Anxiety can be a harsh reality for just about anyone anytime. For some people, it’s a constant thing in their lives. Yet people often dismiss it with comments that are harmful, comments that make the anxiety worse or the person feel inadequate and depressed. Casey Cark’s Huffpost article “The Rudest Things People Can Say To Someone with Anxiety” provides six things people say that are wounding: 1) It’s all in your head. Stop worrying so much. 2) Calm down. 3) At least you don’t have it as bad as…. 4) Just power through it. 5) You just need to sleep/exercise/pray more. 6) It’s not a big deal.
Words really do matter.