hundondestiny:

thatpettyblackgirl:

if your gf/bf has anxiety u need to be fuckin patient lmao don’t freak out on them because it’ll make it so much worse

Also just a reminder that anxiety doesn’t always present as a rocking-in-the-corner-uncontrollably-crying episode of paranoia or despair, it can also present as:

• Agitation or short temper, lack of patience
• Insomnia
• Upset stomach
• Repetitive motions, redoing things you’ve already done, obsessing over specific things
• Physical tenseness (back and shoulder pains are VERY common)
• Feelings of physical weakness and exhaustion

P l e a s e  take the time to understand how your partners experiences anxiety and do some homework on how you can best help them. While we have a responsibility to communicate our needs, it is so massively helpful and comforting when our partners put effort in to understand us and understand how they can effectively assist us in episodes when we might not be able to clearly convey our needs in the moment.

Oh, by the way, all of those except the obsession can also be symptoms of various blood pressure problems. It’s worth looking up “poor man’s tilt table test” and checking your related person, all you need is a blood pressure cuff and like 15 minutes. Basically you lay down for a bit and see if your blood pressure does anything, then stand up, hold still, and check your blood pressure every few minutes to see if it does anything new.