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, this is my first post. I have C-PTSD, generalized anxiety, and ADHD. I've never really had a community because I've been in such denial about the severity of my illnesses. I didn't pursue medication or therapy enough in my younger years and now, I'm 41, no health insurance, and scared pretty much to death every day of my life.
I'm supposed to go back to my job in a couple of weeks. It's a good job and my boss is a blessing because I've been on leave since I had a breakdown. He has very generously agreed to take me back. I have a lot of blessings in my life that I didn't count enough. My wife, my family, my friends. But I don't talk about my problems with them because it's just too much. I need somebody to talk to about this stuff so bad.
I have no therapist, and I don't know when I'll be able to get one.
I don't know exactly what I'm asking for in particular, other than for someone to just say to me that my mind is a liar, that I can recover my life. I know I know this, but to hear someone else verify it, would be wonderful.
For a long time, I thought I just wanted to die. Well I've decided, I don't want to die.
I Don't Want To Die.
Every single one of you is a blessing. Thank you for reading.
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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...
You've taken the important first step in writing it out.
Here's to working your way to a better balance.
There is a fine and fuzzy line between keeping secrets from my friends and family and sparing them the ongoing trials and tribulations of my mental illness, but taking the time to stay conscious of that squiggly, fuzzy line is worth the effort. Leaning heavily on my support network not only saves wear and tear on my personal relationships, I believe it nets me a better quality of support. My loved ones are too involved to be objective and I genuinely hope they never need the insights needed to manage this condition. There are times ignorance really is bliss.
Steadying support while you figure out what's next. Listening. . .
Welcome aboard. You are not alone.
Hope you're able to find some sort of community here. I know community is something I continue to seek in my life, but to support me while I'm struggling with my mental health and just as a part of my day-to-day existence.
I, too, have been there with the debilitating anxiety... on leave from work, barely able to function. And I can also tell you that you can get through this. You can learn to live with anxiety and whatever diagnoses you have. It'll take some time and work, but it can be done. There are people here ready to listen as you start on that journey.
Sending support