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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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srenee212
srenee212
One thing I have noticed recently is how exhausting both mentally and physically having stress and anxiety can be. I work hard all day to put on a smile and be productive, but once I get home and put my daughter to bed I am done for the night. I am tired of being in bed by 7:30 - 8:00.
heretic
heretic
It is exhausting, it's like being a tightly pulled wire, never able to relax. It's hard on the mind and the body. The worst is when I can't even relax once I get into bed, I toss and turn for hours. Doesn't happen often, I usually take a sleep aid if I feel that's going to happen. But anyway I just wanted to say I can relate.
deleted_user
deleted_user
You need something to look forward too. You are just in a rut. Plan something special, that you truly enjoy, that you can sink your teeth in, that really makes you happy. For me it varies: sometimes it is just changing my environment, sometimes its scrapbooking, or drawing or doing something creative, sometimes its going out with the girls, sometime its just a pedicure.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Ask yourself at night are you happy and content. If you are be grateful. You did well today and you deserve to be tired. And pat yourself on the back.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have been falling asleep as soon as my kids go to bed. I miss my husband. I miss my tv shows, I miss having some kind of life besides doing what HAS TO BE DONE to survive the day. I would like a little fun. I would like to enjoy something normal instead of a Xanax and my bed.

And then I wake up at 2am and can't sleep anymore. I'm tired too. Hugs.