Mental health · Health
struggle with anxiety
find anxious feelings difficult to control
To struggle with anxiety means to find anxious feelings difficult to control or live with.
This vs that
She struggles with anxiety.
She has a heightened sense of anxiety.
Hear it in real life
Why doesn't she drive on motorways?
She struggles with anxiety in heavy traffic.
He has struggled with anxiety since starting his new job.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
This is the usual sympathetic way to describe ongoing difficulty with anxiety.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I am struggle with anxiety.
Say: I am struggling with anxiety.
Use the -ing form after 'am'.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
struggle with anxiety
He has struggled with anxiety since starting his new job.
I sometimes struggle with anxiety before presentations.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about mental health.
feel overwhelmed by ___
I felt overwhelmed by everything I had to do.
have a lot on your mind
You seem quiet; have you got a lot on your mind?
Mental health words
Health · Mental health: the words around “struggle with anxiety”.
More connectionsMore mental health words8
More mental health words
Your turn: say it out loud
She struggles with anxiety.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
struggle with anxiety
find anxious feelings difficult to control
“He has struggled with anxiety since starting his new job.”
heytardy