Firstly, congratulations on going outside! Well done.

I feel like this when I've had thoughts racing through my head all day, especially ones that are more negative than positive.

The thing that most helps me when my head gets heavy like that, or I'm overwhelmed with thoughts is take a shower and just let the water rain down on the top of my head. It helps to help you shut off the mind and you can enjoy some peace for 10 minutes.

I have spent days before like this and the only thing that broke the cycle was a ton of exercise... and talking to someone about something that had nothing to do with me and how I was feeling.
Get your focus on someone else and some other situation to break yourself out of the cycle. It's really tough sometimes but it is possible.
Good luck to you!

Thanks Saundie and Lifeispeachy, I am going to try, maybe music might help, hope your both having a good day. hugs

wow. i get days of this all the time. i try to give advice to people from the things I've learned. i can't give too much here because this feeling you are experiencing is the ROOT of so much turmoil in my own life. thank you for your honesty. the few things i have found that work a bit are hanging out with my dog, talking to people on the phone, video games, comedies, reading, journaling. don't discount the power of journaling. i rarely do it, but i sometimes need to make a list of the swamp in my skull. having it in front of me on a screen in some kind of order actually helps me attack the core issues and find some peace. i wish you all the best. you have all of us here to help. you will not be judged, no matter how crazy you think you sound. best of luck and thank you again for sharing.

We all understand this feeling so well that it hurts so much to know you are hurting. I woke up this morning because I have an alarm set in my calendar that says "Help someone in pain." It is because the first thing that happens in the morning can usually be the guiding influence for the rest of my day. I have found if the day is about helping others, instead of how much I hurt, it actually weirdly gets a bit easier each and every day. Strength through the positive influences of others is what seems to get others through, and for those of us with huge social anxiety issues its almost an impossible task sometimes to ask another, especially stranger, for help. But this is exactly what you have done, feel proud for taking that step, and keep taking these kinds of steps.

Don't give up on yourself :) Everyone is worth everthing in this world.

Thanx midwinter I write a journal too, and listen to music, I have had a bad couple days and feel like I am putting my family through too much and am so sick of feeling like this and being in pain I just want to give up, but I look at my family and how much they are there for me and to an extent think it would be selfish to give up, I my friends on here help and give me support and I try to for them as well if I can, so hopefully maybe a better day tomorrow there is always hope.Firefly your words mean a lot thank you, it doesn't sound weird it makes sense, I volunteer for childline in hope that I might be able to help someone even if it's just to listen, That is a nice thing to do everyday, Am trying not to give up. Yeah everybody is worth the world. Just got to try holding on a little more. hugs

ido feel like this, and when i do, sometimes if i don't think first, I react very badly, lashing out at whoever is close and demanding...

really great you got out, it's the start of all things good I think....i love being in too much now and it gets harder and harder to want to go out

Hey pinkpetals, I find at the moment I am doing this more often than not, I have been staying at my parents house even though I have my own place as it's the only place I feel safe but I think I am putting too much strain on my family, I try to stay at mine but when it comes to it, I freak out, sounds stupid but start talking to myself then I feel in a dark place and everything feels wrong. I like staying in but when I try to go out I feel stuck. But thanx it was good that I went out things just went wrong when I got back, sorry bout the essay. hope your having a good day.hugs