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...

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codymama 10/25/2011

I was wondering if it is common to feel anxious to some degree every day. Some days I am able to focus on getting things done better than others. Does anyone elses anxiety begin to climb higher on the ladder and you just know it is going to get bad again. It is like a cycle.. When my anxiety gets bad my O.C.D. will try to obsess about things and thoughts that happened in the past and not in the now. Does this happen to anyone else?
Becky

deleted_user 10/25/2011

I often feel that I have a constant level of anxiety daily..except while sleeping. Even happy things provoke the anxious feelings in me. I know the cycle you're talking about..you wonder if it's just gonna keep getting worse...story of my life. Oh and my OCD is through the roof. You're not alone.

deleted_user 10/25/2011

You are not alone. I have struggled daily with anxiety, I even have a habit of biting the inside of my mouth and thinking about past relationships and what I could have done differently...it weighs on me so hard sometimes that focusing on moving forward to a more positive direction is difficult. I try to remind myself that I cannot change what happened in the past but only make sure they do not happen again in the future. Staying positive and positive self talk sometimes helps me.

deleted_user 10/26/2011

I feel anxious 95% of the time, so for me it's normal. I think it's something we all need to work on in our own way.

As for the OCD, I have the same issues. I think anxiety & OCD kind of tend to go hand-in-hand. Not necessarily saying this is an expert opinion... just mine.

deleted_user 10/26/2011

yep its common alright, its not just you for me its a constant battle from when i open my eyes its all that crap anxiety thing that millions of us have but and its a big BUT it doesnt mean YOU wont get better hugs

deleted_user 10/26/2011

Yes, for me it is pretty close to what your talking about.

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