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...
I have been experiencing horrible anxiety recently, to the point of not being able to move and feeling like I am drowning in worry.
I am a nurse and Mostly my worry starts out with nursing things, like Should I go to grad school? When and where should I get a new job? HOw will I afford grad school? Will I be good at that? When should I go back to school?? etc etc...these thoughts go through my mind so fast I have no time to think about them and pretty soon I am worrying about having kids, buying a house even retirement!! I am 23!!
Its like my mind is a hurricane of worry and its paralyzing. I am crying almost every day now and I have such a hard time just enjoying the moment I am in because I am so anxious about my future and planning. Even writing this is making me anxious and I want to answer all these questions about what path I should take with my career, etc.
I picked up some mindfulness books and things like that but as of right now, I am even too anxious to focus on reading.
anyone else constantly worry? any suggestions?
I am a nurse and Mostly my worry starts out with nursing things, like Should I go to grad school? When and where should I get a new job? HOw will I afford grad school? Will I be good at that? When should I go back to school?? etc etc...these thoughts go through my mind so fast I have no time to think about them and pretty soon I am worrying about having kids, buying a house even retirement!! I am 23!!
Its like my mind is a hurricane of worry and its paralyzing. I am crying almost every day now and I have such a hard time just enjoying the moment I am in because I am so anxious about my future and planning. Even writing this is making me anxious and I want to answer all these questions about what path I should take with my career, etc.
I picked up some mindfulness books and things like that but as of right now, I am even too anxious to focus on reading.
anyone else constantly worry? any suggestions?
Meditation also helped. Many people think that they can not meditate because their minds wander too much. But meditation is actually the art of learning to quiet the mind. Many people will get a meditation cd and listen to it as this keeps your attention out of your mind and on the the speaker doing the meditation. This is a great start and most will teach you to 'let any stray thoughts in, acknowledge they are there and push them aside'. It does take practice but it can help.
Take care
Good Luck
It is a good thing that you are talking about it though and it can really help to get everything out and see it all in one place. I would suggest writing everything down that you worry about and look at them a different way if you can. Try to turn things into positive statements like "I've come so far that I am thinking of grad school'. You may see things that you wrote that just seem silly and it can help to just realize this. Everytime you get a worrying thought you should try and think of something positive if possible. It will help.
It always good to have someone to talk to and it can really help, I found someone recently that helps me stay positive and the change is amazing. If you don't have a close friend to talk to then therapy is a good option.