Anxiety

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I have thought alot about anxiety lately, i see myself as a very toxic person, and anxiety is the biggest reason for that. Example: My dad smokes a lot due to stress among other things, I just visited him, and he told me he hadn't smoked for 2 days, and after like an hour, I was getting him depressed because of my depressive personality, so he went out and got a smoke. I keep telling myself that I'm the reason he smokes, and I start beating myself up for a lot of things, I've taken tons of tests on the internet and they all say I have anxiety, I truly believe this as well. I can get really shaky sometimes, and when I'm really anxious I start flapping my hands in public, and then people start believing that I'm mentally ill or something. I have a meet next week about my mental health, I will definitely bring up anxiety, I also suspect I have OCD, depression (not to the health level) and maybe ADD. But when I'm bringing up anxiety, I think my concentration problem comes from that instead. What do you guys think? I'm always thinking about my future, and I always manage to see the negative in things, I worry all the time, and I can stress out very easily, then I start pacing, rocking and other stims, (probably related to my Asperger's) and I definitely can't handle responsibility because then I become a stress pot.

There is medication you can take for anxiety and you can go see a doctor about it and they will prescribe you some pills.

Ugh, is there not any other way? I hate medication, pills suppress who I am.

Nevertheless, going to your doctor will give you more information about any possible condition you may have, so it's always a good place to start.

Will definatly do, thanks.

I have learned some effective grounding skills (the best way to describe these are distress tolerance skills, if you will) from when I was in a program for my anxiety and depression. If you want to know more, feel free to send me a private message