New Trend has TikTokers Explaining and Showing What Their Anxiety Feels like to Them

Anxiety affects almost every adult in the world. Whether you have it chronically or it just creeps up on you sporadically, it's never an easy feeling to handle. And even though there are common symptoms that people share when it comes to anxiety, it's also a unique experience to each individual. Usually, people will feel restless, tired, irritable, worried, tense, and have difficulty sleeping, concentrating, or keeping their thoughts in order. But even with all those common symptoms at play, anxiety cannot be given a one-size-fits-all description. A new TikTok trend is strongly supporting that fact. 

TikToker Travis Mcelroy started the trend when he asked his viewers to stitch his video with how their anxiety feels to them. He elaborates on the question and says, “not what you're anxious about or how your mind thinks about anxiety, but how it ~feels~ like emotionally or physically.” He continues and explains that his anxiety feels like when you squeeze and feel the pressure from a bottle of a carbonated beverage that was just aggressively shook up. 

"What does your anxiety FEEL like?"

Many of his viewers were able to relate to what he was saying, and many took his request and stitched their own explanation of what anxiety truly feels like to them. It's never easy to describe something so personal and cerebral, but many TikTokers are doing a great job. 

A full glass on the edge of a shaky table:

There's no real “cure” for anxiety. There are breathing exercises and medications that can definitely help subside the symptoms of anxiety, but mainly you have to find and get rid of whatever it is that's triggering your anxiety. Unfortunately, however, to many people the source of their anxiety is not something that can be removed from their life. So, we learn to deal with it the best we can, like posting silly little TikToks that make you feel a little less stressed or alone. 

Riding a rollercoaster with a broken seatbelt:

Being alone in the dark after watching a scary movie:

As humans, feeling anxiety in stressful situations is very normal. It's only once the feeling becomes excessive, all-consuming and interferes with you daily living that it could possibly be an underlying disease. 

Overflowing boiling water:

Body filled with Pop Rocks:

We've said it once and we'll say it again, TikTok is not a viable source to self-diagnose. In fact, unless you're a professional, you probably should usually refrain from self-diagnosing. But if you have anxiety, then this trend is for you. It's creating many to feel less alone in their anxiety and also helping others to understand what some people are going through on a daily basis. 

Full of bees trying to get out:

Tuning a string instrument too tightly: