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...
My girlfriend is away working on a cruise for 6 months. She has completed 2 of the 6 months upto now. I can't stop thinking that if she splits up with me, I will be devastated and will feel there is no point in living without her. She is the only person ever who has ever supported me with my panic attracks and extreme anxiety. But also she is the best girlfriend, beautiful inside and out. I'm just worried that she will find somebody who hasn't got the anxiety and then she can live free of the issues dealing with them. Getting myself in a little twist... Living with anxiety has been difficult for me but also the relationship. So worried about her turning around and saying she doesn't want it anymore :(
Just remember that these fantasies don't relate to reality. They are your personal daydream. They have nothing to do with her, and they also have nothing to do with you. You may daydream of ending it if she leaves you in some afternoon melodrama but reality is generally a bit more hard nosed. When people dump us we cry, we wish we were dead for a couple of months, and then we get up and move on.
You don't have to be in a relationship. It's not a card we're all dealt and it's not the be all and end all of life. You need something in your life to fulfil you besides a relationship. A career, a future. Without them you have no self, and without any self you have no appeal. So try and build your own identity.
I'm inflicting this video on everybody lately because although it's short (it's a youtube) it's quite a shock. And it's something we as anxiety sufferers can do for ourselves to really reduce the anxiety.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dqXHHCc5lA
See what you can get out of that. Quite arresting.