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 was blow drying my hair this morning and suddenly I was having trouble focusing my eyes. It lasted about 30 seconds and I had absolutely no other symptoms. I'm pretty sure I know what happened. As I was blow drying my hair, I noticed the cord was hanging in front of one of my eyes and I was shaking the dryer so the cord was shaking back in forth in front of that one eye. At the same time I was looking in the mirror. As I was noticing that, I started to experience the problems with my eyes and thought I was going to pass out.
I immediately put the dryer down and went to the front of the house where my husband was and sat down until my eyes cleared up approximately 30 seconds later. I did some tests to be sure I wasn't having a stroke which is one of my most common anxiety type thoughts. I tested my blood sugar and it was fine. The adrenalin kicks in though which immediately starts the anxiety. Any little health symptom is always magnified and I imagine the absolute worst possible scenario.
I start thinking..."What if it happens while I'm driving to work." Well it didn't. I got to work just fine. Now I have to try to settle down the anxiety which makes me sick to my stomach and just generally "yukky".
I wonder if I will ever stop reacting irrationally to things like this. The further I get from the incident, the better I will feel. I know that but when I am in the midst of it, it is very uncomfortable. Surprisingly, just typing it out has made me feel a little better.
Sigh...I wish I hadn't developed this anxiety stuff 20 years ago. Linda
I immediately put the dryer down and went to the front of the house where my husband was and sat down until my eyes cleared up approximately 30 seconds later. I did some tests to be sure I wasn't having a stroke which is one of my most common anxiety type thoughts. I tested my blood sugar and it was fine. The adrenalin kicks in though which immediately starts the anxiety. Any little health symptom is always magnified and I imagine the absolute worst possible scenario.
I start thinking..."What if it happens while I'm driving to work." Well it didn't. I got to work just fine. Now I have to try to settle down the anxiety which makes me sick to my stomach and just generally "yukky".
I wonder if I will ever stop reacting irrationally to things like this. The further I get from the incident, the better I will feel. I know that but when I am in the midst of it, it is very uncomfortable. Surprisingly, just typing it out has made me feel a little better.
Sigh...I wish I hadn't developed this anxiety stuff 20 years ago. Linda
I can giggle about it now but at the time I thought I would be on the floor and they would be trying to perform CPR on me.
Good for you for sharing with a co-worker and laughing about it. Sharing is good medicine and so is laughter! It releases natural endorphins.
There is only one time where I actually did faint and that was a legitimate medical emergency. I had a tubal pregnancy and the tube had burst. I was bleeding internally. I couldn't walk and I did pass out when I stood up. Thank God my husband was home with me when it happened because I don't know that I could have gotten help myself.
So when I can walk and talk normally, I know it is simply a panic attack happening.