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Can't seem to handle my unnecessary anxiety

sweetgirl18
sweetgirl18

Seems like for the last 2 months my anxiety has gotten worse where I can't really handle it. My emotions have been really bad. I end up crying when I have really no reason to. There's been alot of good things happening.



I feel I have all what I need a husband who really loves me 2 children who love me and we just recently got a puppy chocolate lab he's very friendly and loving along with a kitten she's very loving and friendly all she wants is attention.



It's been 7 months since I've giving up smoking. Me and my younger sister quit together. Instead of spending $60.00 a week on cigarettes we been putting it to a side to save for adults trip with our husband's. 



I have a nanny 2 days a week watch my kids and 1 Saturday a month so I can go and get things I need to do done and have a kids free day once a month with my husband.


With things going well for the most part I just can't seem to shake this anxiety and emotional issues when I can't even figure why I'm having it.

silentsketch
silentsketch
Perhaps it's also all that is going on with today's economy and non-stop dismal events in the news. Seems like everywhere we turn, there is some reason to worry. You are correct that you have so many special things to be grateful for and happy for. I think sometimes our emotions just come out as the relief valve that is built into us for these times. Love Chocolate labs! Focus on the good and hope you feel better soon. Sending you good thoughts of support. :)
Brockster
Brockster
Anxiety, by it's very nature, doesn't really make sense. It's irrational worrying. I used to think that if I could just figure out "why" I was feeling anxious that it would all just magically go away. But the thing is, there is no why. When I started to understand that and just accept anxiety as feelings than things began to get better.

It sounds like you've got a pretty busy life. Are you making time and space to take care of yourself? Time to just do nothing and relax without thinking about what needs to be done, or what is coming up or anything? Time to take care of yourself the way you'd take care of a child who is feeling scared or overwhelmed?

I often find that when anxiety starts to amp up in my life it's because I haven't been taking care of me.
sweetgirl18
sweetgirl18
That's part of a reason why I have a nanny 2 days a week and 1 Saturday a month.

There are times when I have the nanny around some times I go do stuff what I wanna do to just relax and enjoy my self and That 1 Saturday a month with just my husband sometimes we go to lunch or go out on a day trip or sometimes just order out for lunch and cuddle on the couch and watch movies.
arfie
arfie
happiness can trigger my hypervigilance in ways that chaos and strife don't seem capable. when everything is going my way, my tendency is to hold on and squeeze so tightly that i choke the life right out of it. my paranoia worries that the toy stealers will be along any minute to steal all this goodness from my unworthy fingers. my low self-esteem tells me i don't deserve such happiness. etc., etc.

sigh. . .

we humans strive to be logical far more often than we achieve logical behavior.
Bobby5000
Bobby5000
Quitting smoking my be contributing to this, so perhaps you need meditation, exercise or something else. Not suggesting you go back, my dad quit, had a quadruple bypass at 60 and lived 3 more decades of a healthy life.
sweetgirl18
sweetgirl18
There are times I do miss the cigarettes. I wish I could be like 1 who could just have an occasional 1 here and there but it's not the case once I have 1 then I wanna smoke the whole pack.
lilstarsmum
lilstarsmum
I’m sorry to hear about your struggles, friend. I know it’s not easy to go through anxiety. It’s a very complex issue that deserves personal and in-depth attention. Are you seeing a therapist/counselor? What are your coping skills? Remember that you deserve to feel better, and you don’t need to carry your burdens alone. Stay strong, friend. Sending hugs & prayers your way.
sweetgirl18
sweetgirl18
I like to do yoga paint hang by my pool and write poetry.

If I didn't have my husband or my children it would be alot worse. I also love my puppy we just got as well as my new kitten.

Since fall is almost hear I l baking with apples and pumkin. The fun part about it is going apple picking and pumpkin picking and baking what I picked.. then when it comes to Christmas I love going and cutting our own tree and there big I'm glad we have a high ceiling in the living room. Then I love decorating the tree my self since my daughter had no interest and my son is only 2. But with all this I never out grew my childhood.
sweetgirl18
sweetgirl18
I don't wanna take meds.
Austin00
Austin00
Try to meditate once a day go to yoga classes It helps
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