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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Episodic Anxiety

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Does anyone else get this? I go through months even years of being my (usual) calm, laid back, confident self. Then for no apparent reason I start feeling anxious and enter the endless spiral of anxiety where i worry about everything, think im constantly losing the plot, and have horrible disturbing thoughts. These episodes last usually several months (currently nearly a year!) and have no obvious triggers.
Several years ago i went through a divorce, moved house and a new job within a 12 month period and i coped no probs. Now all is well in my life but i'm wracked with anxiety!!

Can anyone relate or offer advice?! Please!!!
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Yes I get that too.

Don't give yourself a hard time - I always think that if I didn't have the bad times I would never really enjoy the good times.
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Now that everything is normal your mind is not occupied with thoughts of moving,divorce job change etc etc. So it reverts back to being anxious.

It sucks but the number 1 way to conquer anxiety is to keep our minds busy, other wise we start to get anxious which produces symptoms in the body that we start to think about all day long. What is this pain in my chest?My is my vision blurry etc etc.

We will overcome this, we just need to retrain our minds.

Hope this helps.
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I think it's great that you have had years at a time where you were anxiety free! I'm sorry you're having a bad time now. Are you seeing your pdoc? Therapist? Exersizing? Getting enough sleep? it could be cyclical. I hope recovery comes quickly for you.
peace, t
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Northstar, I cannot relate in one sense, since for me my "normal" self is the endless spiral of anxiety. However - one thing I believe from my (long) experience is that anxiety is rarely "because" of anything - it's a brain thing. I like your phrase about "losing the plot," by the way. Very apt. I hope med's, meditation or exercise are helpful for you. Thank you for your interesting posts.
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