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...
So I've had anxiety since I can remember, except I didn't know what it was until a few years ago when my best friend suggested it was all anxiety. It comes and goes, but lately, it feels like a ton of bricks will just hit me out of nowhere. I have so many thoughts racing in my head that I can't seem to fall asleep without otc sleep meds and on days when I don't get much sleep (like today, less than 4 hours), I'm so cranky at work, that I'm so scared that I'm going to lash out at someone. I work in a grocery store (so that's all in its own problem of anxiety), so dealing with grumpy customers has been a constant now.
Anyway, today after work, I received another round of disappointment from my mother and I just feel like I'm being buried alive. Anybody else's family not understand their anxiety and fears? Mine never has. It's like they're all normal (which they're not, I mean who is?), but I'm the outsider. They make me feel like a complete failure.
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I did the dumbest thing today. I charged my earbuds, unplugged the block and put the block in my little bag instead of the earbuds. I wasn't happy about that when I got to the gym. What a dummy!
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Ever since I stopped doing therapy because of insurance, I've been feeling that old tense and irritable sense of anxiety and stress. I hate that. I was making so many strides and changes during therapy, my therapist would acknowledge all of my progress and accomplishments, and I miss that reassurance. Today I thought about it, and I made those changes! She would always tell me that I chose to...
You've taken the important first step in writing it out.
It is hard for people who have never suffered this condition to understand what it feels like from the inside. I wouldn't wish that understanding on anybody, not even for my own benefit.
It is even harder for people in denial of this condition to understand. It is not my place to rip the dirty bandages of denial from their infected wounds. Doing so would benefit neither of us.
Either way, it is good to have places like DS where I can share honestly and openly about my condition and even find new and improved ways to manage my own condition and to vent about the stresses of life, be the stresses from dysfunctional family members or from navigating this crazy world we live in.
Vent and sort freely and often, Eab. Hope you find stabilizing companionship here.