• Smiling sorrow – The repercussions of masking chronic anxiety

    Guest Post from Ariel Taylor Many people outwardly display happiness and exuberance. In reality, they may be concealing inner turmoil and depression. Depressive people fear that others may notice they’re flawed personalities. They fear people close to them may become judgmental if the depth and intensity of depression is revealed. People try to avoid being labeled as a depressive character or manic worrier as that becomes the quickest route to social and workplace isolation. Hidden anxiety could provoke obsessive behavior or impulse control disorders https://pixabay.com/en/users/Counselling-440107/ Hiding worries or repressing negative emotions may be a big mistake because the underlying anxiety could provoke OCD and body focused repetitive behavior such as…