Current Events > I just learned that a LOT of women I work with have anxiety issues

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And they take medication for it. Like wow that must totally fucking suck. I'm thankful I don't have to take any medicine. I'm quite curious what causes anxiety issues so harshly that people need to take a pill for. Please educate me.
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Being wise enough to realize life can all change in an instant that you can't control or even worse bring it on yourself accidentally.
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Maybe if you took pills you wouldn't shit post as much
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Most women these days take antidepressants
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I only read the topic title, but EVERY woman is extremely insecure about her appearance or whether or not she is desirable. ESPECIALLY the most attractive ones.
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I take anxiety and depression medication.
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King_Rasty posted...

I only read the topic title, but EVERY woman is extremely insecure about her appearance or whether or not she is desirable. ESPECIALLY the most attractive ones.

WTF... but dudes be hollering at them none stop.
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Damn_Underscore posted...

Most people these days take antidepressants

Fixed
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Veggeta X posted...

King_Rasty posted...

I only read the topic title, but EVERY woman is extremely insecure about her appearance or whether or not she is desirable. ESPECIALLY the most attractive ones.

WTF... but dudes be hollering at them none stop.

Attractive women constantly want validation
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King_Rasty posted...

ESPECIALLY the most attractive ones.

I really doubt that. There are definitely girls that know how attractive they are and who is in their league. Why else do you think there are way more hot girls that post selfies and bikini pics than ugly girls? Would you think you were unattractive if you had girls lining up to talk to you? How about if you literally made a living based off how you look?

Even if they are insecure, they get over-validated instantly, so it hardly ever matters. Especially with the internet.

If anything, I feel like attractive girls would be insecure because of their looks, thinking that's the only way they are worthy. But then again, they will have 100s of guys claiming they are the most special thing ever, both genuinely and ingenuinely, so that also hardly ever matters.

I think people just want to know that attractive women are on an even playing field to feel better about themselves, but it's pretty obvious that they have an advantage and they know it.

It's kind of like when people say "money doesn't buy happiness" as an attempt to bring down rich people to their level. Sure, it doesn't, but being rich sure as fuck helps. It's a huge advantage.
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WTF @ women
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@Sayoria @Asherlee10 @Harpie your opinions please?
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Veggeta X posted...

And they take medication for it. Like wow that must totally fucking suck. I'm thankful I don't have to take any medicine. I'm quite curious what causes anxiety issues so harshly that people need to take a pill for. Please educate me.

trying to impress real vegy and fear of failure

I mean he is so dreamy

not you though
this guy @ssj3vegeta2
@Vegy
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I don't have experience in anxiety. Not much I can say.
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Sayoria posted...

I don't have experience in anxiety. Not much I can say.

How old are you? Took me until about 19 to start. However mine was brought on by circumstances most wouldn't have
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Well they work with you after all.
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Verdekal posted...

Well they work with you after all.

Mods please lock this topic
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Are they liberals?
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

Sayoria posted...

I don't have experience in anxiety. Not much I can say.

How old are you? Took me until about 19 to start. However mine was brought on by circumstances most wouldn't have

30.
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Sayoria posted...

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Sayoria posted...

I don't have experience in anxiety. Not much I can say.

How old are you? Took me until about 19 to start. However mine was brought on by circumstances most wouldn't have

30.

Congrats. I have never met a 30 year old who doesn't deal with some sort of anxiety. Can't say I don't envy you.
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Veggeta X posted...

Verdekal posted...

Well they work with you after all.

Mods please lock this topic

lock it yourself nerd
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darkphoenix181 posted...

Veggeta X posted...

Verdekal posted...

Well they work with you after all.

Mods please lock this topic

lock it yourself nerd

It's a meme
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

Sayoria posted...

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Sayoria posted...

I don't have experience in anxiety. Not much I can say.

How old are you? Took me until about 19 to start. However mine was brought on by circumstances most wouldn't have

30.

Congrats. I have never met a 30 year old who doesn't deal with some sort of anxiety. Can't say I don't envy you.

Well, I mean. Don't get me wrong. I kinda do when it comes to actually talking to new people. I sort of blame that on being trans though. If I wasn't, I'd be so great with all this.
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Doesn't surprise me. Lots of other women I know take medication for various things - and likely many men would too if they saw anyone about their various issues.
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Sayoria posted...

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Sayoria posted...

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Sayoria posted...

I don't have experience in anxiety. Not much I can say.

How old are you? Took me until about 19 to start. However mine was brought on by circumstances most wouldn't have

30.

Congrats. I have never met a 30 year old who doesn't deal with some sort of anxiety. Can't say I don't envy you.

Well, I mean. Don't get me wrong. I kinda do when it comes to actually talking to new people. I sort of blame that on being trans though. If I wasn't, I'd be so great with all this.

Eh. If it wasn't that you'd find another reason. Like how I blame my insecurities of my teeth on my social anxiety. Yours might make a lil more sense than mine but it would probably be part of our personalties regardless. Plus I think almost everyone has some type of anxiousness when meeting new people. We all wonder how we come off when someone doesn't know our intentions. We get comfortable when we are able to think "This person knows me so even if I say something wild they'd know my intentions are good"
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No, like seriously. I am pretty extroverted. I hate it. There's so many times I want to talk to people but I hold back because I expect a "Uhh.....trans. Eww"

It's all the trans stuff. All of it.
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Lots of young people in general have anxiety issues these days. Women are statistically more likely to seek help for their mental issues.
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Sayoria posted...

No, like seriously. I am pretty extroverted. I hate it. There's so many times I want to talk to people but I hold back because I expect a "Uhh.....trans. Eww"

It's all the trans stuff. All of it.

Ok. You'd know. I can only theorize from my position. Thanks for the insight
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Master Kazuya posted...

King_Rasty posted...

ESPECIALLY the most attractive ones.

If anything, I feel like attractive girls would be insecure because of their looks, thinking that's the only way they are worthy. But then again, they will have 100s of guys claiming they are the most special thing ever, both genuinely and ingenuinely, so that also hardly ever matters.

I think people just want to know that attractive women are on an even playing field to feel better about themselves, but it's pretty obvious that they have an advantage and they know it.

Completely false. Every single woman I've ever met has at lease some kind of body issue. Attractive women don't feel attractive. They post their bodies on social media because the attention and words temporarily make them feel better, but in the long term have no effect on how they feel about their bodies. It's really strange but it's just how a lot of women think

Asherlee10 posted...

Anecdotally, I notice that people that have really bad anxiety seem to have grown up in a stressful or tense household, but I have no evidence to suggest that is actually true.

I think it's true for most cases. Some people have an underlying predisposition for anxiety, and extreme stress can bring it out as a sort of defense mechanism. It's how my anxiety came out at least.
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Also I found this article pretty interesting

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/article/why-being-a-woman-puts-you-at-greater-risk-of-having-anxiety.html

“Women are about twice as likely as men to develop [an anxiety disorder], and women’s illnesses generally last longer, have more severe symptoms, and are more disabling. Anxious women are also more likely to develop an additional anxiety disorder, an eating disorder, or depression. In general, women ruminate more than men.”

"...there’s some evidence that hormonal factors come into play, that women’s fluctuating levels of estrogen may contribute — but the most interesting and most robust science is looking at the social factors, how little boys and little girls are raised and the differences there, and how those contribute to the greater risk for women to later develop anxiety disorders. So there’s a whole body of dispiriting research showing how boys are much more likely to be encouraged to be independent, to be assertive, where girls are much more likely to be dissuaded from that behavior."

There's a researcher in Canada who was looking at the injury rates between boys and girls; boys, by toddlerhood, are two to four times more likely to be injured than girls are, and their injuries tend to be more serious, and she was trying to uncover what was behind that. She was actually on maternity leave with her oldest son and spent a lot of time on playgrounds, and what she saw was this really striking difference in how boys and girls are encouraged, or not encouraged, to deal with risk. So she did a series of studies with little boys and girls on a playground, and she had parents teach their kids to slide down a pole like you'd see at a firehouse. And what she found is that boys were much more likely to be encouraged to be independent, while girls were much more likely to be cautioned about safety, about danger. Even though boys and girls had the same skill level, both boys and girls were equally adept at actually using the equipment the way parents treated them was very different, to the point where even when boys actually asked for help, parents said no. A couple of boys tumbled to the ground off this fire-station pole because they couldn%u2019t do it without assistance, and they were left on their own.

"[Another] study had young children who were told to make a world out of these sand toys with their parents. And what they found is, parents were much more likely to praise their sons when they were being assertive or independent, when they were telling their parents where to put a toy or directing the play. But when girls did that, parents were much more likely to talk over their children, ignore them, or dissuade what they were saying. So the message that sends is that you don%u2019t have control over your experience, over your world."
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

Congrats. I have never met a 30 year old who doesn't deal with some sort of anxiety. Can't say I don't envy you.

It must be nice.
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You probably caused them
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:(
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darkphoenix181 posted...

Veggeta X posted...

And they take medication for it. Like wow that must totally fucking suck. I'm thankful I don't have to take any medicine. I'm quite curious what causes anxiety issues so harshly that people need to take a pill for. Please educate me.

trying to impress real vegy and fear of failure

I mean he is so dreamy

not you though
this guy @ssj3vegeta2
@Vegy

dey have nothing to worry about, approach me baes
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i'm fairly close with four women, and I know two of them who take medicine for their anxiety
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