However, this logic has completely evaded me at times, causing me to lash out.ĭuring my more anxious times, a misplaced word or look can feel loaded with intent and can send me into a panicked cycle of fear and paranoia.
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For the most part, I do not judge people who do not know how to treat people with mental health problems. This is to be expected in a society where mental health still isn’t spoken about enough ( What Is Stigma?). They might even actively avoid participating in conversation with you. They will shift uncomfortably in their seats and shoot each other awkward, embarrassed looks.
Other people will not know how to react around you. Sometimes people will treat you very gently as if they are worried you might explode at any given moment. It isn’t always just the out and out nastiness that can hurt. This has led to me feeling hopelessly cut adrift from other people. I have had to deal with people treating me “differently” to how they might treat a person in good mental health. This has been incredibly constricting and, at times, has narrowed my life and my thoughts considerably. I have gone through phases of being extremely agoraphobic, to the point where even dashing to the corner shop felt like a terrible ordeal. Anxiety Makes You Say Mean Things Out of Fear and FrustrationĪnxiety and depression can bring about strong feelings of fear, frustration and anguish and this can lead to misunderstandings. I have found that the best way to prevent these outbursts is to figure out where they are coming from and what triggers them. Although it is, of course, important to acknowledge when we have wronged others, it is also important to make peace with ourselves and to move on. I have felt a profound sense of guilt due to this, and a great feeling of despair that I may well never find closure or a release for this guilt.
I have overreacted to situations and have ended up insulting people beyond what was necessary with my words and actions.įor a long time, I wondered if these outbursts have revealed a crueller side of my personality, a side that I can usually suppress when in better health. I have made comments about other people’s intelligence and appearance that horrify me upon reflection. I have used words that I would otherwise abhore and be greatly offended by. However, there has been times in my life when I have had much less control and have said things, nasty things, during times of intense anxiety and depression, that I deeply regret. I am on a medication dosage that suits me, have received counselling and cognitive behaviour therapy and have an all around good grasp on my physical and mental wellbeing. Saying Mean Things Due to Anxiety Leads to RegretĪt the time of writing, I have, touch wood, a tight reign on my mental health. But I have said mean things when anxiety got the better of me. I do not think that I have ever intended to hurt anybody or that I have ever taken pleasure in another person’s unhappiness. I cannot bear to hear stories of loneliness and abandonment. I do care deeply about people and feel a great sadness when learning about other people’s unhappiness and disappointments. As far as I know myself, this isn’t just appearances. Indeed, I would go as far to say that my “niceness” is often viewed as a defining characteristic to my closest friends. Anxiety can make us say mean things, regrettably, no matter how nice we are.
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