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On Anxiety

February 8th 2008 -

Penny Arcade’s Gabe talks about his anxiety, and why it took thirty years for him to go to the doctor: 


It was almost impossible to go get help though because the very nature of the illness prevents you from getting it. So I worry alot, I know that. So I start to think maybe I worry too much. Maybe I have a real problem. Then I think, “no I’m just worrying too much”. This is the kind of thing that keeps me awake at night. It’s fucking inescapable like some kind of brain trap. . . . Add to that the fact that I worry that if I do go to a doctor he’ll tell me I have some kind of brain disease or I’m not treatable or maybe just as bad that there’s nothing wrong with me. All this shit piles up and the result is that I’m 30 and I’ve never gone to the doctor about it until yesterday.  

 

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