
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've had anxiety since I was little. I can remember being 8/9 yrs old and waking up in the middle of the night shaking and my heart pounding. There is no scientific "proof" that it's genetic but it's on both sides of my family and Mom was bi polar.
Unfortunately, I know what has triggered this horrific anxiety. My Mom passed away suddenly in January. She was only 54. My little sister and I found her in the morning, she was gone for awhile. No idea of cause of death. A few weeks later I had a major car accident and I am now trying to put my life back together without my mom. My psychiatrist has called me a classic case of PTSD!! Gee i'm so special!! It is easier to deal with the anxiety when I know where it's coming from. Where as when i have PANIC attacks out of no where....Why does that happen?????? Who knows??? All I know is that I take 1mg of xanax and hopefully i'll feel calmer in about an hour.
OCD-obsessive compusive disorder
PTSD-post tramatic stress disorder