Generation snowflake. Man gets "triggered" by work birthday party. They fire him for having a shitty attitude about it. He sues them for $450,000 and wins.

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To be fair, they shouldn't have thrown him the birthday party if he specifically requested not to have one.

That said, this guy is a tremendous pussy, and it does seem like he was looking for a way to cash in, and he used this.

There's no excuse for him being such a tremendous baby-bitch. If he's diagnosed with some crippling anxiety disorder (they do exist, they are far over-diagnosed, but some people genuinely can't deal with this storm of anxiety in their head without help), then he's absolutely medicated. He probably gets Xanax, the real strong shit, based on how much of a whiny bitch he sounds like (being a woman or whiny bitch male is the only way to get effective medications from doctors; if you're just a man struggling with anxiety, they'll throw a dangerous SSRI at you); if someone's having a panic attack, or they are aware they will be entering a situation that may trigger an attack, they just need to pop one of these pills.

30 minutes later, they'll be totally fine, able to cope with the anxiety as it slowly seeps away under the effects of the drug. But no, this faggot couldn't do that- he had to make a fucking scene, he had to make a big problem out of it, because he's a faggot.

Yeah, feeling anxious is not a fucking disease. People get that all the time.

Exactly, anxiety is the force that motivates people. If you have money problems, you'll feel anxiety about that- and the only way to make that anxiety go away for good (not by popping a pill) is to address the money problem. However, there are some people who have genuine anxiety/panic attacks. There's a difference between "Holy shit, I hate crowds, I don't want to go to my birthday party, too many people, too noisy, makes me really uncomfortable" and "What's that whooshing noise.... wtf.... why am I shaking... OMG AM I HAVING A HEART ATTACK!? AM I GOING TO DIE?! WHAT'S HAPPENING, THERE'S A THREAT, I NEED TO DO SOMETHING, HOLY SHIT WHAT DO I DO, WHERE'S THE THREAT, AHHHH!!" when a person's adrenal system randomly fires off.

The best description I've heard from people who suffer from genuine panic attacks, is this: They say it's like they're suddenly in a very small room with a large animal, like a bear or something. That animal is going to do something to the person. This is the triggering of the fight-flight-freeze mechanism- there's a physical thing happening that is out of the individual's control. This is far, far different from being nervous in crowds or w/e.

To be fair, they shouldn't have thrown him the birthday party if he specifically requested not to have one. That said, this guy is a tremendous pussy, and it does seem like he was looking for a way to cash in, and he used this. There's no excuse for him being such a tremendous baby-bitch. If he's diagnosed with some crippling anxiety disorder (they do exist, they are far over-diagnosed, but some people genuinely can't deal with this storm of anxiety in their head without help), then he's absolutely medicated. He probably gets Xanax, the real strong shit, based on how much of a whiny bitch he sounds like (being a woman or whiny bitch male is the only way to get effective medications from doctors; if you're just a man struggling with anxiety, they'll throw a dangerous SSRI at you); if someone's having a panic attack, or they are aware they will be entering a situation that may trigger an attack, they just need to pop one of these pills. 30 minutes later, they'll be totally fine, able to cope with the anxiety as it slowly seeps away under the effects of the drug. But no, this faggot couldn't do that- he had to make a fucking scene, he had to make a big problem out of it, because he's a faggot. >Yeah, feeling anxious is not a fucking disease. People get that all the time. Exactly, anxiety is the force that motivates people. If you have money problems, you'll feel anxiety about that- and the only way to make that anxiety go away *for good* (not by popping a pill) is to address the money problem. However, there are some people who have genuine anxiety/panic attacks. There's a difference between "Holy shit, I hate crowds, I don't want to go to my birthday party, too many people, too noisy, makes me really uncomfortable" and "What's that whooshing noise.... wtf.... why am I shaking... OMG AM I HAVING A HEART ATTACK!? AM I GOING TO DIE?! WHAT'S HAPPENING, THERE'S A THREAT, I NEED TO DO SOMETHING, HOLY SHIT WHAT DO I DO, WHERE'S THE THREAT, AHHHH!!" when a person's adrenal system randomly fires off. The best description I've heard from people who suffer from genuine panic attacks, is this: They say it's like they're suddenly in a very small room with a large animal, like a bear or something. That animal is going to do something to the person. This is the triggering of the fight-flight-freeze mechanism- there's a physical thing happening that is out of the individual's control. This is far, far different from being nervous in crowds or w/e.

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Most people that say they have panic attacks are full of shit. Millions of men have been to war, and fought, and came back home with no problems. Having anxiety because of a birthday party with people you know (not strangers) is absolutely ridiculous. The guy in the story was a fucking freak. But obviously, yeah, I get that some people have real mental problems, and that sucks. But sounds like this guy was a bloody retard. He hugged himself for comfort. Because of a birthday party. With people he knew. Jesus Christ. What does this guy do when he has to take a test or something? Does he throw up, and start masturbating for self-love, and comfort?

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Yeah, the kind of anxiety/panic disorders I described are exceptionally rare. Want to know one of the best signs that a person has a genuine mental illness? This applies to anxiety/panic disorders, and others. It's pretty simple:

If it's genuine, the person will probably try to keep it secret because THEY FEEL ASHAMED because there's "something wrong with them". A genuinely suicidal person doesn't text all of his friends that he's going to kill himself, and spend the next 2 hours being babied by his friends. He writes a note and just does it.

Same with mental illnesses. A lot of retards walk around fucking broadcasting every disorder they have been diagnosed with. The faggot from the article is absolutely one of those types. One of the first things you will know about him, with just polite small-talk between strangers, is that he has terrible anxiety and depression and AIDS. People who broadcast this shit do it because it has benefited them in the past. It gets them special treatment, so they lead with it. Faggot in the article probably got out of work and all kinds of lousy situations by crying about his anxiety, and it finally paid off in the form of like half a million dollars. Disgusting.

This isn't always the case, but it seems that most of the time people have real anxiety/panic disorders, there has been some head trauma or some kind of event that messed with their brain, like a drug overdose or seizure. It's essentially the brain misfiring. Normal anxiety is one thing, but the kind of anxiety these poor folks feel is utterly overwhelming to the point where it affects them physically. Those are the ones with the real problems.

Also, if you can predict "If I go to the birthday party, I will have an anxiety attack", you don't have an anxiety disorder- you're just a coward who's using a mental illness diagnosis as an excuse to not improve yourself. Most panic/anxiety attacks come on suddenly, without warning, and often in very odd circumstances. A guy could go to a concert, be among a huge crowd with all the noise and movement, and he's fine... but then sitting in his room alone 2 hours later, suddenly he's overcome by the sensation that something is about to attack him and kill him. And he knows there is no threat. This is frustrating, so it makes the event even worse because the guy becomes angry at himself for feeling these things for no reason. It's truly horrible, and these people have my sympathy.

But fuckers who play it up, like I suspect the guy in the article does, piss me off- they make it harder for people with real problems to get help.

Yeah, the kind of anxiety/panic disorders I described are exceptionally rare. Want to know one of the best signs that a person has a genuine mental illness? This applies to anxiety/panic disorders, and others. It's pretty simple: **If it's genuine, the person will probably try to keep it secret because THEY FEEL ASHAMED because there's "something wrong with them".** A genuinely suicidal person doesn't text all of his friends that he's going to kill himself, and spend the next 2 hours being babied by his friends. He writes a note and just does it. Same with mental illnesses. A lot of retards walk around fucking broadcasting every disorder they have been diagnosed with. The faggot from the article is *absolutely* one of those types. One of the first things you will know about him, with just polite small-talk between strangers, is that he has terrible anxiety and depression and AIDS. **People who broadcast this shit do it because it has benefited them in the past. It gets them special treatment, so they lead with it.** Faggot in the article probably got out of work and all kinds of lousy situations by crying about his anxiety, and it finally paid off in the form of like half a million dollars. Disgusting. This isn't always the case, but it seems that most of the time people have real anxiety/panic disorders, there has been some head trauma or some kind of event that messed with their brain, like a drug overdose or seizure. It's essentially the brain misfiring. Normal anxiety is one thing, but the kind of anxiety these poor folks feel is utterly overwhelming to the point where it affects them physically. Those are the ones with the real problems. Also, if you can predict "If I go to the birthday party, I will have an anxiety attack", you don't have an anxiety disorder- you're just a coward who's using a mental illness diagnosis as an excuse to not improve yourself. Most panic/anxiety attacks come on suddenly, without warning, and often in very odd circumstances. A guy could go to a concert, be among a huge crowd with all the noise and movement, and he's fine... but then sitting in his room alone 2 hours later, suddenly he's overcome by the sensation that something is about to attack him and kill him. And he knows there is no threat. This is frustrating, so it makes the event even worse because the guy becomes angry at himself for feeling these things for no reason. It's truly horrible, and these people have my sympathy. But fuckers who play it up, like I suspect the guy in the article does, piss me off- they make it harder for people with real problems to get help.

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