What It Feels Like To Have An Anxiety Disorder: Photo Series
...photographer Katie Crawford decided to show people instead of tell them
In a self-portrait series titled "My Anxious Heart," Crawford captures how it feels to suffer from generalized anxiety disorder and depression -- two conditions she has personally dealt with since she was a child.
"I created the project as a way for me to personally express what I feel like in my experience. I know it may not be specific to each person, but I hope that it creates the opportunity to open a dialogue between those who suffer from it and those who have never understood it," Crawford told The Huffington Post in an email. "I want the photographs and their paired writings to begin to express the constant, overwhelming presence of anxiety. It's not always terrifying, it's not always strong and it's not always intense, but it's always close by."
"A captive of my own mind. The instigator of my own thoughts. The more I think, the worse it gets. The less I think, the worse it gets.. ..... "
excerpted from Huffington Post
National Institutute of Mental Health and Research Studies show that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is the treament of choice for Anxiety Disorders