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 am having an awful time. I constantly think about and obsess about death..my own death. I have had cancer twice (in 2005 and in 2007)..so maybe that doesn't help...but lately it is consuming my thoughts..all i can think about is when i am going to die, how, where....and i am terrified of dying alone. I am single and i am afraid i will die alone and it will be days before i am found. I can't relax, i can't sit still...it is causing me to also be exhausted and my depression issues to worsen. I can't take much more of this. I told my psychiatrist and she told me to talk to my therapist, but my therapist isn't helping much either. I feel like my anxiety is out of control. Thanks for listening. :(
You mentioned you are single but do you have friends and family or a support group? I have 4 or 5 people (not folks I see or talk to daily but I care for and trust deeply) who check in on one another probably for that same reason. Just knowing someone "has your back' or is looking out for you gives some degree of peace of mind.
Remind your therapist that this is a concern and ask again for what you need. Not sure what she or he has suggested to you but you said it did not help. Inform them nicely.
In the meantime, also check into what you can do to fill this void...to choose or identify a "go-to" person who is willing be there for you in a way that is comforting to you.
Peace and peaceful thoughts to you...