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...
Hey guys! So I had one semi recent incident where I thought I was going to faint because I hadn't eaten for a while (crazy day at work). I was driving with my boyfriend and had to sit in a Publix parking lot. Then we got back to his house and my dad ended up having to get me because I didn't feel comfortable driving. It wasn't a fun night. Well, ever since then, I've been obsessing over what I'm eating and when I'm eating. I'm worried about eating enough. I hardly drive. Since then, I spent three weeks in a mental hospital because the isolation from being too anxious to leave my house heightened my depression. But does anybody have any experience with this? Any advice?
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Hello- I am new to the group
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My therapist really knocked some sense into me last Friday about my spending. She said that there are needs and there are wants. She said that there is always going to be cheap stuff to buy, but do I need it? The answer is mostly "no". So today, I am taking back some things that I bought online at Kohl's, namely a 9 x 12 rug and a quilt for my bed. I also bought sheets that I don't need...
If you use driving as your goal, then start with reverse, connect something to that, then park, connect something to that, then low, medium, high, slow, fast, turn, wait, and continue on through the different motions until you find the pattern that unlocks the neutral switch.
Life happens. We are naturally going to experience anxiety in responding to information coming in from every situation we move through. You are much stronger than you realize.
Best wishes.