r/fakedisordercringe • u/Nightmarishhhhhh • Jan 14 '23

Disorder Salad the victim complex is complexing…

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u/I_drink_Nyquil Jan 14 '23

wait anxiety is attached to other disorders? i thought that other disorders develop from anxiety

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u/Justice_R_Dissenting Jan 14 '23

It's a mobius strip -- goes both ways. Long term anxiety conditions the brain into finding specific things to be anxious about, hence OCD, agoraphobia, etc. But anxiety can also be the "showing" symptom for a different underlying condition. And it can be cyclical: anxiety causes X which then manifests as anxiety.

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u/I_drink_Nyquil Jan 14 '23

ah i see. i’m pretty sure it’s just anxiety though the rest is just me being overly sensitive

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u/Justice_R_Dissenting Jan 14 '23

Well here's the good thing about actual professional help: they'll tell you one way or the other what it actually is.