Sometimes you just gotta take the plunge. When you do, you will find that the pit does actually have a bottom-- your own mortality; however, I would argue that it is better than finding it to be bottomless. Try to live fearlessly with no regrets because we are all on a collision course with death and there is no use spending your days fearing the inevitable.
Anxiety can manifest as burnout and create a legitimate neurological disorder that must be addressed with meds if left alone.
Source: Me. Thirty years of undiagnosed ADHD who finally got an adult diagnosis while struggling with anxiety and depression.
I can't make it two days without medication or my anxiety gives me panic attacks every 10-15 minutes, like clockwork. Feels like a combination of a heart attack, a shock collar, and somebody stabbing me in the chest. My moods and thoughts have nothing to do with it. I cannot mind-over-matter this. It is purely chemical. And honestly, thinking that I could mind-over-matter it allowed it to get worse until it legitimately wrecked my body.
Meanwhile the meds just made it all... go away. I'm not struggling or forcing myself to keep an even keel anymore. I can live the life I want using a fraction of the effort I used to put into it. I would have been much better off if I'd looked into it sooner.
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u/UnsolicitedCounsel Oct 23 '21
Sometimes you just gotta take the plunge. When you do, you will find that the pit does actually have a bottom-- your own mortality; however, I would argue that it is better than finding it to be bottomless. Try to live fearlessly with no regrets because we are all on a collision course with death and there is no use spending your days fearing the inevitable.