Sometimes I'm just stressed and sometimes I'm just a mess… but most of the time I'm both. For anxious folks, stressing out it just a regular part of the day. Your mood fluctuations have gotten so predictable that you can schedule a panic attack between your 11pm meeting and your lunch break, giving you the optimal emotional recovery time to be back and better-than-ever by your 2pm conference. Perhaps this was a skill that you learned in therapy, when your therapist told you to compartmentalize your dramas? Don't cry on a Zoom call, wait until you're alone in the bathroom. Thanks, Dr. OutOfNetwork, I'll do that.
Your appointments with your therapist may be the most expensive dates you've had in years, but that doesn't mean that you can't have a good chuckle and a good rapport with your with your dear ol' doc. They'll harmoniously give you generic advice and you'll continue to be a stressy messy person, but at the end of the day, if your anxieties are turning into humorous moments, then that's not so bad. So scroll on for the silliest, most relatable anxiety memes that you can giggle about in therapy.
For last week's stressy messy memes, click here!