Anna Clendening - Anxiety Lyrics

If only people could understand what it's like, tried to explain the feeling and symptoms so many times. Almost every time you can see the expressions change on their face as they fail to register just how debilitating and terrifying an attack can be. How it feels afterwards, exhausting.......... I have a tremendous respect for you and your music Anna. So many people out here DO understand what your singing about, believe me. Be happy when you can be and keep the music coming. xxx

you are beautiful. not just your looks but how you dont hold back on your music you are so strong to go through anxiety as bad as you have it you are incredible

Omg she needs more love e

i was diagnosed with Generalized anxiety disorder at age 8- after my 3rd grade teacher was worried about me and sent me to the elementary school counseler. I managed... all right i had coping mechanisms. But then the fact that I was born female caused trauma after fucking trauma and PTSD combined with Depression and GAD is a toxic combinations. At 25- I cry almost everyday, and lately im suprised each week I'm alive. Thanks for making this song.

This song hit real close. I have an anxiety disorder and i have a lot of trouble talking to people and my girlfriend and music have always been a therapy for me.

I so miss your music 😭😭😭😭💗 I hope you're doing ok. Praying Jesus brings you total unexplainable healing 🙏🙏🙏🙏 Amen

🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

My aniexty n depression hits me all at once wit a side of emotional eating n ppl don't realize it's hard to function dailu

I have an anxiety disorder. It’s hard. I feel ya girl. I fake smile all the time 😔 I’ve seen you in AGT on YouTube and I can’t stop thinking about your amazing performance, just remember we are all here for you. ❤️

You remind me of Christina grimmie

You have voice of a angel

Who else is here from X factor

fantastic girl!! And the clip is awesome. I know all about it..

I just started listening to this girl and the more I learned more about her, her story is just like mine, I always thought I was alone, ig not. But it only proves I was right an I won’t b able to get outta this spot, gonna end up not leaving my house if I’m not careful

Some of the best written and sung songs like this dont get Grammys and exposure like it deserves.

I've listened to this over 10 times over the time of 2 days

I'm 63 and young lady you hit my heart with the hammer of truth, amazing music.

I can relate but just know that Jesus is the cure 😊😔🙏🏻!!

I listened to this song after I had an anxiety attack a couple of nights ago, it really calmed me down, I went from crying and sweating to just sitting in my bed calmly

"I wish I could just let you go. But the truth is you're all I've ever known...." Yeah. 
Hate that I'm only just rediscovering you since AGT. You sound great. I hope you're doing great. Love love love your music and voice.

❤❤❤❤❤

I sincerely hope your anxiety problem magically and completely disappears. You have a beautiful public projection, so just keep doing what you're doing...making all of us happy with your voice.

hesitating before knocking on a door,because you need a moment to muster up the courage.
leaving the super market because you couldn't find what you wanted and asking someone is not an option.
Feeling your heart nearly palpitate
when dialling a number because your mum made you phone yourself
rehearsing your response in your head before raising your hand in class to make sure you don't screw it up.
Staying silent when sitting with a group at lunch because you never know anything you say can be ridiculed

if stress was a drug,I'd be overdosing

wish I couldn't relate to This song

You know it better than anyone else

Ahhhh she's so cute and her voice is amazing. I come here from Illenium's new song :)

Your voice is really good

EPIC! And I understand. I'll keep you in my prayers. Know everything will be ok! You have faith.

I suffer from similar things. I just need someone to love. Lost all the ones I used to love. I could love someone so hard, don't know if they could stand it.

i hate that i can feel all of this.. i work and i come home to my son. the mother left us for drugs.. i wont force anyone to be in my kids life. but i suffer hard with social and just anxiety depression and i hate it. sometimes ill look at my son play with him watching him laughing and playing and i'll just cry. no matter how happy i am i'm depressed 24/7 and i love your music and hate it.. your something else..

Im like her.The life its not easy wite that :)

Hey Anna I just want to Thank you for writing and singing about anxiety and mental health issues. I too have GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) along with MDD (Major Depressive Disorder). I have panic attacks and thoughts of suicide quite often. I'm in counselling and in group therapy three times a week. I'm on meds but I seem to go through them like water so the Dr is always trying something new with me. I enjoy your music because it speaks to me. I can relate and understand. I'm not a person who normally listens to RAP music but I have found the rapper called NF to be comforting as well. He raps about his anxiety/depression and OCD. Also I listen to another YouTuber by the name of Clayton Jennings. He is more spiritual then I am but his words about anxiety and depression are the same as mine. After all this I again just want to Thank you for being open about it and there are millions of us out here struggling with you. Please stay strong and we'll fight the fight together.

It is really hard to live with Anxiety. I would know. I have really bad Anxiety. I am 12. I hate it so much.

God bless you 🙏

oh my god.. tears are running down my face… i don't usually cry at stuff but this hit me right in the chest. i have never related so much to a song. the emotion in your music, in the video… i have no words. i've never related so much to anything. i'm still a teenager but anxiety is ruining my life :( anna, you are so strong… thank you for raising awareness of anxiety. this was incredible <3

i’ve never seen anything more accurate to my feelings

Dear Anna, The only way to overcome this shit... is not to resist it ! ....
when that feelings come,.... don't resist..
sit down, and INVITE it.... let it come....! and it wil disapear.
Just try it...
Otherwise this inside struggle will go on forever..
Next step is setting your mind to something else,...( but not in a forced way... but to enjoy the fun things in live.. )
( don't think all the time about your "problem".. there is so much more in live.... )
Otherwise it will remain a part of you .
1.Don't fight it.
2. Don't fear it.
3. Let it come to you, sit down for a moment, and say/think.. "oke, come on then you big shot, I am here, come and get me !!"
4. And watch, feel what happens ! ;-)
5. Repeat ! everytime it happens.... and control it !..

so me :(

Your music has gotten me through so much crap in the past couple weeks. My world seems to be crashing around me and your music means so much to me, thank you for having the courage and confidence to be able to provide us with these amazing lyrics. Thank you, your music has saved me from myself.

Great song sorry you suffer so many of us can relate you aren't alone.... God bless you.

This clip shows my daily mood

hermosa!!! n.n

Anxiety comes from not wanting to live in the present tense. Gotta accept the present and accept yourself before anxiety can be "cured". At the same time, anxiety is a natural chemical within our bodies to protect ourselves from danger. Yet some people also get a rush from anxiety, can you believe it? So many people date destructive and dangerous people and stay and love them for years until it's too late. You've gotta look out for yourself and only yourself.

Such a beautiful woman you are Anna you deserve the peace in your mind that I know you can have and that I have found

I wish I could speak to her directly , I had anxiety disorder for so many years , I found that medication did not help and then I finally came across some very interesting realization about what the body was lacking in some DNA issues and have cut my anxiety by about 80% gone , I can help !

Your beautiful the way you are people

Been struggling with depression, anxiety and self harm. The anxiety is becoming bad at night again but been hard living with anxiety especially at night.

Fighting Heart youve got this anxity is a bitch along witg everything else but keeo fighting!

That part of anxiety.
When your Heart beats so damn fast and you are completely taken over by negativity.
When you look into the mirror, try to keep a straight face, but you immediately start crying.
You don't know why, you dare not that ask that question to yourself, cuz that would make you cry even more.

I do not understand why Hollywood ready women have anxiety, especially social. Attractive women are instantly accepted as group leaders in most social circles. How can she even act in a music video with anxiety? I can't make normal faces or eye contact and other humans immediately reject me.

How does 163 people not like this ...they have no life and no understanding

Her trying to smile is me literally (on picture day to XD)

Anna you are an inspiration to myself and many others that suffer from mental illness. Thank you for being brave enough to write and perform this.

Greatly underrated!

Omg I'm going through all this right now

Child protective services are taking my younger siblings away from me and my family , I'm disgustingly hurt and your giving me hope . Please I need all prayers

anyone here have dp/dr?

I have the same headphones I highly reccomend them.

I have anxiety when I get I problem wrong or when I mess up in cheer and sometimes when I get attention

Damn. This is too accurate.

Been there

this is my favorite song now

@AnnaClendening I join ya on this ride of this Anxiety and i have hit my wall with it , but love the song and keep it up :)

this song is so real amazing and absolutely true. thank you for sharing this beautiful song with us.

I’ve been obsessed with this song since you released it. It touches me so deep and still makes me cry. Anxiety really sucks.

I get anxiety so easily any little thing can set my anxiety off its hard for me live but my fiancé is helping me with it and I'm grateful to have her in my life

Absolutely amazing. So proud of you!!

Most of my panic attacks are you know when you’re bawling and then it gets so hard to breathing you’re gasping for air. You get light headed and then it gets harder and harder to see. Yeah that’s what happens to me 3/7 times a week.

I have really bad anxiety attacks. I was at a grade school retreat, it was on Halloween and they had a little carnival set up for us. It was really fun but all of a sudde I couldn’t focus. It was hard to breathe, I couldn’t think, tears were streaming down my face. I went straight to my teacher and she gave me a break outside. It took me almost ten minutes to stop crying. Fifteen to think straight and breathe normally. I’m not sure what happened. I told my mom but she said I was probably just heat of the moment. Yeah technically I haven’t been diagnosed, but my mom and I and basically everyone I know knows I have anxiety and bad anxiety attacks. My mom just doesn’t want to get me started on medication. She thinks it’s just a phase but I know none of my friends wake up at 1 in the morning just so they can cry and have trouble breathing and be unable to think/see straight. I was relieved when Anna made this video because it’s true. I find it easy to fake a smile. Their are good moments with people while other times I feel emotionless. I have always been very optimistic with others but inside, my optimism is a layer of fake that for some reason I can’t lose. It actually got a lot harder when I started school again, no one was mean but everything was so overwhelming and I wanted to be perfect. I didn’t want to let anyone down even though I was letting myself down.

This is 100% me

God Bless You!
I’ve been fighting this since 2004.
You are a beautiful and brave soul.

Anna deserves way more attention T^T

My parents: get over it and smile

Me: *fakes smiles*

My parents: see it is easy

Me: ye

10 hr’s later 4:00 am! I am still trying to stop crying my self to sleep

...This comment hits closer to home then I'd like it too...

haven't ever related to anything more than this

YOU ARE AMAZING! I AM SO GLAD I FOUND YOUR VOICE. I too suffer from anxiety. so this song hits home

We're here for you and we support you Anna. If you ever need us, we'll be right there.

Once again, you totally pinpoint things that I, among others, go through and feel with graceful precision.

wowowowow this describes my life

I don't get when you're not famous. You sound amazing. Keep up the good work!

Ohhh man was this written for me or what!?!

Who's in this situation because your struggling with jobs? I know a good job will help me and that isn't 100% my fault as companies are so picky...

I don't know, I don't know who I am, I don't know what's happening, I can't see myself anymore, I just want to die.

Every word of this song speaks to me .. love this song

wow your so talented, keep following your dreams anna! <3 love you so much!!!!!!!

This song helps me understand what my best friend is going through. Thank you. ❤

This is my favorite song for sure. I hate that but I thank you for putting it into words. You’re amazing. Thank you again.

I can relate to this song so much. It feels like it can read my mind. It's so hard to have this kind of condition😔
Thank you for bringing good music to us😊

Thank you for this song its denfinrly relateable. My family cant see that i have anzitey. Thank you

You captured the ball-and-chain that is anxiety, Well done. Many blessings to you, always!

Anna just remember you are beautiful and are enough there is nothing in this world that can bring you down

Anna, you are incredible.

Ah another hashtag , buzzword song for gen z. They'll eat it up for sure.

The melody of this song is exactly the same as "Giants Fall" by Francesca Battistelli!

Well that was relatable...

I have anxiety too but music makes me brave i didnt left mu house for 5 years now didnt jang out with my friends like used to be

If you're having anxiety and depression, seek God, know God, make God the center of your life and watch life straightened out for good.

Thank you so much for this amazing song. ❤ To anyone out there going through this. Remember that you're not alone. Don't give up. Make anxiety your bitch. Push through and don't be afraid. You're going to be okay. We're all going to be okay. I wish all of you the best.

“I’m doing anything and everything to feel normal again...what’s normal again?” I felt that<3

I just wanna say thank you for this song! Your voice is amazing and I hope you will continue to make songs like this. Thank you

Not even close to my music style but, I relate a ton. Besides the medicine.