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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cupcakemom 08/18/2015

i suffer from anxiety/panic attacks. i dont personally know anyone who get them as well. and its frustrating feeling so alone or explaining to people what i feel and them not understanding. i want to know if anyone gets similar symptoms. im tired of feeling alone in this. the intensity varies, some days its not bad and i can keep calm. other days are intense. sometimes i get tingling in my arms or hands, i get cold and hot flashes, jittery, rapid heart beat, crying, shaking, overthinking every little feeling and jumping to the worst conclusion. like worst case scenarios. sometimes i wake up feeling jittery. i feel like im scared of everything. shortness of breath, tingling or tightness in the chest, lightheaded. it would help if anyone who feels similar would comment.

codymama 08/18/2015

I wake up with anxiety and sweating. When I am not anxious I wonder why because anxious feeling is more normal for me, so I then become anxious. I am tired of friends telling me to use my coping skills, they just don't understand what it feels like. I find if I distract myself I am much better. I started coloring in the mosiac coloring books and it relaxes me. You can find these coloring books at Michael's craft store or Barnes and Noble Book store. I hope I was able to help.
Have a nice evening.
Becky

simplycatherine 08/19/2015

Have you tried finding a panic disorder support group in your region. It would help you find people who understand.

I hope you find what you need!

nuwara2 08/19/2015

AdventureGuide has a 12 week program in this forum, for dealing with anxiety. Week 1 talks about symptoms. If you look at each week, I think you'll find there are plenty of people who can relate to each of the symptoms you've described.

http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Anxiety/forum/20366805-week-onesymptoms

I wake up with an anxious feeling in my stomach.
Recently I had a very stressful situation, and found my hands were shaking all the time. The situation is gradually improving, but I still find myself wringing my hands a lot, and chewing on my fingers (the fingernails are toooooo hard, ha ha!).

dancinintherain 08/19/2015

I have all of these symptoms, and it has gotten worse for me in the past year to where I have trouble going places and doing things. Just know you are not alone in this! If you can find something that calms you and occupies your mind I find that helps.

Fleurdelisa27 08/19/2015

You are definitely not alone! I used to get horrible panic attacks and I think almost everybody here can relate to what you are going through on some level. There are millions and millions of people in this country going through the same thing.
I know it feels awful and scary and hopeless but honestly, they are not harmful in any way, other than to your peace of mind. They cannot hurt you and you are not crazy. You are just having a reaction to stress. Try not to overthink it. Try not to make more out of it than what it is because when you start making it a big huge dramatic thing, that is what keeps it going.
Big hugs to you and take care of yourself.

bridgie101 08/20/2015

I used to try to describe it as an adrenal gland problem causing sudden flashes of terror akin to being attacked by Freddy Krueger when you're walking down the street.

I would try to get them to remember the most terrifying horror movie they had ever seen, and to realise that that level of terror was capable of attaching to me brushing my teeth.

I don't think people get it, but they get somewhere towards it. And that's the best you can hope for. After all, what do you need fromthem?

You need them to stop talking to you while you go stand somewhere quietly and have that ghastly chemical hell zoom round your body till it is dealt with by whatever gland processes it.

You need space between events.

You don't need them to do anything, you just need moments of quiet and lots of visits to the loo. When they realise they're not being armtwisted they get far more relaxed. And when they realise you're still going to pull your weight and do your job, they relax. And then they don't really need to understand, so much as just let you be while you heal.

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