When you are suffering with a mental illness, it’s hard to accept that it’s nothing to be ashamed of – especially when the illness you are suffering from is anxiety.
All mental illnesses are hard to live with. But the very nature of anxiety causes extreme worrying, panic and uneasiness – which makes it hard to deal with the condition rationally.
To remind those living with it that they are not alone, Anxiety UK’s Laura Whitehurst started the #HighFiveForAnxiety campaign yesterday on Twitter.
And it’s been beautiful.
The campaign has created a community among people who are often too worried to speak about what they’re going through.
People have shared photos of themselves high fiving, showing how anxiety can affect anyone, anywhere in the world.
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