Anxiety is the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting approximately 40 million adults, or 18 [percent] of the population. However, only about a third of sufferers ever seek treatment.
Though many efforts have been made in recent years to break the stigma surrounding mental health, our society still has a long way to go.
With pastors readily telling us to pray it away, doctors perceiving us as drug seekers, our families telling us it’s “all in our heads,” and the public calling us crazy… it’s no wonder the stigma has remained.
Anxiety is a monster eating millions alive from the inside out, forcing people to implode with overwhelming amounts of fear-mongering thoughts.
But speaker and spoken word artist Clayton Jennings is refusing to keep his anxiety bottled up any longer.
In a riveting video entitled “Dear Anxiety,” Jennings captures the crippling, debilitating feelings that consume those struggling with this soul-sucker devised by Satan to keep its victims slaves to fear and their down-spiraling thoughts.
“Opening up like this is a moment far from my proudest,” proclaims Jennings with raw vulnerability. “But these demons keep pressing me; I swear they’re the foulest. But I’ve grown comfortable with their presence. My conscience is calloused. My dreams are their playground, my thoughts are their palace…