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...
Hi everyone.
I'm suffering from constant anxiety I had a nervous breakdown 4 years ago since then I have suffered from anxiety and panic attacks.
They seem to be getting worse again I started a new job 4 months ago which is 12 hour shifts which I'm finding a struggle anyway.
And the job although it should not be stressful I'm finding everything I'm asked to do seems to make me worry and get anxious about.i dont think I fit in some how,i find it difficult to make friends anyway.
In the morning as soon as I wake up I'm shaking with anxiety and my asthma has also got worse.
I have to give myself a good talking to or I dont think I would get to work.
Now we have to wear face masks at work all the time and it really feels like I'm being suffocated.
I've stopped going to shops because I cant get on with the face masks.
Unfortunately people dont seem to be very understanding, they cant understand why you find wearing a face mask so difficult.
It just feels like things are going bad all the time,and I have no control.
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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Years ago, I won a mirrored armoire from my job. It's in my bedroom but I rarely stand in front of it. Yesterday, I had to have a dexascan done so I had to change into a gown. There was a full length mirror in the changing room. I'm aware that I gained 5 to 7 pounds over the last year from cheating on Keto but I didn't know what it looked like. It was a reality check.
If "Giving myself a good talking to." worked for me, I'd be Polly Perfect by now. Alas, anxiety doesn't seem to be something I can talk myself out of or even beat myself out of. Being gentle with myself and patient with the process makes it much easier to find and use more effective anxiety management tools.
And I surely need more effective anxiety management tools here in the anxiety fest of Coronaville. I miss indecently exposed smiles and random acts of kindness more than I can say. I doesn't know, but I does believe maskites are more shocked and outraged by indecently exposed smiles than any other indecently exposed piece of human anatomy. I still suffer severe flashbacks to medical trauma when confronted by a surgical mask (even one with cutsie designs). Sympathy seems to be quite beyond masked mentality.
Vent, vent, gnarl, gnash, gr-r-r-r-r. . .
Prayers in progress that we can get through the current social upheavals together. Healing hopes for all. No exceptions.
Welcome aboard. Hope you find stabilizing companionship here.
You've taken the important first step in writing it out.
Keep writing in a private journal every day.
Figure out the most important thing you have to work on, and work out from that direction.
Best wishes as you find your better balance.
It's good to know there are good people out there that understand what I'm going through.
I think I find it hard to be kind to myself,because of the bad things that have happened to me its almost as though I deserve it somehow.
Fast forward a few decades and I swear by the principle. For one, gentleness makes for a far more rational state of mind. For another, once I started being gentle with myself, I discovered I had far more compassion to give the world.
We ALL deserve gentle compassion, Bridget. I believe compassion is the secret to peace on Earth. Let it begin with me.
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/fight-or-flight-response/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/prescriptions-life/201709/7-ways-calm-your-worried-mind-and-reduce-anxiety
https://www.therapistaid.com/worksheets/grounding-techniques.pdf
I've been working today my asthma was bad in the morning anxiety again on waking up.
I've been slightly better this afternoon my boss actually thanked me today for good work so that made a big difference this afternoon,