Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I'm not really sure how long this has been going on, but I seem to have incredible anxiety these days.. I'm on "that time of the month" but it doesn't normally effect me like this and I didn't even have that bad of PMS but I've had a really bad time the past week or so.. My anxiety has been messing with my OCD and vice versa.. It's getting -really- bad again and it doesn't feel like I've even been that stressed or whatever..
I seem to be going through a lot of hormone issues, maybe I am over hormonal? I don't even know! All I know is that whatever is going on is affecting my anxiety and my moods and i don't even realize it's that bad until it's -really- bad... I thought my anxiety was better and under control, because it hasn't been this way in such a long time, I thought I had finally "won" I guess you could say but the other afternoon I was so anxious I got sick from it and I haven't been sick like that in a while... and there are little things I am constantly worrying about now that I didn't or barely did before, I got sick again last night/this morning from the anxiety and the fact that this type of anxiety is effecting me again really sucks, it makes me remember all the hell I went through before and it makes me feel like everything is the same and I didn't get better at all...
I'm really emotional I guess, but its not like I hold back, it;s not like I am purposefully holding in my emotions until it becomes an issue.. I cry when I need to cry, and I deal with anxiety when It happens the best way I can, I try and take care of myself but I guess it's not enough.. I feel like a failure because this is happening again, What it it becomes really bad again and I'm never sure of myself ever again? Never normal?
What do you guys think? Is this just a mix of regular anxiety and a bad emotional reaction from my period and possibly because of my diet lately (Not the healthiest...) or am I actually crazy?
I seem to be going through a lot of hormone issues, maybe I am over hormonal? I don't even know! All I know is that whatever is going on is affecting my anxiety and my moods and i don't even realize it's that bad until it's -really- bad... I thought my anxiety was better and under control, because it hasn't been this way in such a long time, I thought I had finally "won" I guess you could say but the other afternoon I was so anxious I got sick from it and I haven't been sick like that in a while... and there are little things I am constantly worrying about now that I didn't or barely did before, I got sick again last night/this morning from the anxiety and the fact that this type of anxiety is effecting me again really sucks, it makes me remember all the hell I went through before and it makes me feel like everything is the same and I didn't get better at all...
I'm really emotional I guess, but its not like I hold back, it;s not like I am purposefully holding in my emotions until it becomes an issue.. I cry when I need to cry, and I deal with anxiety when It happens the best way I can, I try and take care of myself but I guess it's not enough.. I feel like a failure because this is happening again, What it it becomes really bad again and I'm never sure of myself ever again? Never normal?
What do you guys think? Is this just a mix of regular anxiety and a bad emotional reaction from my period and possibly because of my diet lately (Not the healthiest...) or am I actually crazy?
I am not suggesting that you were sexually abused but did something else happen to you when you were a child? Were you hospitalized with an illness? Did you need surgery as a child? Was an adult close to you sick? Can you remember what age you were when you first had anxiety? If you can, then you want to go between 3 and 5 years prior to that to find where the trauma happened.
In the meantime, have you tried deep belly breathing? Yoga or meditation? Sometimes going for a walk can help because it helps to burn off excess adrenaline.
I do hope you are feeling better soon. If you can start seeing a therapist it may help you a great deal. If that is not a possibility for you right now then please keep coming here and talking to us.
Take care
Anyway, I know the feeling - will I ever be "normal?" Will I ever be happy? But I've come to the conclusion that these things go in phases, kind of like the weather. Cuz I know it's been bad before, and it got better--so hang in there, don't lose hope!
Often imbalances in our hormones or endocrine system can cause emotional issues.