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I write a lot about anxiety disease and because I do, I receive quite a few messages privately, via my inbox about other’s personal journeys with this disease.
The first few times I wrote about Anxiety Disease I was scared to share my personal story with others who do not know me personally. There is still a stigma attached to the disease and many people believe they are weak in nature. People with Anxiety Disease beat themselves up more than 100 people could at one time. It’s a shame that having a real illness is still not seen as such by some.
The Reason There Is a Stigma Attached to Anxiety Disease
The answer is quite simple, there is a stigma attached because it’s classified as a mental disorder. The term Mental Disorder (for those who are uneducated about Mental Illness) or even those who don’t want to accept a ‘brain illness’ may cause others to feel as though the individual affected is either a hypochondriac, crazy, or attention seeking. The brain is one of the most vital organs in the body and the least understood. We need Professionals to bring more awareness to the fact that Anxiety Disease is not something a person has control over. To be clear, anyone with the ‘classification’ of Mental Illness has no control over their symptoms.
