise. Exercise has been something that has hugely improved my mental health as well as my self confidence.

Seeking help towards my anxiety before it had developed over a period of time, was the best thing I ever did.