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Can someone explain something to me about tumblr? I always see all these posts about *muh anxiety* and practically daily posts about anxiety attacks or panic attacks and it just comes off like they claim those things so everyone has to be nice to them or those attacks make them special. And I've gone to school with people who act like that, having fake bitch "anxiety" and I'd never actually seen any of them have an attack, it's more like they're feelings get hurt or they're embarassed and they call it an attack.

And it just really pisses me off, as someone who's strugled with anxiety most of their life. Like, I don't want anyone to know about that shit why would you broadcast it? It's nothing to brag about, it doesn't make you feel special, it's a horrible terrible feeling and you don't want anyone to know about it really. And then I see posts about shit like "oh compliment them, call them a starry galaxy when they're having an attack." No fuck you if I'm having an attack you better gtfo and leave me alone until I say otherwise. Some of the lowest points in my life are what I feel when I have an anxiety attack, and the aftermath just leaves you feeling like a piece of shit. And these kids practically glorify it, using panic attacks and shit as a way to get attention and a reason for you to treat them with kids gloves. How the hell is this such a common thing on tumblr?