Frustration

I am growing increasingly frustrated when discussing with people the things I am unable to do thanks to my anxiety. Even people who know, to the point of actively getting me help for it, continue to tell me to "just" do things, as if that wasn't the very problem I am having. Thanks to my anxiety, I cannot "just" do much of anything some days. Comments regarding my having nothing to do and the need to get out involving just going for a random bike ride are the exact opposite of helpful for me when the very thought of random anything causes me panic. When people keep advising me to just go out and get interviews, or just go out and do X thing, that only adds to frustration. Even when I explain that no, this is not normal, and no, I can't do most anything, people cannot seem to wrap their heads around the fact that, particularly on bad days, I am barely able to leave the house, much less do anything that is already a somewhat stressful thing to do. I need to find better ways to explain this to people, or at least get a rolled up paper to smack them with when they keep offering advice that only exacerbates my problems by making me feel inadequate and guilty.

Maybe I should describe it something like: "Imagine, instead of that little voice whispering fear and doubt in the back of your mind, there's a bunch of guys screaming those things into megaphones right next to your ear..."