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...
Hello everyone,
I hope some of you can relate to my weather and being sick related anxiety and don't find it a petty reason to post.
As some of you might know, I experience general anxiety daily, but on occasion my anxiety manifest itself into a hard to explain dreadful uneasy agitation state of mind.
This past year, unfortunately I have had more episodes than normal of the severe anxiety.
I do not like feeling, "not in control" and the outrageously bad weather we have had this year in WNY has caused me several times to be stuck and isolated, not able to go to work, to my daughters 50 miles away, or even take a misally walk! We live in the country making matters worse. I work as a sub in our school district, we have had off many days due to snow, blizzards and below 0 temps.
The weather for us, started to go bad WAY back in Nov believe it or not. We still have branches and trees down on our property from two ice storms back then. Since Nov we have had loss of electric a few times, cable lines down so no TV or computer, loss of water a few times and our basement flooded after one of the thaws. I have been stuck in my car a couple of times in the snow, once in the ditch when our drive way was not visible. My husband had to pull me out with his truck.
My daughter, her husband and grandkids live 50 miles from us, in the lower mountains, making matters worse, they get even more snow! So our plans always are around the weather. We even missed Christmas church service, due to a ice storm. My daughter says my grandson Sunday school class is performing again in two weeks for Lent...But the way things are going, we could still have a snow storm then too!
At any rate, again yesterday WNY was hit with a huge blizzard, the second in one month. I became sick with the flu, so you would think another snow day and off work would not have bothered me since I was to sick to work anyway. But the feeling of isolation and no control drove me nuts. Looking out seeing nothing but white...winds gusting, and worrying about my husband getting home from work, 30 miles away was very upsetting for me. I also get anxious when I am sick.
Today my car is stuck in a few feet of snow, my husband went off to work, and I feel very isolated, still sick.
Usually when I feel agitated I race around doing things, but being sick and snowed in I can't. I wish I could just relax, read, watch TV, like a normal person would if in my position.
In conclusion, realistically, I know the weather will sooner or later get better as will I, but finding it hard to deal with the uneasiness, agitation and anxiety that I struggle with when I am faced with unpredicted upsets such as today and the weather related issues this past winter. We do have snowmobiles, and ice fishing tents and equipment, but this winter has been so darn cold, we have done hardly any riding and I have no desire to ice fish!
Thanks for reading, I posted a few photos of the aftermath of yesterdays snow storm.
Patty
I hope some of you can relate to my weather and being sick related anxiety and don't find it a petty reason to post.
As some of you might know, I experience general anxiety daily, but on occasion my anxiety manifest itself into a hard to explain dreadful uneasy agitation state of mind.
This past year, unfortunately I have had more episodes than normal of the severe anxiety.
I do not like feeling, "not in control" and the outrageously bad weather we have had this year in WNY has caused me several times to be stuck and isolated, not able to go to work, to my daughters 50 miles away, or even take a misally walk! We live in the country making matters worse. I work as a sub in our school district, we have had off many days due to snow, blizzards and below 0 temps.
The weather for us, started to go bad WAY back in Nov believe it or not. We still have branches and trees down on our property from two ice storms back then. Since Nov we have had loss of electric a few times, cable lines down so no TV or computer, loss of water a few times and our basement flooded after one of the thaws. I have been stuck in my car a couple of times in the snow, once in the ditch when our drive way was not visible. My husband had to pull me out with his truck.
My daughter, her husband and grandkids live 50 miles from us, in the lower mountains, making matters worse, they get even more snow! So our plans always are around the weather. We even missed Christmas church service, due to a ice storm. My daughter says my grandson Sunday school class is performing again in two weeks for Lent...But the way things are going, we could still have a snow storm then too!
At any rate, again yesterday WNY was hit with a huge blizzard, the second in one month. I became sick with the flu, so you would think another snow day and off work would not have bothered me since I was to sick to work anyway. But the feeling of isolation and no control drove me nuts. Looking out seeing nothing but white...winds gusting, and worrying about my husband getting home from work, 30 miles away was very upsetting for me. I also get anxious when I am sick.
Today my car is stuck in a few feet of snow, my husband went off to work, and I feel very isolated, still sick.
Usually when I feel agitated I race around doing things, but being sick and snowed in I can't. I wish I could just relax, read, watch TV, like a normal person would if in my position.
In conclusion, realistically, I know the weather will sooner or later get better as will I, but finding it hard to deal with the uneasiness, agitation and anxiety that I struggle with when I am faced with unpredicted upsets such as today and the weather related issues this past winter. We do have snowmobiles, and ice fishing tents and equipment, but this winter has been so darn cold, we have done hardly any riding and I have no desire to ice fish!
Thanks for reading, I posted a few photos of the aftermath of yesterdays snow storm.
Patty
Being sick also raises my anxiety to unmanageable levels. Through all the healing I have done I now know why it scares me so much and as I have healed from all the past trauma's my fear of being sick is going away.
I do hope you are feeling better very soon. Lots of hugs being sent your way. :-)
Take care
You would think the common cold would not freak me out at my age having zillions of colds...and many worse illnesses. Believe it or not, just my ears being plugged up makes me nervous. I have ringing in my ears to begin with it gets worse when I am sick. Thank again
Patty
Cooking is my favorite way to do this... I am a guy a I love to cook... my favorite of all baking... (waaaaaht) lol yea thats right. I try out new things to instead of thinking of being stuck in the house to something of what can I add to make this more exciting and better tasting...
its a fun art. Drawing of course you can try to take part in releasing your stress with bright colors to replace them instead of the gloomy gray.
Try to find a series you like (I love police work so I picked up on True Detective) ... this was kinda a double gift because I love the topic, but the content is kind of violent and i was thinking to myself (because my anxiety is caused by scary thoughts) "oh my god what if this show brings back my scary thoughts and make them worst" I can say to you I wanted to shut it off at one point because of this but I didn't because i wanted to face that fear... and i loved the series.
Call friends up... even stop by here to say hey! lol
If you have animals that is always a good snuggle partner even to talk to them...
Reading of course is a great way... I like reading quotes so I have a whole quote book that I love to read.
Music... you can listen to it or even do a little creative written and maybe make a song...
Cleaning the whole house... maybe even doing new decorations within the house (my mom goes crazy with this tip) lol
There is so much that you can do, but I know that living with anxiety it seems like the only thing we can do is just sit and live in uneasiness with a day of gloomiest, but its not true... there are things, but we have to use our very creative imagination (because people with anxiety are some of the most creative) in good use... thinking of positive ideas.