The rate of taking professional help for anxiety may vary from country to country but the rate is very low all over the world. t's totally understandable why people don't go for any professional help. Many social and economical things are connected to it. When people feel they are facing anxiety, the first thing they try to do is dealing this personally.
It's a popular misconception that personal help can really cure anxiety. Yeah, personal help is necessary and there's no way to deal anxiety without it. But we can't deny the necessity of medication. And the alarming news is people even take medication inappropriately without any registered doctor's consult in many countries.
It's not only a personal issue. The impact of this is huge in our health and especially mental care. There's no way this doesn't impact as a whole.
I believe, dealing with anxiety is never safe!
You must take professional help for anxiety. We believe in 'addition' theory. Like when many other problems got to add with the major one, then we decide to see the professionals. Tolerating the problem doesn't make this reduce. Rather there's a chance that tolerance will increase the level of difficulty to deal with it.
And taking medication without professional supervision is totally inappreciable. There should be strict laws on this. People can face so many physical and mental issues for overdose, miss treatment and more.
The moment we feel we are facing anxiety, the moment we feel any doubt about any anxiety issue; we should go for professional help. We are open to sharing this with friends & family and personal help is very appreciable.
But there's no alternative and better option than professional help. We must raise awareness on this, no matter if we are the victim or anyone else. Our one-step can make a huge difference in global mental health.