Anxiety and The Walking Dead. Wait…What?

Anxiety and The Walking Dead. Wait...What?

You have surely watched the hit TV show The Walking Dead. Okay, I admit it. The Walking Dead is one of my favorite shows. Why? 

 For several reasons: 1. I have always had an interest in film make up and special effects. The Walking Dead brings that out big time. 2. I have always been a huge fan of zombies. The classic zombie movie, directed my thee George Romero, The Night Of The Living Dead. Classic movie with special effects and a genius use of lighting and shadows. Without CGI. 3. I have always liked shows that depict the human spirit to live and survive. As I watch The Walking Dead I am struck with the parallel between living with a mental health disorder and Zombies. In particular Living with Anxiety. How Living With Anxiety Is Like The Walking Dead To be clear anxiety is the Walkers in my comparison. 

• Anxiety is always waiting to eat you.
• Anxiety won't go away on it's own. No matter how fast you try to hide from it, it will not go away.
• Anxiety is ugly and scary.
• Anxiety will make you feel you're on your own. 
• Anxiety does not care who you are. Rich or poor, male or female, young or old, it wants to consume you.
• Anxiety won't die on it's own. It will keep living until you do something about it.
• Anxiety can paralyze you to the point of panic and shear terror.

Now for the people:

• People at first are in shock and completely afraid.
• People at first don't know how to kill the Walkers.
• People at first feel helpless and hopeless.
• People at first feel like there's no way to escape.

But then something changes in people after awhile.

• People learn what to do about the Walkers.
• People learn how to fight the Walkers.
• People learn that th

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