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...

23,095 Members

43,242 Posts

2 Online

rskb3 08/21/2013

I am going about an hour and a half away from home on monday and tuesday for a mini vacation and it's going to be just me and my kids because my husband has to work. Whenever i am the only adult i get so anxious because it's up to me to take my kids where they want to go and try to place a smile on my face so i don't ruin the fun. I get so scared that i will feel like crap and not be able to do what i need to do. My kids are 12 and 9 so they are pretty self sufficennt but i still feel so stressed out about this. I know once i get there that i will have fun it's just the waiting that gets to me. Does anyone else feel so stressed when all the responsiblity falls on ;your shoulders?

beekaboo 08/21/2013

I do. I am like that with school. It's up to me to do the work and pass. That gives me so much anxiety. But it's all about your mindset too. A vacation is supposed to relieve stress not give you stress. Try to look at this in a different light. Turn the tables. It's your responsibility to have fun! :P

deleted_user 08/21/2013

Yes it happens with anxiety, it called predicting, and your predicting you wont cope. Once your mind stars to do this it will try to make it true, negative, theres no reason you shouldn't be fine, we cant predict the future, stay positive, you will be fine

deleted_user 08/21/2013

I feel that way right now about living life, about choosing how to live life. Which philosophy to follow. It's paralyzing to me sometimes.

I am a mom, too. Wanting to be there for my son is actually something that helps me to "ignore" my anxiety and do whatever he needs, at least for short periods when he needs something.

Maybe it would help to go over in your mind what you will do on the mini-vacation specifically, to have a plan. Usually having concrete, specific plans helps me with anxiety. (It doesn't solve my larger issue about the right way to live life, but it can help me get through a day.)

rskb3 08/21/2013

Thank you all for your advice

deleted_user 08/21/2013

Any change can flip me out. Leaving the comforts of home always stress me out. I don't have social anxiety but something about being away has always caused me anxiety. I try to do as you are saying... put on a happy face so that my daughter doesn't pick up on it. I sure would never want her to have the stress over going away that I do. Good luck to you. Try and relax and have some fun.

Join the Conversation