Anxiety Isn’t Always Loud By: Anushka Bhatt

Anxiety Isn’t Always Loud

By: Anushka Bhatt II Mental health 

Some days, anxiety feels like a siren in your head.

Other days, it’s quiet. It’s the skipped meals. The group texts left on read. The sudden need to clean your whole room at 1 a.m. It’s saying “I’m fine” when your chest is buzzing like a broken speaker.

I used to think you had to be crying in a bathroom to call it anxiety. But now I know it’s more than panic attacks. It’s the tiny wars you fight in silence.

And that’s the thing: just because it’s silent doesn’t mean it isn’t real.
So speak it.
Or write it.
Or draw it.
Or scream it into a pillow.
Whatever gets it out.
You don’t have to earn help by breaking down.
You already deserve it.

Works Cited:
National Institute of Mental Health. “Anxiety Disorders.” NIMH.nih.gov, www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders.