I saw this & I had to say something about it. “I am anxious” isn’t synonymous with “I have anxiety”. Anxious (as a modifier) can be used to reflect a perfectly normal emotional state. Anxiety also can also be a perfectly normal emotional state. It’s not a “mental illness” per se.

While “I have anxiety” may be being used to mean “I have an anxiety disorder”, it isn’t necessarily so. (This shows why we need to do work on the language of anxiety, it really isn’t clear cut and it’s hugely under analysed). I’m working on it!

We should also be wary of externalising and objectifying anxiety in the way this post suggests, medicalised or not. (For my argument on this, you’ll have to wait until I write the paper).