What's insane to me is how often people shrug off anxiety symptoms. For example, when someone is so anxious that they're throwing up and shaking, somehow that appropriate advice is, "Rise above it! Take deep breaths!" If someone is having symptoms to the point that daily life becomes painful, why is it acceptable to shrug and act as if that person is weak? Telling someone with anxiety to just "calm down" is like telling someone with a broken leg to "walk it off."
Anxiety can be as stifling as a broken leg. However, all things being equal, a person who cannot walk is weaker than a person who can. I would have less sympathy for a person with anxiety than a person with a broken leg if I have to carry them.