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...
Loneliness, anxiety, depression: for me each has followed an accident in 2013 causing a spinal injury and paralysis below my shoulder blades. Loss of independence is serious for me. Before my accident I was never lonely, anxious or depressed because I could go out and meet people when I wanted. Since 2013 I have never left my home except to go to hospital a few times. I get up, eat and go to bed when my carers come, not when I want to, although of course I am grateful to then and others for making life possible.
But I am not looking for sympathy. I am just saying we should value our health when we have got it and use it to avoid loneliness, anxiety and depression as I used to.
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Here is my new brother, copper :) He's so tiny! Moo and Tuck were ok with him on first meeting. Rocket due to his severe aggression will never meet Cooper.
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I feel like it’s human nature to take physical and mental heath for granted. In fact we take pretty much everything for granted until life forces you to see it with absolute clarity, I suppose.
Some may find this offensive but I think of the sentiment of this quote from the series Deadwood a lot, especially as I’ve gotten older.
"Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f***’in’ beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you've got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man, and give some back"
For context, the show takes place in Deadwood South Dakota in the 1870s. Life was pretty brutal, Also please forgive the gender reference to stand it like a man. It’s not about manning up but about human resilience.. And the only way to navigate life on our own term, regardless of circumstances, is to endure pain, survive the lows, and embrace the highs.
Bleak? Maybe. But life really can punch you in the face. And can change in an instant. But we gotta keep giving it hell while we are here.
Isolation and loneliness is awful. Hope there is a path forward for you for more connection. Can’t go back and nothing stays the same, but finding a different way maybe?
I don't have any suggestions, just welcome to the DS board and community.