Adulting anxiety

I once thought it was all a joke that young professionals get anxiety. I once had a friend who had to go to the doctor for it. I laughed. Seriously? But then I had anxiety too. I couldn't sleep at night and dreaded the following day. My heart kept pounding as the morning started and my mind kept finding valid reasons for me to be scolded later that day. As the workload piled up, I got scared of what my superiors had to comment about what I do. Then it hit me, my immune system was at its all-time low. It was either stress or anxiety that got the most of me.

I couldn't understand when the doctor said I had the shingles. I live, eat, and breathe healthy. Plus I don't miss out on my daily vitamin boosters plus Vitamin E. He explained that certain viruses in the body reactivate and bounce back stronger because of stress and low immunity. Wow. It happens. The following days saw me having a hard time breathing or with a stinging headache after I heard voices of people trying to point out their right over mine. I felt my age accelerate before me and that I was in some new dimension.

How could a young person be in such a fragile state? Well, it happens. I'd like to point out that it could possibly be because of generation gap. They say that millenials are entitled and the generation before them would want to correct that state of mind by being as mean as they can be. Little did they know that this would lead to a very anxious young person who could have brought out the best out in himself or herself. We have leaders who don't act like leaders. Instead of inspiring their subordinates to give out their ultimate potential, they are curbed and scared of what to do next.

It pains me to know that I am not alone. This generation thing seems to have a negative effect on how people harmonize with each other. A lot of people even younger than me deal with this ordeal every day. I guess there is really something wrong with the way older people treat others. Oops, that's not being entitled; I'm just saying it could possibly be the reason for it.

I honestly miss the times when the only thing I had to worry about was how to get good grades. My enemies were classmates who cheated and talked behind my back. It seems like in this adulting stage, the problems get worse. It's either we don't know how to handle situations that come our way because we were too pampered or there is indeed a generation gap.

Whatever the reason is, we have to accept that in this diverse society, the young mingle with the old. It wouldn't be bad if both learn from each other. It's much healthier that way, I guess. Why don't we make it like that?