I not saying I avoid stuff that causes anxiety that i need to do, just that people in my life don’t understand that I still feel anxious and awful after completing a task. My mom always goes ‘you should feel accomplished and better now that it’s over’. No I don’t and she can’t wrap her head around it. What I mean by handling it Is I have a support system and focus on breathing and other techniques to get myself through the tough times. I still do things that make me anxious, just with certain ‘tools’ that people without anxiety wouldn’t need and it took me a few years to figure out what works for me.

Eh I know how to handle my anxiety, decades of therapy and stuff. I am a fully functional adult living on my own and successful in my (kinda stressful ) career. I was just saying this is one part of my anxiety people in my life don’t get.

This is something my friends and family struggle to understand about me. I don’t feel better and accomplished after I face something that makes me anxious. The feeling lingers and it doesn’t feel good. I really do feel better mentally when I avoid situations that cause anxiety.