“Hello, my name is Trevor Clifford, I am a video producer with 10 years of experience in corporate and commercial content. In 2014 I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder.” I write that first sentence in messages and emails every day, this essay is the first time it’s been followed by the second.
Anxiety is constantly being redefined by its clinical understanding, and also by each individual's relation to it, but it’s not something I’ve ever seen examined faithfully in film or TV - which means we are still invisible.
My relation to anxiety is a classic and typically secretive journey towards understanding that I’m sure many will recognize: My first remembered “episodes” manifested as nervousness around food and eating when I was
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