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...
Anyone else have anxiety that flares at nighttime? During the day I'm generally fine but whenever I have to drive or go out at night when it's dark out I find it scary, the roads and the world just seem so much meaner and more menacing when it's dark out. I believe I feel this way due to having a traumatic panic attack for the first time outside at night. Sigh.
only recently i was out and about after dark and even
though my son was driving .. he is an awesome patient driver
for my sake.. i felt the rise of anxiety as we drove along in the
so very dark on the way home after having been shopping too long...
its such a terrible helpless feeling...
but here i am and here you are and we are fine!!
now to let that part of us that gets frightened understand
it will most likely be just fine even though its very scary
dark out....
~hugs~
glad your fine allison
^_^
it does seem common. May have something to do with the body producing more cortisol at night.