Growing Up Anxious | The Signs

In this video, MedCircle host, Kyle Kittleson, and triple board certified neuropsychologist, Dr. Judy Ho, explain the six signs to look for with someone who grew up with anxiety.The first step in conquering anxiety is understanding the signs someone grew up with anxiety.

Topic:
00:00 Intro
00:56 Environmental signs & causes
01:46 Hereditary signs & causes
02:12 Behavioral signs
04:25 Emotional signs
05:35 Neurological signs
08:14 Physical signs
10:42 Phobias vs anxiety
11:59 Phobias in teens vs kids
12:37 Anxiety in teens vs kids
14:09 How to watch the rest

#anxiety #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #childhood #medcircle

[notyayo]

This makes me wish I could hug my child self, tell her she's going to be okay and to speak up about my feelings. that I wasn't alone

[SuperMiniHearts]

The more I learn, the more I realize how many parents weren’t ready to be parents and don’t understand the actual work and knowledge it takes to healthily raise a child. It’s also super sad and frustrating to realize the ways I was wrongfully raised, but at last now I know the roots and can go from there🤷🏽‍♀️

[aziraphaleluvr]

I remember being 8 years old and having to hide in the playground because of how badly i wanted to throw up right before school started, anxiety is trully terrifying and paralyzing. I am now 21 years old and my therapist told me I'm ready and done with therapy until the next stage of my life!! I'm honestly so proud of myself and how far I've come. Truly didn't think I'd get to the point where she'd tell me that I'm ready and that she's incredibly proud

[TheTruthHurts]

Wow... Her first words in the video really hits home. I vividly remember crying as a child and my mom or dad would always get upset and yell at me to stop. I learned to hide my unpleasant feelings and now whenever I try to express myself when I'm emotionally stressed, I start crying and can't stop so i would rather avoid any unpleasant situations.

[MNJGaGa]

Anxiety can ruin everything in your life. It took a lot of time for me to understand I had anxiety, now what helps me the most is self-awareness.

[lalakuma]

When I was a teenager I would wake up every morning in panic because I had to go to school. But I don't think I ever faked being sick, because I was conditioned to feel afraid and ashamed of avoiding responsibilities. I had good grades and felt obliged to do extra activities because I was constantly afraid of the consequences of not doing well at school. I also liked being alone because I felt tired having to deal with people at school and at home that didn't understand me. But of course it eventually got so bad that I often couldn't get out of bed during college.

[michelleeggers]

Anxiety really sucks when your parents do not care about your feelings. Mine were only interested in the fact that you have a roof over your head, shoes on your feet etc.
If they thought it would toughen me up, they were wrong...

[ottymatir]

My anxiety goes on a scale of “i don’t feel my best today” to full-on depression. There’s days where it’s harder to smile and joke around because i keep obsessing over little things like “why is she laughing? is she laughing at me? i’m being paranoid but i can’t stop”. Then there’s days where I can’t even get out of bed, straight up mental breakdown, everyone hates me, I’ll die alone, why even bother living at this point, I don’t even have enough strength to take a shower, i’m pathetic, blah blah blah. And of course there’s no one to talk to cuz who cares about a possible anxiety disorder? There’s worse.

Edit (2): Hello, thank you for keeping up with the mess. How are y’all doing? Hope better than me. The depression has gotten better but my anxiety comes and goes constantly, I have a lot of toxicity my life that i need to get rid of. Planning on getting a therapist around February, before things start to go down again. But don’t worry I’m definitely not as bad as i was when i wrote this comment! Life goes on, this is just temporary, remember it. Take care of yourself.

[LittleMissSkelling]

Growing up I always told I was just a ‘shy’ child. Even though, growing up I always felt I was different to everyone else and something was wrong with me. It was only till I got older and mental health was made more aware I became aware of my own anxiety.

[katrinkasanfranciscobayare]

"The loneliest people are the kindest,
the saddest people smile the brightest,
and the most damaged people are the wisest.
All because they don't wish to see others suffer like they do"
~ anonymous ~

[cvqg]

I was seeing a lot of therapist as a child. They always said I was fine and should just try to not be so dramatic about everything. When I was 16 my neighbour told my mom he thinks I could be haveing an anxiety disorder and maybe be autistic. We went to a specialist and got my diagnosed with both. It really helped the people around me understand me better.

[Ranaluv]

I was punished for ever being “angry” or “upset”. I’ve had anxiety since I can remember. This video makes so much sense.

[jordanrayne]

My mom never told me that i couldn't have negative feelings but she sure as fuck made it feel that way. If i cried it was "oh you don't have a reason to cry, IM THE ONE WHO WANTS TO CRY." i couldn't express anger or stress, i couldn't ask them to leave me alone for a while. It was always "stop acting like a brat" or "don't take that attitude with me."

[sarawawa]

I wouldn’t just “say” I felt sick. Anxiety would make me actually, physically ill. Not eating for days, stomach in pain, nausea, headaches, etc. It wasn’t in my head, it was in my whole body. I wasn’t lying about how I felt.

[Bunefoo]

One of the worst things you can say to someone experiencing anxiety is … “Just don’t think about it”
Geezus !!! If only it were that simple. Makes you feel like a failure because you can’t STOP thinking about it
VERY helpful and informative video. Thank you for sharing

[MalonsMilk]

I would say that I have an avoidance issue so that I can side step anxiety. I get anxiety when I feel that I have a lack of control. When I used to ask for help often I would get snapped at, laughed at or derided so to avoid that feeling I would never tell anyone what I was struggling with. My idea of hell would be for people to notice me and allowing them the opportunity to pick out what’s wrong with me. This doesn’t mean I’m unhappy though and can’t function but self doubt is constant and wanting to appear perfect and blend in is what I’m always trying to achieve.

[franknutson]

Anxiety attacks can go beyond the pulsing heart, sweating head to toe and just general feeling like you want to crawl out of your skin. Unfortunately they can end up with your bowel deciding to evacuate. It the worst thing when it gets that bad.

[Ciela]

I notice that she said kids with anxiety "say" they don't feel well in order to stay home with their primary caregiver, as if they're telling a fib, but in my experience, I would say I didn't feel well because I didn't know how to describe or manage my anxiety symptoms (or that they WERE anxiety symptoms). If someone sat me down and had an honest conversation about what was going on with me, I think it would have changed everything. Communication is key!

[davidk.]

I can relate to this a lot, as a man, 60 years old, I have been with anxiety as far back I can remember, thanks

[elevenoutof]

I've been anxious my whole life and I always wish that someone had intervened and helped me deal with it as a kid. It would have saved a whole lot of suffering.
I honestly mourn for the life I could've had if someone had just supported me and helped me navigate my anxiety.