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Anxiety Informative Speech

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You stare into an empty abyss and feel like jumping because everything is pushing you closer to it and you feel so much pressure to make everyone happy and not screw up. That’s what it feels like when you have anxiety and most people don’t even know. Many people are unaware of what mental disorders are like because they never experience them. For those who do however it can feel like nobody cares. We rarely talk about mental health and it is always the last thing people consider. There are people who discredit others with actual diseases by saying “oh your depression isn’t real you’re just sad and can’t handle it.” It’s people like that that begin the stigma against mental disorders.
Growing up my best friend had bad depression and anxiety.

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