#chroniclesofanxiety

[hironospoon]

Chronicles of Anxiety - Perception

Last one for a while...need to step back and also draw other things to get used to drawing digitally.

As one counselor has said, people generally don’t put as much attention on you as you think they might, so all those worries about how other perceive you are only constructs of your mind. Doesn’t mean they’re not real, doesn’t mean they can’t be overwhelming, but it means that you can overcome them.

[hironospoon]

Chronicles of Anxiety - Everybody Gets It

What sometimes bug me is when people try to tell you that what you’re feeling is just normal because everybody gets anxious in various situations. Despite their good intentions (or sometimes indifference), it doesn’t help. I’m not saying it’s always a life-threatening situation, in fact it could be rather commonplace, and I’m certainly not the only one who experience it. But that downplays the effect it has on people, who has it chronically - who can’t talk to people, whose social lives and relationships are impacted by it. The solution is not to tell people to “get over it” because “everybody gets it.” Rather, it takes positive experience to break out of the negative thoughts cycle. Commonplace =/= It’s Ok

[hironospoon]

Chronicles of Anxiety - Crowds

As a person who feels extremely nervous about most everything, meeting strangers, being in a room full of new/unknown people, is probably one of the scariest and most stressful things. I can’t stop ruminating about what to say or how to behave, or if this or that would offend/please somebody. Even as I recognize it being unnecessary thoughts, it doesn’t really stop it from overflowing and making me clamp shut and become more like an android.

I decided to start a comic-like series just to vent out all those hyper emotions. Will continue to post more.