11 funny tweets about living with anxiety

About 1 in 6 Irish people experience a mental health problem like anxiety each year, and that number has risen over the last few decades. The number of young people experiencing anxiety has doubled since 2012. But we’re also talking about it a lot more, becoming more accepting of it and other mental illnesses as a society. This is good.

While mental health issues are indeed a serious matter, and a gloomy subject of conversation, it’s important to sprinkle in a bit of levity from time to time. Enter Twitter: website of failed and failing comedians. Though social media can in fact lead to increased mental health concerns, it also creates spaces for sharing, comforting and increased awareness. They can help us to better understand our fellow man.

So here are eleven tweets that nail what living with anxiety is really like, as funny as they are relatable. If we're all miserable, we can at least laugh about it together, no?

To kick things off, here's two pretty good summaries of what anxiety feels like... pretty much all of the time:

Sticks and stones:

If you've ever lain in bed all night just worrying, you're not alone:

Same goes for watching the news and feeling a general sense of dread afterwards:

Ever feel like your anxiety comes right out of the blue for no discernible reason?

We're here for anxiety fashion statements:

I think we've all felt this one the morning after the night before:

This one's for the gamers out there:

Hands up who's made it to third base:

War and Please (and Thank You):

People still use phones for that?

Phew! Have another good one? Leave it in the comments below. And if nothing else we hope these tweets serve as a reminder that lots of people just like you struggle with anxiety every day--you are never alone.

If you liked this, you may want to check out our ten tweets that will make you smile cos you're Irish.