I suffer from severe anxiety and I experience it everyday. Somedays are worse. It gets so bad, i start to feel depressed and hopeless. i start to distance myself from others in fear that they will either get sick of me, I feel that I'm a burden and I feel like they hate me. I feel this way often, even about my close friends. Sometimes I even feel like @gaga hates me and I can't even justify that. It's just now I feel. I know it sounds silly, especially to someone who doesn't understand or hasn't experienced it. It's so crushing to think that someone you care for so much might hate you or be annoyed with you or have any reason to resent you, even if you personally cannot think of one thing that would cause the person to feel that way at all. Your brain just creates a problem and you slowly distance yourself. I'm trying to hard not to do this to my friends, to @gaga or anyone else. My body aches as I make this post. My palms are sweating. My feet are cold but clammy. I am tense and kind of shivering. I feel nauseous and sick. I feel depressed, like I could cry. Sometimes I wish I could disappear. But I must be stronger than this illness. Sometimes you feel like you can't breathe. Your body aches. Your chest hurts. Your heart is beating fast. You feel like you may have a heart attack, stroke out or feel like you're suffocating. Your shaking. Your palms are sweating. Your mouth is dry. You feel hopeless. All the while, you have a smile on your face and appear to be feeling fabulous. No one knows. I found these images and they are probably the best way to explain anxiety accurately. I wanted to share them for those who have loved ones who have anxiety but doesn't understand. I hope these images will help you and maybe you can offer more empathy and support to them. I also wanted to share this with people who have anxiety, to show them that they're not alone. I also want to help them help their loved ones understand so they never have to feel so alienated again. I know now it feels. It hurts and sometimes it feels like you're trapped and you have no way out. You want to tell people or break free, go have a healthy social life or talk to certain people or approach an old friend... But something, this force... This curse... Anxiety, holds you back. We must fight and take our lives back!!!! Thank you for listening. I know I get in video and I have webcasts and I may appear to be fine but look closely. I'm tense. I'm having trouble speaking and I speak fast. I play with my hair and when I'm talking, I start at anything but the camera. I am trying to fight this and over come it and push myself to do these things that I never thought I could. Don't let it run your life. @mamag @xemma @gaga @monstermovement @btwfoundation #ARTPOPmessages #BoldImpact #BoldBravery #btwfoundation #MonsterMedics #MonsterMovement #monstersupport #anxiety #littlemonsters #ladygaga