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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Casey22
Casey22

Hi, I'm new to this site. It seems like most of what I read pertains to physical symptoms of anxiety and although I do have physical symptoms they don't bother me as much as the mental symptoms. I can get myself in a panic in no time just thinking that I am feeling trapped in my thoughts and am never going to get away from this fear and I will snap. Does anyone else have these fears or is it all physical? Thanks

arfie
arfie
Hello Casey. Welcome to DS.

In my own case, the physical symptoms are manifestations of the mental symptoms you speak of. When I can catch and remediate those mental symptoms, the physical symptoms don't have the opportunity to manifest.

You are far from alone.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Welcome to the anxiety board at DS.

You've taken the important first step in writing it out.

Keep writing out everything to sort out your feelings, thoughts, emotions, and words to find your better balance.
maria718
maria718
Oh yeah those mental symptoms.....I was going totally crazy with those. The only way I was able to stop them was I had to leave my job, and not have too many people around me anymore, mostly just my caring family.
Life was getting to be too much for me. Now, I'm Calmer, happier and at peace. I don't know if you still work or not, but not working really calmed me down.
CatsNBirds
CatsNBirds
I understand. I drive myself crazy what iffing myself about things. I wish there was a switch that we could turn off to help us calm our minds.
eab88
eab88
Hi Casey. I understand what you mean. My mind is like a web of everything I’m feeling and lately it’s been too much. You are definitely not alone, though.
Wanthappiness
Wanthappiness
I wish there was a a switch also. Negative intrusive thoughts are horrible I said it many times. I would not wish this on my worst enemy sometime I feel.loke I am loosing it and don't know what is reality
rmb
rmb
It’s hard for me to really separate the mental from the physical because they’re connected but, yeah for me, the mental symptoms are what trigger the physical symptoms so addressing the mental stuff takes care of the physical stuff. For me, I can handle the physical stuff because I know it’s just anxiety triggering it. The goal for me then is to manage the mental side of it.

Actually I can handle the mental stuff too for the most part, now, probably because once I kind of accepted it for what it was, just anxiety, it felt less like this big overwhelming scary thing and more like just a problem to manage. Not saying it’s not scary or a big deal, or to diminish how uncomfortable it is. Just that it is possible to kind of make peace with it. Still feels mentally and emotionally uncomfortable but doesn’t take me to my knees as much.
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