Comments on: I Wonder if Anxiety is Contagious?

By: Angela Szazynski

Angela Szazynski — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:59:43 +0000

Lets always be transparent…

Always real…

Only then will we have genuine relationships with each other….

By: jane

jane — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:05:02 +0000

I like your analogy! The anxiety closet has a nice ring to it.

By: Anxiety Attack Survivor

Anxiety Attack Survivor — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:48:47 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I think admitting to friends/family/co-workers about our anxiety and stress gets them to admit similar issues. It’s like some kind of ‘dark secret’ with most people but obviously more common than you would think. When I emerged from the anxiety closet I had friends coming out of the woodwork after me.

By: jane

jane — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:48:40 +0000

Yes, I know what you mean, I can find myselt getting all absorbed and worried about someone, and then when I check in later find that they are fine, and I am the one who has been loosing sleep! I especially do this in regards to my daughter.

I think it is hard for people to understand anxiety if they haven’t experienced it themselves. I do have friends who experience anxiety in one form or another, and it is nice to have people around who know how you are feeling and are non judgemental.

By: Summer

Summer — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:03:07 +0000

I find that I “catch” anxiety from other people’s stresses. In other words I get anxious about other people’s worries even if none of it really effects me. If those around me are having family troubles or those that I work with are stressed out, then I am the one that gets anxious. Unfortunately my friends and family that know I have anxiety don’t have a clue as to how I feel.