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Mental Health Support

irisblue

(32,967 posts) Wed May 16, 2018, 08:23 PM May 2018

From @DepressionNotes twitter feed today.

"Severe anxiety is your body reacting the same way like it would if a lion was trying to eat you,

The next time you tell someone with anxiety to “Just calm down” think about if you would be able to “Just calm down” if a lion was trying to eat you."

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From @DepressionNotes twitter feed today. (Original Post) irisblue May 2018 OP

Oh wow Lotusflower70 May 2018 #1

Lotusflower70

(3,077 posts)

1. Oh wow

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Fri May 18, 2018, 05:39 AM

May 2018

That's so powerful and so true. Thank you for sharing that. If it were just that simple to calm down, we would all be calm.

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