hey anon, 

everyone’s going to experience and have different symptoms of GAD. how my GAD acts isn’t necessarily going to be how yours acts. my GAD is complicated by my bipolar disorder, my adhd, and my PTSD. yours might be complicated by other disorders which is why you find you can’t relate to other situations like people around you can. 

you can’t compare how your disorder makes you feel to other people’s disorders when theirs too is going to be experienced differently due to their life circumstances. by trying to force yourself to try to relate to very specific posts you’re doing yourself a disservice. i’m not encouraging you to not engage with the community of other people with GAD but please keep in mind that all mental illnesses are going to be experienced differently based on the other disorders coexisting with them or just people’s general environments. someone living in rural california will have a different experience than someone living in an urban midwestern city even if they have the same disorder. that doesn’t even get into their family situation, their racial concerns, their sexuality/gender concerns, and all the other things that go into making those people’s lives different.

you are you and your disorder was diagnosed based on meeting a set of criteria that your therapist felt that you did. maybe you’ll find that you also have another disorder in addition to them, or maybe you have life situations that impact your GAD to make it work differently than others. that doesn’t make you any less or more valid. 

i hope this helps, 

hey anon, 

i’m actually going to link you some resources from @mentalillnessmouse‘s helpful resources page as i think these might be able to help you out a lot! 

Interactive websites

Mood Gym is an interactive website that allows you to learn cognitive behaviour therapy skills for preventing and coping with depression. The techniques can additionally be applied to a range of mental health issues.

Facing us The Facing Us Clubhouse is a program brought to you by The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA). The website contains options to create a journal and wellness plan. In addition to great resources such as a wellness tracker (similar to a mood diary) and general tips.

Superbetter Superbetter is an interactive way to focus on recovery from pretty much anything. It was created by a video game designer when she was recovering from a traumatic brain injury and can be used to help with recovering from various mental or physical health issues.

Moodscope is a website with tools that help to track your mood.

You Feel Like Shit – An Interactive Self Care Guide is a website that will take you through steps to feeling okay during times when you don’t feel well.

but yes please, do keep sending supplies and resources and if anyone can remind me of donation links feel free to send those in as well via the submit. 

guy it’s like 1am so i’m just going to say i get what you’re saying but if you knew me you’d know that i already complain about that in published novels 

what i’m specifically talking about is people placing a higher value on fanfiction because again 

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THOSE SERIES IN THE FIRST PLACE IF NOT THROUGH READING A BOOK more likely than not or something that was based on a book! 

and i could go on and on about this devaluation process and how additionally there is legit no profits to be gained from writing fanfiction which again i have complained about in depth a lot on a regular basis like….

iunno i just am tired and i don’t want you to think i’m like yelling at you but at this culture that is devaluing the written words and while doing that wants to consume fanfics WITHOUT supporting the writers and while i’m never gonna wanna be paid for writing fanfics (p sure that’s illegal) i also am like ‘???’ in general about this whole ‘writing for free’ thing that fanfiction encourages which…is getting off topic 

tldr; yes it’s an oversimplification but oh my god it’s 1am what do you expect from me i hope it’s not something more than complaining 

lwhat's your name b.o.b so they calling you bob?"

tendou “the map” satori