A quick explainer of various details that are related to anxiety and OCD that often are little known or overlooked

Somatic Anxiety is a symptom that can develop as a result of chronic anxiety where one feels physical sensations along with intrusive thoughts. These sensations can intensify anxiety (even if the manifestation of them are not inherently harmful).

The bugs displayed here are a metaphor for feelings and physical sensations that are hard to mask (hide) such as: nervous butterflies in tummy and tingling in the hands and face