Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure out everything all at once. Breathe . You're strong. You got this Take it day by day.

I suffered severe anxiety years ago. I could remember several years ago after divorce with my wife which brought me into my disastrous journey on Alcohol and cigarettes. I suffered severe anxiety and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.

People need to realise that people with anxiety disorders have oversensitised nerves, it’s not a simple case of manning up and getting over it. It’s absolutely exhausting living your life with your body on high alert almost 24/7.

As someone who suffers with extreme severe anxiety I can totally relate to her. I would stop eating for days at a time as a punishment. I worry a lot about my life, everyone around me and pleasing everyone. It’s absolutely crippling, so glad she got the help she needed, lovely young lady it’s so sad that society has 1 in 3 people suffering mental health issues. I hope everyone seeks help

She’s so brave to talk so openly about the hardest times she’s been through. And she’s so eloquent about it and so strong.

Started having anxiety as a small child. I still suffer from Anxiety at 33 years old eventhough people kept telling me "It will get better as you get older, you are just young and inexperienced", here I am 33 years old with lots of life experience and still suffering from Anxiety. What people didn't understand back in the day was anxiety is a disease not a phase in life.

"We are exposed 24/7 and anyone can have an opinion on us," such wise and profound words. I am sending you my very best wishes, Rosie.

I grew up with anxiety daily so much that I thought it was a normal part of growing up or even just who I was as a person. Now that I'm older, I realized.

I feel her exact words and feelings. I recently realised it is anxiety after living 30 years like the she lives now. Always worrying, never positive. Always problems. I finally took courage and contacted therapist who helped me. So all anxiety ridden people out there, there is nothing wrong with you, you are perfect. Things will get better! It is never to late to ask for help..

Just putting it out here (even commenting this is giving me anxiety) I have not been diagnosed but for several years I have been suffering with anxiety. Panic attacks, anxiety attacks they just come and go. I have recently started dissociating for short periods of time. Anxiety has affected all spheres of my life and crippled me. I am stuck in survival mode and I don’t think I can get help as of right now. Leaving this out here in the hopes that one day I can come back here as a healed person. And to anyone else who is going through the same thing…. You are not alone. If you can get out of bed everyday and make it through life, one day at a time, you already a champion.

What a brave and lovely young woman. We’ll done for being able to talk about it

Bless her, just heartbreaking when she said she hates herself 💔 so glad mental health is encouraged to be talked about now.. this would of saved this little girls life 🙏 Dr Alex is a tremendous role model for teenagers and adults alike with mental health 👏

I feel anxiety and depressed as an introvert it was very hard and I completely lost my mind and has a dramatic adverse effect on when it comes to finding Relationship with a true one.

She’s amazing for sharing her story..very brave truthful and courageous 💕

I am a sufferer off both anxiety and depression and have been since I was in primary school I am now 31 and it still likes to play games with me. It’s a HORRIBLE ILLNESS to have and I would give anything to make it go away but it won’t and I know that now so I just take it day by day now. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I am so sorry that people go through this, but I'm extremely grateful to you for sharing your story and making me feel less alone

I feel exactly like that right now I can’t go to school or anything but good on her for opening up it’s hard .

Anxiety has ruined my life. Feel for this young lady as I know the struggle she must have gone through. Hope she goes on to live a fulfilled life.

You go girl❣️ beautiful story, proud of your strength. I’ve watched my daughter go through similar life challenges.

I cried just by listening to her. So happy that she made it through.

I find this video super relatable. I’ve suffered from anxiety mostly social for as long as I can remember and for me it feels like I’m on the verge of bursting out crying most of the time. I get so nervous about all the possible scenarios… it becomes super overwhelming

What a brave young lady ❤ Modern life can feel so hard xx

What a BEAUTIFUL young lady. Hope she’s ok now.

when i was 17-year-old, i had anxiety disorder, pacnic attact, death feeling, worrying a lot, struggled almost every day . now i am 39, present have no more anxiety disorder syptems, but just body syptums with insomnia, one thing you should know early treatment is much better, i delayed for years to find treatment. stay strong, for me i am working in a company with a good performance. just do it . u can be normal again.

Reading these comments is so touching because it makes me feel like people truly understand how I feel and that I can someday find those kinds of people irl to support me.. dont worry. Im going to my second appointment with professional soon.

Amazing young lady. I know of someone in the same boat and have forwarded the video.

"In today's rush, we all think too much, seek too much, want too much, and forget about the joy of just being." - Eckhart Tolle

I wish I could hug you as much as I miss hugging my own daughter who has not lived with me since she turned 18. ❤️‍🩹

She is very brave to talk and see the person ❤

I'm going through extreme anxiety atm and not eating, work has a big part of contributing to my mental health

This has been so helpful. Its something that for me has become much more acute but I didn't realise I've been living with for years in various ways. I haven't been able to put it into words very well but you have brilliantly explained much of what I feel too. Thank you thank you for your eloquence and for sharing. Best wishes to you.

I have the same symptoms. It comes from emotional abuse for years. Now I getting better. Meditation help me a lot.

What an amazing young woman. You're inspirational for me

I liked how he listened to her ❤

This topic should be so significantly important, mental health is all we need to understand first we judge or even don’t know anything about how much people struggle

When my mom tells me I have severe anxiety I didn’t know how serious and relatable it was for me until I watched this video.

I lost my father to cancer at 15. i started having panic attacks at 17. I remember lying in bed shaking at night. Missing my father very much, I had to manage a big forestry property, go to school, be there for little sister and let go of a promising sports career.

It's been 3 months since my anxiety and panic attacks started. I feel so pathetic because I can no longer do things that other people do normally. Even entering malls and riding a bus makes me really anxious. I tried to open up to my friends one time but they just laugh on me because they taught that I'm just joking. Luckily, I have a family that understands me and supports me. It's really hard especially that I'm a university student and sometimes I suffer panic attacks while answering quizzes and exams. I can't just say to my professor that I'm having a panic attack because everyone will think that I'm just making an excuse to escape the quiz. Even though I'm suffering from this, I always feel proud to myself whenever I overcome things alone. I feel like I'm so brave and I'm a fighter.

i remember having my first anxiety attack at 8 years old. I am now 18 and i have dealt w it but more now since ive graduated it has gotten worse but im trying i know it will get better and i feel like anxiety should be talked about more. growing up i always knew i had it but ive told my parents about it and they would say i was exaggerating which made me not know exactly what i dealing with. im glad im dealing w it now so i know how to exactly help myself and for everyone out there who are dealing w it as well .❤

This makes me tear up My heart goes out to this lady, I’m 17 aswell and experiencing anxiety, I was also disregarded by cams made to feel like I wasn’t Ill enough. I hope everyone gets the help they are deserved ❤️

Such a lovely girl. I hope she pulls through. Very pretty also. ❤

Well said. Well done.

Please do not let anxiety rule you and take ownership to break the shackles. Surround yourself with positive people and talk to someone. We are all in this together.

I also need to add the she does not owe the charity, she owes herself. She was the one that started talking and it was suggested she go to the non-profit. She put the work and time into herself. She has made the journey herself.

It's great, that this young little girl has a wonderful support system and figured out early, what's wrong. Due to extreme violence abuse at home, I developed anxiety and depression when I was around 4/5 years, then kept on developing other conditions like OCD and panic attacks. But I could only realise that just 3 years back. And I'm trying to learn more about it to improve and Sail through and stay afloat without having anyone to support or even to accept and acknowledge what happened to me and what I'm going through on a daily basis, rather some people giving me directions and lot of nonsense with little knowledge about anxiety disorder and dipression and Complex Trauma.

I live with anxiety and depression myself and everyday is hard for me but I do my best to cope 😢😊

Every anxious moment is an opportunity to practice and move away from who you thought you needed to be to who you really are.

I never really thought about this until I was diagnosed with anxiety and who I was and how I felt about it

Great video - thanks:)

Stay strong

I would totally be friends with her. I feel her sm. And what she said at the end was so true and wisely put. I wish everyone going through this a lot of strength.

Can we appreciate the most beautiful scenery in the back. Wow. England has amazing views with all the natural green

I’m finding that generating the feeling of love is what is healing my mental illness. I’m pretty sure it can work for you too!

Good bless

started getting anxiety issues at 17. Now I'm 44 and still no further forward. My life has been ruined by this and the lack of help/support from GP's

Twinsies on the age of first panic attack. Main difference being I'm still at the, "We don't think you're sick enough," even though I have multiple other conditions. I'm also 36 now, so this crap has been going on a loooong time. Sigh. Her story gave me hope for future generations, if only I could feel some

Take a deep breath, everything’s gonna be ok, love u

I have had anxiety for years but people who don't have it say what are scared of? You don't know what you are scared of.

Well done Rosie

Great you shared on this. I suffered silently for 30 years until I became so sick that nobody could ignore it. The general practitioners totally failed me it was wcada in swansea that pushed the doctors to get me a mental health assessment. They looked through my doctors records and said it was glaringly obvious I had GAD and MDD I had turned to alcohol as a coping mechanism but it's progressive if not treated or understood as was my drinking problem progressive. I just didn't know how to escape what I didn't know I had. I personally asked my mental health assessor if it was a easy diagnosis and she admitted it was. I was under about 20 different G P's in house shrinks too in my opinion they are pretty terrible with all mental health. We need to talk to likeminded people as other earthlings just don't understand our alien problems.if you tell someone you have a anxiety disorder they don't realise that it's grouped in with ocd and was once grouped with ptsd. GAD was previously grouped as one illness which was GAD and panic disorder. Now they tend to separate them and say GAD with panic attacks or panic disorder as a separate issue. They fail to mention much about really extreme muscle tension horrendous insomnia and punishing intrusive thoughts. It's clear to me alcohol is what added to my shut down but why wouldn't I drink when it seemed the cure. I quit drinking 4 years ago and attend A.A meetings now. Those meetings and the 12 steps are the best counselling for any mental health condition. The steps are not about alcohol really they are about a bridge to normal living and a coping mechanism for mental health. Since diagnosis changed for mental health in 2018 so many people in the A.A rooms have been diagnosed with other disorders. I was always going to try to take the pain away or perhaps I would have self harmed instead of drinking but now I can see clearly I was self harming with alcohol. I hope your future will be rewarding it's possible to cope and long as you don't use illicit drugs or prescription drugs e.g valium or sleepers, anti depressants are acceptable but not a cure. Psychotherapy (talking) to likeminded people is really the best help. I go on a walk and talk I found on Facebook and its been a revelation, absolutely lovely people and they make me laugh, I had stopped laughing at all.

anxiety is real and it hurts a lot of people

I’m a 14 year old I know it sucks to have it it’s just so exhausting, can’t even do my school work or anything It started at around 11 years for me that time I didn’t really know or know what to do so it was a really hard time because you know quarantine, so I couldn’t really communicate with any one, I still go through it hoping it can lessen at least at some point 🫶🏻 Just remember everyone is perfect don’t stress yourselves 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Im doing better since starting tms treatments . Anxiety is the worst feeling. I hope everyone finds a way to heal and feel peace in life ❤

I know how you feel. I suffering anxiety disorder,depression too. BUT I TRY ENJOYED MY LIFE AND I TRY TOO LOVE MYSELF THEN.

Brave lady!

Relatable , and on top of that I have a condition called palpitations 😩💔 Its been real hard but I do believe that it'll get better over time and for anyone reading this going thru the same obstacle 🙏💯

I don’t know what part of the spectrum my anxiety is on, but I’d like to think that most days it fluctuates between crippling constant thoughts, heart palpitations and sweating to worrying and being able to distract myself. It depends really. It’s funny, I’m up right now because all that’s in my head is becoming an adult and going to college and everyone else seems to be handling it well enough. As a child, I thought I was normal, but I’ve had to hide my anxiety at times because school, and classmates and peers would look at me weird.

I struggle with really bad anxiety too i have all my life, i’m trying to not let it take over me, a big struggle for me is going to college but i motivate try motivate, and build up the strength to go, i’m here for all of u

watching this while staying home because i had a panic attack before school

anxiety is an awful thing, i'm literally 15 and i suffer with panic attacks almost daily.. sometimes i don't even know what i'm panicking about.

We are strong because even me I had my first panic attack at 11/11/2020 and my first anxiety 21/11/2022.......GOD LOVES US. AND everyone loves us EVEN THE MOTHER NATURE LOVES US.......AND THE ANIMALS TOO. AM HAPPY 😊and I know am not alone.

Anxiety will be, the death of me

I cry at night thinking about what could happen to me and my family just horrible thoughts spiralling from thinking I have a disease or my family have a disease

Anxiety happens when you think you have to figure out everything all at once

it is very hard. I try not to show my anxiety to the other people, but I cry from exhaustion from hopelesness and misery, asking myself why me and when does it end. I missed so many things and I try to convince myself everyday to not give up, that sth has to help eventually

People can get anxiety from relatives bullying you

That's how I felt as a teenager too. So ugly and not worth loving. I was pretty though. I was even voted the most beautiful girl in the year. Great how she can reflect on that. I couldn't do that back then. Wonderful to have Alex supporting her. An important video. Many young people are like you. At the time I thought I was the only one.

how lucky of her that found the right people 😢i have a lot of ahit in my mind, im 20, now it is all pilled up

As someone who has been diagnosed with anxiety by a doctor I can totally relate. Sometimes you get so damn scared about nothing and I stopped eating for days at a time because I would like puke it up every time because of it

Oh! My God! I was suffering with anxiety for 26 years

Install this words in your mind system. you can defeat anxiety easily.. "i don't fear the fear" "i commit loving myself and people around me" "this too shall pass" Relax.. Everything will be ok 😊.

May every person reading this lines have love, happiness and abundance in life.

Cams is useless and not fit for the purpose. Such a brave young lady 👏

It kind of makes me sad to think that others had their first at older ages. I think that's because I had my first panic attack at the age of 7 after dreaming that my dad was paralyzed and I was all alone. I only found out recently that the part about my father didn't happen in real life, I spent so many years thinking that it actually happened but that's just anxiety. 😢❤

Same thing happened to me with CAMHS

Hoping the video help me , currently having an anxiety attack

“Do not be anxious over anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication along with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God; and the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your mental powers”

For last 10 years or soi suffer with bad anxiety. Most days I will curl up in a ball and cry , I won't eat or sleep and I will be physically sick. Anxiety isn't fun with constant thoughts going through the mind.

Only 35 k views one year later. Do people really ignore such problems? I am a gen z and suffer from anxiety. It was a struggle to get through a uni, I was constantly overwhelmed. Nearly all my friends received treatment for depression or anxiety. It is just scary. You might say that people who are not diagnosed are healthy, but in my experience they develop a “denial mechanism”. So many times I heard “if I do not think about it, it does not exist”

Am I the only one or does she seem like a very bright, beautiful girl? What she is saying does not seem to be her. I understand that the self is much different the what the outside world sees. She really has a handle on what she is going through and has had some very good help. She can describe exactly what she was going through at the time and all the aliments she has. I wish the best for her and her mom.

I wonder if anxiety is contagious? I realize that I developed anxiety because of my super anxious family who have no understanding of boundaries. Mindfulness meditation has been helping me lately; a book I got is called "30 Days to Reduce Anxiety" by Harper Daniels. I need my quiet time each day to simply meditate and be.

I have found that generating the feelings of love is what is healing my depression. I’m sure it can work for you too!

❤❤❤ hard hard experience and horrible feeling

Been there, wish I had been diagnosed soonr

Bad feeling to feeling with anxiety

The problem is the system is buggered if your out in a unit if your still 60% not ok they ship you out and there isn’t really aftercare when you get to 18 the support just isn’t there. Spoke to people with Childreb who have recently turned 18.

People that have never experienced any anxiety disorder, can't commprehend what anxiety does to your mind and body. Where I live mental health is frowned upon,not important.:; like a physical disease. In, my case my family ,mostly my siblings think that I use it as apretext for not being able to do the same things they do . I hate anxiety it has ruined my life and my interactions with my siblings and friends; ( Sorry about my English)

I've lived with severe anxiety disorder for 18 years now

Has anyone experienced not being to speak because of it.? I've had it most my life and often clam up in many citations

I suffer with bad anxiety since 16 year old