83 Interviews With People Struggling With Anxiety

We have interviewed 83 people who have struggled with anxiety. These stories are full of tips on how to overcome anxiety.

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April 18, 2024

Helped by: Medication, Self-improvement, Therapy, Treatment

How I Found My Self-Worth After Battling Chronic Pain, Anxiety and Panic Attacks

April 16, 2024

Helped by: Medication, Self-Care, Self-improvement, Therapy

How a Mindset Change Helped Me Break Free From Childhood Trauma and Toxicity

April 11, 2024

Helped by: Mindfulness, Reinventing yourself, Self-improvement, Therapy

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I’ve interviewed 83 people struggling with anxiety, and here are the top 5 most mentioned tips that helped these people overcome anxiety:

Therapy (54 people helped)
Self-improvement (44 people helped)
Self-Care (30 people helped)
Social support (28 people helped)
Medication (23 people helped)

The data from our 83 interviews

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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Case studies

April 13, 2023

Therapy and Self-Care Helped me Overcome Postpartum Depression

“The depression has drained a part of my life that I will never get back. I can’t seem to not see the dark side of things even when I’m fully happy – I feel like it won’t last. I hid it – until the depression manifested itself into an eating disorder. I got very thin, then people started to worry. My parents pushed me into doing therapy as they were very worried about my health.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Depression
Eating disorder
Postpartum depression

Helped by:
Meditation
Self-Care
Therapy

Case studies

April 11, 2023

Treatment Saved me From Postpartum Depression and Panic Attacks

“This was a different breed of anxiety. It took me down. I had never experienced suicidal ideation before. I am a fighter and have always been so proud of my resilience, but this was a whole different ball game. Resilience is no match for suicidal ideation.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Panic attacks
Postpartum depression
Suicidal

Helped by:
Social support
Treatment

Case studies

April 4, 2023

How Running and Medication Helped me Conquer Depression and Anxiety

“For months, no one knew I was struggling. I’ve always been a high performer, so I didn’t want to be vulnerable. Eventually, my husband noticed and I had to open up for the sake of our marriage.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Depression

Helped by:
Medication
Therapy

Case studies

March 29, 2023

How My Career Caused Depression and Anxiety, and How I’ve Overcome it

“The pressure I placed on myself only compounded my emotions. I was afraid to tell other people outwardly. I dropped hints to people in hopes someone would just ask because the humiliation of opening up felt too heavy a burden.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Depression

Helped by:
Reinventing yourself
Social support

Case studies

March 21, 2023

How I Managed to Overcome My Struggle With Anorexia

“We were going to “take it easy” and eat around 800 to 1200 calories a day to get started. That did not work for me. I wanted to be “the best” at this diet. I would start at 800 calories a day, then think “well, why not 500? Why not 400? Why not 300?” until I was eating nothing every day.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Eating disorder

Helped by:
Therapy

Case studies

March 16, 2023

These Good Decisions Helped Me Overcome Depression and Suicidal Thoughts

“Because I wasn’t using solid evidence to understand my situation; I was just using my own thoughts and feelings, which were terribly limited. I mean, one person cannot possibly know all there is to know in order to make sense of themselves or the world. Life is simply too complex for that.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Depression
Suicidal

Helped by:
Reinventing yourself
Self-Care

Case studies

March 12, 2023

How Religion and Exercising Helped Me Grow From my First Breakup

“I started to experience an anxiety disorder, an eating disorder (I lost around 10 kg), depression, trust issues, and other mental problems as well. I was becoming this person that I didn’t recognize anymore, all while drifting away from being the person I wanted to be.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Breakup
Eating disorder

Helped by:
Exercise
Religion

Case studies

March 10, 2023

How Running Helped me Overcome Anxiety and Panic Attacks

“I remember collapsing in the stairwell and I thought I was having a heart attack. The staff that was in the building at the time recognized this as a panic attack and thankfully did not make the situation worse. Nobody there referred me to a counselor or therapist though.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Panic attacks

Helped by:
Exercise
Meditation

Case studies

March 9, 2023

How Self-Care and Therapy Helped me Overcome Severe Depression

“I was embarrassed by my feelings and didn’t want anyone to know how much pain I was in, so I often put on a brave face. Even on my worst days, I tried to make it look like everything was okay when I felt anything but deep down.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Depression

Helped by:
Self-Care
Therapy

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Case studies

March 3, 2023

How I Overcame Depression and Suicidal Ideation: an Interview with Maria Leonard Olsen

“I felt broken. I had suicidal ideation because I sometimes could not see a way out of it. A wise person told me my children would be much worse off if their mother killed herself. That stopped me in my tracks.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Depression
Divorce
Miscarriage
Suicidal

Helped by:
Medication
Self-Care
Therapy