Yes!! I've been trying to move some of my chores and errands to weeknights so I don't waste my weekend. It is stressful having just one errand after work. If I have two or three the stress increases for whatever reason.

Have you tried incrementally adding tasks to your daily list? Maybe if you work your way into it gradually it wont be as stressful.

Maybe if instead of making a list of things you do today you could start with a list of things to do eventually. I made a five item list last week and have gotten two of the things done. That relives some of the anxiety of "Will I get it done on time?". I wish I could help with leaving the house, but I haven't figured that one out yet. Just remember, anything that can be done today probably can be done next week. If it can't, maybe it doesn't need to be done. :) (little joke)

sort of. i miss all the responsibilty i had as a lead person adn shift supervisor.

Oh Definetly...does not matter who it is, when they say i have to go to the mall , or meet my buddy for Lunch, I intantly think ' could i do that '. What if i have a panic attack...wht if i cant swallow....etc. Totaly relate, and accept it is all i can do. Joe

i know. i wish i could accomplish something every day. my boyfriend is always super-busy. i hope i can get to the point one day where i am juggling errands and keeping my cool...

I definitely relate. I've spent the last two years living with my boyfriend and my best girl friend, and they're both in college. Well, my girl friend just graduated and moved out...and I get so jealous. I flunked out of college over two years ago and can't handle school or even a part time job right now. I wish so badly I could go back to school and handle fifteen credits again and be able to complain about professors or papers and have homework to do at night. All of my friends are graduating, or have already graduated, and here I am so far behind everyone else because of all of my problems.

Right now the most I can handle is cleaning my apartment. Taking the garbage out is something I sometimes can't even handle. It's so frustrating!

I feel the same way. If I wake up in the morning and know I've got a bunch of chores to do I just feel really jittery until it's all done and put away. I snap a lot too, because i just feel like getting it all done is the most important thing.

Even fun things feel like work sometimes if it's happening fast enough.

What I've tried is this: take a few deep breaths and give yourself a certain amount of time to accomplish something. If you can't get it done then shrug and say 'fine, whatever. I did my best with this 'assignment'. I'll get to it later after I get the majority of this other work done' and then come back to it when there's time.

Oh yes! I can relate! I seem to want to put it back on me that "I am not enough" when I hear how busy others are. I am learning to just "go with the flow, pace myself and really acknowledge how much I CAN and am able to do! As a mother....that's the worst for me. I just worry b/c I get ALOT of pressure from family/friends that I have to be doing something for my son or else something is lacking. (Be on the go constantly!)
Even without panic/anxiety/fear of driving...I don't think I would take my 21 month old all over just to fit in. No helicopter Mom here. My pediatrician agreed the 1st two years he is just fine at home, visiting grandparents and cousins and having outings with us.

I sure do long for the old days when NOTHING stopped me!

I also would love to be able to do some of things I used to do. However, I was young and partying a lot and who knows what sort of trouble this panic kept me away from.

I married a wonderful guy and we have raised two children who both finished college (neither of us did that) and I am an empty nester.

Seems like Feast or Famin for sure. It is really lonely and I think that contributes to my recent set back.

I have hope I will be better soon!

Betsy

My husband does the same thing to me...it is like he is bragging about all he can get done.
I get nervous and then I have a anxiety attack.
I try my best no to let it show.

Most definitely! It would be great just to be able to get out and do things without being so stressed out that you can't get anything done! So many people take for granted the freedom they do have. I hate to even go more than an hour or so from home when I feel like I'll never make it back. I've traveled quite a bit in my life,but now even thinking about it gives me a headache! Just wanted to say you're not alone!

my dad makes me nervous and i feel like a bum when i hang around him because he accomplishes so much like every damn day. even when he's on days off (he works offshore), he's always got some project going. he always has something to do.

i'm the total opposite, so i feel very awkward when he asks me what i've been doing, and i have little if anything to say.

you just have to realize that people are at different levels. i wasn't always at the level i'm at now, and i won't be always at the level i'm at now. in other words i've had times when i did a lot every day...but i'm not doing that now, but i will eventually if things continue to go well!

you can do it!