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...
Hello everyone. The following problem I am about to tell you guys have been affecting my life for quite some time. I finally feel time is overdue to address this problem if I want to have peaceful, productive, and happy life.
First, brief intro. I am a 25 yr old man who has been battling severe depression for 10 years. I also suffered from panic attack/PTSD/anxiety issues. I seeked cognitive behavioral therapy, group therapy and anti-depressants and had limited success.
Recently, I noticed that I keep having irrational fears and having hard time stopping it from affecting my life. I know it sounds weird as I write this. But I get panic attacks/high stresses over seemingly petty matters like not parking correctly (It is not parked parallel), not checking water faucet which is hot and cold water before washing hands, not cleaning desks properly without any dust, things not arranged according to my taste, etc...
Tonight, I got panic attack over making a right turn at the intersection. I made the smooth right turn, causing no danger to anyone, but something in my mind kept telling me, "That was not perfect right turn. You should have made the turn slower."
I really want to be free from all these irrational fears. I want to live happy, productive, and peaceful life without being bothered by these irrational, ridiculous things like these every day.
Can anyone give me advice on how to overcome these irrational fears and stop it from occurring again?
First, brief intro. I am a 25 yr old man who has been battling severe depression for 10 years. I also suffered from panic attack/PTSD/anxiety issues. I seeked cognitive behavioral therapy, group therapy and anti-depressants and had limited success.
Recently, I noticed that I keep having irrational fears and having hard time stopping it from affecting my life. I know it sounds weird as I write this. But I get panic attacks/high stresses over seemingly petty matters like not parking correctly (It is not parked parallel), not checking water faucet which is hot and cold water before washing hands, not cleaning desks properly without any dust, things not arranged according to my taste, etc...
Tonight, I got panic attack over making a right turn at the intersection. I made the smooth right turn, causing no danger to anyone, but something in my mind kept telling me, "That was not perfect right turn. You should have made the turn slower."
I really want to be free from all these irrational fears. I want to live happy, productive, and peaceful life without being bothered by these irrational, ridiculous things like these every day.
Can anyone give me advice on how to overcome these irrational fears and stop it from occurring again?
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
That said, everyone else in here is right:
1. see doctor
2. try meds
3. learn relaxation techniques