47 Interviews With People Struggling With Anxiety

We have interviewed 47 people who have struggled with anxiety. These stories are full of tips on how to overcome anxiety.

Most recent stories of people struggling with anxiety

My Story of Navigating Noise-Induced PTSD and Recovering With EMDR Therapy

My Story of Navigating Noise-Induced PTSD and Recovering With EMDR Therapy

September 26, 2023
Helped by: Social support, Therapy
My Self-Improvement Journey From Stress and PMDD to Happiness and Fulfillment

My Self-Improvement Journey From Stress and PMDD to Happiness and Fulfillment

September 23, 2023
Helped by: Journaling, Mindfulness, Self-improvement, Therapy
Navigating Depressive Episodes With Social Support, Therapy, and Perseverance

Navigating Depressive Episodes With Social Support, Therapy, and Perseverance

September 19, 2023
Helped by: Medication, Social support, Therapy

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Are you struggling with anxiety?

I’ve interviewed 47 people struggling with anxiety, and here are the top 5 most mentioned tips that helped these people overcome anxiety:

  1. Therapy (27 people helped)
  2. Self-Care (18 people helped)
  3. Self-improvement (16 people helped)
  4. Social support (15 people helped)
  5. Medication (11 people helped)

In our many years of publishing helpful mental health content, we always received questions from our readers about specific situations. While we have a lot of helpful tips to share on how to be happier, we simply can’t offer advice for every situation.

That’s why I've set out to interview folks with every type of mental health struggle. My job as an interviewer is to categorize these interviews and present them in a way that is most helpful to our readers.

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My Story of Navigating Noise-Induced PTSD and Recovering With EMDR Therapy

"I realized the feeling of never being seen, never having someone at school ask or mention how not okay I was, and the sheer invisibility I felt had to be addressed. I went back for more EMDR and was able to resolve that pretty quickly as well. Because that was a more complex and subtle trauma, it took a few months longer, but definitely less than a year."

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Panic attacks
PTSD

Helped by:

Therapy

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Navigating Depressive Episodes With Social Support, Therapy, and Perseverance

"When I got home, I was burnt out and severely depressed. I couldn’t get out of bed for a long time. My fiance took me for walks, helped me bathe, and brought me bland foods. With the help of my psychiatrist and therapist, I was able to get on a course of therapy and medication that finally helped to bring me out of my major depressive episode. I wasn’t truly fully functional again until some time in 2011."

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Childhood
Depression
PTSD

Helped by:
Medication

Therapy

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How the 12-Step Program and Therapy Helped Me Deal With Addiction, Depression & ADHD

"I met my future husband when I was 26 but I never felt truly connected to him. I felt just as invisible to him as I did to everyone else. When we decided we wanted to have children, by some miracle, I was able to abstain from drinking just before and during my pregnancy. I coped by being very controlling, a shopaholic, and a workaholic. The twins were born when I was 31 and postpartum depression led me back to the only solution I thought I had: drinking"

Struggled with:
Addiction
ADHD
Anxiety
Depression
Panic attacks
Suicidal

Helped by:
Rehab
Reinventing yourself
Self-Care

Therapy
Treatment

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Successfully Battling Depression and Tragedy Upon Tragedy to Find Happiness

"The pregnancy ended up being even more high risk than my prior ones and I was placed in the hospital for six weeks. Depression and anxiety returned as my young daughter bounced between family and friends during my absence. I missed her terribly and my body ached without her presence, but I pushed forward knowing that each day I stayed pregnant brought us one day closer to our baby."

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Childhood
Depression
Grief
Panic attacks
Suicidal

Helped by:
Reinventing yourself
Self-improvement
Therapy
Treatment

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How I Overcame Persistent Fears & Anxiety With EMDR Therapy and Closeness to Christ

"No matter how much I’d accomplished, because my life wasn't excelling at the rate that I desired it to, I believed something was wrong with me. I would compare myself to others, and do things I wasn't interested in or enjoyed, just to be accepted, and in doing so I lost my identity and my ability to be my true authentic self."

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Panic attacks
Stress

Helped by:
Religion
Self-Care

Therapy

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Navigating Baby Blues and Depression in My Postpartum Journey and Breaking the Stigma

"I was in a fog, so confused, and felt all over the place. I had to relearn myself when to anticipate these challenges occurring and plan for prevention, do more outreach for support and be really open with my partner about all of the above. This is really difficult to do all while trying to figure out what’s going on with your body and brain, and a new human to care for."

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Depression
Grief
Postpartum depression

Helped by:
Journaling
Self-Care