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...

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Do I suffer wuth anxiety if I don't feel anxious?!

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New here and just wanted to ask if any of you suffer from the symptoms of anxiety, without consciously feeling anxious?

I have all of the 'usual' symptoms, but I still manage to lead (at least on the surface) a regular life.

My Dad died last year from cancer, he was only 53 and it all happened very quickly. At the same time my 10 year realtionship ended and I started counselling. I thought that I had a grip on things, but I think that I have some deep rooted issues that are giving me the symptoms, but why do I not feel as bad as I think I should?

Any advice would be gratefully received.
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If you dont feel anxious I would count my blessings and not try to make yourself anxious. Maybe you are over analyzing yourself?
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Sometimes, as with myself, the anxiety or the symptoms are a manifestation of facing the real issues. Maybe subconsciously you really are anxious over the things you've endured as of late and it just hasn't totally been dealth with...I'd continue counseling and make sure you get to the bottom of it. I can tell you I felt the same as you for a while and ignored it until it got worse and worse and ended with panic and generalized anxiety disorder. You are doing the right thing to go to counseling. I too lost my mother to cancer and I know how hard that can be. Especially at a young age. But you have to feel the feelings to get beyond it. I hope this helps
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that's how it started with me. I had the symptoms but just shrugged it off for years cause I had never heard of anxiety then one thing led to another and set it right off brought everything to the surface.
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For me anxiety is the conscious experience of the physiological symptoms. When i'm not suffering with anxiety i still get stressed and anxious but only in response stressful events. When im having an 'episode' i constantly feel anxious and panicky for no identifiable reason.

Perhaps your going through alot of stress and anxiety but don't have an 'anxiety disorder' ??
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