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 have a little bit of good news.i was able to read half of a book yesterday afternoon.It has been awhile since i have even picked up a book,because i was so scared that i would not be able to concentrate on it.
i dunno why yesterday was different,but i hope i can continue to read as it is one of the few things i enjoy.
So anyhow.
Concentration.Memory.(Why is my short term memory shot,but my long term memory is a steel trap with memories disturbing me.If only i could erase long term memories.Oh.i guess i should be careful what i wish for.)
What else.Learning new tasks,retaining information,staying present in conversations.
Anything i am missing?
i have been having trouble with my cognition for over a year now.It has been scary and frustrating.i know part of it was/is due to my depression and my starved brain caused by my eating disorder,but i think my intense anxiety plays a role in it as well.
Thoughts?
Hm.
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I was listening to George Birge radio on Pandora in my car yesterday. It sounded good but the lyrics are so limited with country music. I just couldn't hear another song about whiskey. Now I'm listening to Tori Amos. She is my female Elton John. I love their lyrics!
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When i was in the ER February 16th 2025, i was being admitted to ICU where i was for 3 weeks, then had to relearn to walk for 3 weeks in another hospital rehab floor, the nurse told me something that made me feel for over 18 months now that i was finally *safe*. She told me that the guy who raped and beat me 21 years ago now almost 20 years at that time, was in prison as of a month before that...
For what it's worth:
*Just* sharing strictly personal experience.
In my own amnesia therapy, repression of my long-term memories was playing hell with my short term memory and eventually my cognitive functions. I favor the theory that my psyche was channeling so many neural resources into continued repression that there were not enough available resources for the *lesser* functions. By whatever theory, as I regained freer access to the long-term memory, the rest improved tremendously with the healing.
Continued support while you sort your own.
But her mental cognitions started to decline due to major anxiety/depression issues...and she's at a point she can't even focus when she reads.
So it's so great to read that you are able to push through and do something you love again.
Happy Reading!
It seems a lot of people struggle with cognition problems doesn't it?