I get this. My first dealings with anxiety was through a friend. Seeing her have a full on attack was eye opening. She could hardly breathe, she was completely irrational and out of control. It was scary to watch. She suffered terribly. She kept it together for most people on the surface but I saw her inner turmoil through the constant texts, phone calls, emails, conversations.
I’m an anxious person and worry a lot but I don’t suffer from ‘anxiety’ on a daily basis. I have had what I consider to be real anxiety attacks five times that absolutely floored me. And they each had specific triggers. They lasted 2-4 weeks. But in between that I don’t think it’s anything more than daily worries. Compared to those 5 times, these worries are nothing at all and completely manageable. I have nothing but respect for people that suffer from it on a daily basis and still carry on.