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...
After somewhere around 130 time changes in my lifetime, Daylight Confusion Time still plays hell with my anxiety, twice a year. Am I early or late this week? Where'd my lost hour go? Or do I have an extra hour to play with? I've gotten into more trouble for being early than late over the course of my hyper-active life.
In recent years I've been experimenting with prepping myself and my charges for the change. Here we be. Time change is this weekend. This time next Monday the current 5 a.m. will be 6 a.m.
Anybody else find Daylight Confusion Time to be a major, bi-annual anxiety trigger? How do you cope? Anybody know where *They* store all this time we've been saving?
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I did the dumbest thing today. I charged my earbuds, unplugged the block and put the block in my little bag instead of the earbuds. I wasn't happy about that when I got to the gym. What a dummy!
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Ever since I stopped doing therapy because of insurance, I've been feeling that old tense and irritable sense of anxiety and stress. I hate that. I was making so many strides and changes during therapy, my therapist would acknowledge all of my progress and accomplishments, and I miss that reassurance. Today I thought about it, and I made those changes! She would always tell me that I chose to...
The way i coped with it last year was,even though the last thing i wanted to do was to leave the house,i would put on my shoes,get out the door and take a walk to the beach.
i would first stop at a pond and visit the swans and mallards,then head to the lake and do breathing exercises while looking out at the water and the sky.
i would notice that the daylight,that sunshine i usually find so oppressive.that feeling would dissipate and i actually had to admit that i was enjoying it,drinking in the light and the warmth.i can breathe much better by the lake.
The lilacs are out.The orioles.
And Arfie!
The monarch butterflies!
i must have seen hundreds of them last year.
i feared that they were to be gone forever.
My gratitude for Springtime helps me to breathe.
i do dread the time change,but i look forward to my walks.
i may need to be reminded how much they help me.
Last year I had a car, so daylight savings didn't seem to affect me. This year I do not have a car. I think this year I will be checking my phone 70 times in the (sometimes) 10-minute wait between busses.
Though to be honest, I just can't wait until it warms up about another 10 degrees (maybe then I won't have to rely on so many other things)
Glad you are finding the delights in the Spring show this year, Angel. It is quite a show. The dogwoods are blooming in my neck of the woods this week. The nectar gathering party (including butterflies) has begun.
One day I had a panic attack a day after the time change (and a day before my period). Mom did some online research and learned about SAD being triggered by DST. The website said to get lots of sun, take melatonin, and don't sleep during the day.
Probably would have helped if we had looked into it a bit more and learned that Melatonin tells your brain that its dark out, and you should go to sleep. So she had me taking it during the day too. If I wanted a nap, she'd be like "you're only going to make your anxiety worse, but you won't listen to me...." I had the worst anxiety for over a week. I know she was trying to help but it turns out that sitting in the sun after taking a pill that makes your brain think its night, and being sleep deprived, only makes anxiety worse.