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...
Hello,
5 months ago my father passed away at 89. He was healthy and even though he was 89 his death was still a shock. Then my mother needed to be placed in a home bvecause she has dementia. I thought I was handling my fathers death well but about a month ago I had two panic attacks out of nowhere. Ever since I think I have developed an ulcer. This led to to trips to the ER to be checked out. I was convinced it was cancer and had this full on dread feeling like I was going to die in 6 months. The CT scans showed nothing abnormal and I was diagnosed with possible Ulcer/Reflux/gastritis. I cannot stop ruminating on the Cancer thing. It is always there. I look at the scans they did incessently and feel my neck and other areas for swolen lymphnodes. I even made an appt with my PCP for a physical and he felt nothing abnormal and also said its probably gastric upset and an ulcer. Why cant I believe three doctors? What is wrong with me. I find myself crying off an on thinking that at age 40 my time is limited now.
This is the worst I have ever felt my anxiety. How do I get over this? I believe that the health anxiety is truly making my gastric issue worse.
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Hey all, i know its been quite awhile since i posted on here. Its been a summer all right. Its been something else........... You know how they say not to open the can of worms? Well a few months ago i decided to find out what my due date would have been for my first baby, the one conceived by r***. My baby would have been due on March 4th of 2006. They would be 20 years old. I was R**** on June...
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My day...today...misplaced my debit card...didn't realize it until I got to the register after shopping to a full cart. Used a different debit card and pulled apart everything looking for missing debit card before I left parking lot. Got home, dropped keys. So now I have a missing debit card, missing keys. A full cartload to unload and put away. I got everything put away.Dumped purse for a...
Sending hugs your way in hopes you can believe what the doctors have said. STOP Googling as that is definitely going yo make your thoughts spike out of control.
You need to take time to grieve for the loss of your dad and also for the change in lifestyle for your mom.
could the health anxiety be a manifestation of repressed grief?
just wondering. . .
steadying support while you find your own way through.
My mom was also recently diagnosed with dementia (along with type 2 diabetes) and my dad's full time job has become taking care of her,
Then a few weeks ago dad had chest pain and they had to put a stent in an artery. It scared the hell out of me and my anxiety went through the roof. I'm terrified that I won't be able to take care of them both if my dad has any more issues... I can barely take care of myself.