What I don’t understand is why if her posts help so many people with anxiety and she has it in her bio so people can see what her account is about etc, why oh why doesn’t she then use her account to actually help more.
There’s so many ways in which depression and anxiety can be helped. I’ve suffered with both for the best part of 20 years, I take medication daily and one thing I’ve always been told is that whilst medication helps it also needs therapies to back them up. I suffered a full nervous breakdown about 14 years ago, I went through countless therapies one being CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) where I learnt how to deal with panic attacks and also a phobia I had of being sick. One of the main things I learned is that if you have a small panic attack somewhere then you have to stay there, let it ride over you, otherwise the next time you’re in that place or situation it’ll get worse till you can’t even go to that place or situation again. I’m not saying this is easy because it’s not! And I still flee sometimes now.
I’ve also recently had hypnotherapy which has been absolutely incredible, it’s released so much trauma from my past and has even cured my migraines.
A lot of us also know that exercise helps massively as does changes to diet etc. And like others have mentioned keeping your home tidy also helps although sometimes not easy at all but breaking it into small tasks helps.
She could use her platform to talk about these things, try these things and give feedback on them. Actually give people real ideas of how they could help themselves and therefore give them hope. All she’s actually doing is saying she has it and that’s it, you have to live with it. You do have to live with it but there’s so many ways that you can get help and may even get completely better. I no longer have my phobia of sickness, it’s gone completely. I do still suffer from panic attacks occasionally but I have the tools to deal with them. I’ll be on medication for life and that’s ok, I’ve tried to come off them many times and it always results in me becoming very very unwell so I’ve accepted I need them.
Please Aimee, if you’re going to use your supposed anxiety then use it in a positive way and actually help other people!
Sorry for the long post but I’m passionate about mental health