Gary Brecka explains how anxious people often hide their distress behind a facade of being fine. He describes physical signs like elevated heart rate and dilated pupils, and notes that staying hyper-busy is a common way to avoid the discomfort of silence and solitude.
A lot of people that have anxiety don't fake anxiety, they fake being okay. And so there's a sort of facade for the outside world, but a massive storm on the inside. And then whenever you blow your cork, people are like, wow, she's a psycho. I have a lot of empathy for people that have truly suffered with anxiety. It is a massive sensation of the presence of a fear, accelerate your heart rate, it can dilate your pupils. And some people walk around. I think the majority of the way that people cope with it is they just keep themselves hyper busy because being alone and being silent is the answer, but it's the most uncomfortable place.
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