The Flapper and Generalized Anxiety Disorder
The Cleveland Clinic describes Generalized Anxiety Disorder as “a mental health condition that causes fear, a constant feeling of being overwhelmed, and excessive worry about everyday things.” This sums it up pretty perfectly, really. “So, you just worry about everything?” Well, yeah, pretty much… But it’s so much more complex than that. It’s a little difficult for me to describe to you what generalized anxiety disorder is truly like, because it’s something I have lived with my entire life. For most, it’d be like describing breathing to an alien life form. Do aliens breathe? Do they have lungs? Gills? I’m not up on this stuff. I guess the best way to describe it is to say that it’s an ever present sense of dread. Like I am always anticipating the worst. It is elevated at times, and the physical symptoms are worse in these cases. Shortness of breath, speeding heartrate, muscle tension, nausea, etc. But it doesn’t really end there. GAD can make you find a way to worry about anythi...
