The two sides of high functioning anxiety
On one side :
- High-achieving
- Proactive
- Social
- Ability to appear calm
- Meets deadlines
- Organized
- Hardworking
On the other side :
- Fear of failure
- Perfectionist
- Self-critical
- Racing thoughts
- Often exhausted/fatigued
- Afraid to disappoint others
- Procrastinates when stressed
Having high functioning anxiety can make you :
- Feel as if something is always out of place;
- Fixate on the worst case scenario;
- Avoid your feelings by keeping busy;
- Often feel overwhelmed about the future;
- Doubt your abilities even when succeed;
- Sleep too little or too much;
- Overthink and dwell on the smallest things;
- Turn to drugs or alcohol to relieve strees;
- Cancel plans that you wanted to go to.