What is Anxiety
Anxiety refers to a complex combination of negative emotions that includes fear, apprehension and worry, and is often accompanied by physical sensations such as palpitations, nause...
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I've suffered my fair share of anxiety issues in my life (including a 33 year hair pulling problem that won't go away for anything)....and general anxiety that just hasn't been put under control. I have been able to go through college and work for 16 years after that until the birth of my son last year (although so many times I desperately needed a leave of absence).
Anyhow, the news that is out everyday is starting to paralyze me. I am worried about just about everything. I can't go to the mall anymore after the threats on them (I tried the other day but was so nervous and paranoid I ran out for fear of my life). I feel at any minute I am going to be shot by someone (whether I'm out walking my baby or at the coffee shop).... The news is just so difficult to take any more (from shootings to children being abducted to people abusing pets and children, etc....)....I've tried to stop watching it, but I feel like I need to keep on top of things as I no longer am a professional business woman (lol) and am a stay at home mom....but at the same time, this is destroying me. I waited so long for happiness with getting married (almost 37) and then having a baby (almost 38)....I fear for my son's life and the dangers that are in this world. I am driving my poor husband nuts (the most easy going, carefree person you would ever meet -he has just developed high blood pressure and is putting on weight I fear due to me being so anxious and hard to live with). I just pray that we and our children are safe. Every day there is another tragedy after the next....I know I have to "let go and let God", but I am truly afraid of everything. UGH UGH UGH Posted on 11/05/09, 06:11 pm |
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you sound alot like me! i worry all the time mostly about my health but i let it get to me so much that i feel trapped. i sometimes worry that my boyfriend with leave me because i feel almost incapable of doing anything except worrying.
i got a bad cold recently and thought it was swine flu.. i worried so much that i couldnt breathe and convinced myself i had some kind of lung disease. i found it helpful to think..."anna, remember that time around christmas you worried about having heart attacks and heart disease and nothing happened? you were fine then and youre fine now" remind yourself of periods of worry you had before and how relieved you felt when you realized you got through the day. 
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Since my father died in July of pneumonia I am terrified of getting sick. It is so bad I can barely go out of my house, I have terrible panic attacks and depression. My life has stopped because of this debilitating, irrational fear. I have been going to a therapist twice a week for 3 months now but only getting worse. I finally broke down and went to a psychiatrist and started on Lexapro today. I can only pray that it works. You will be in my prayers.
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