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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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How to know when somethings bothering you?

Maroon4Love
Maroon4Love
I am wondering if anyone else has this problem. I tend to not really know that something is bothering me as bad as it is, until I start snapping at my husband, getting stressed out, start having physical symptoms, etc... I just wonder if anyone knows of a way to realize that something is bothering you before it gets to that point?
Community LeaderMid
Mid
The first step is write in a journal what is happening. After a couple of days, you may begin to see a tiny, twinkling pattern of the warning signs you get as your body and brain begin to go into overload sensations.
You can often have just one part of the body displaying overload tension, and when it goes into overwhelming tension, you have missed the little signals along the way.
Hope this helps.
charliegirl29
charliegirl29
I agree with the journal. It almost always helps me and you can also trace back what you reacted to when you were interacting with your spouse. Is is something that you hold against him due to a conflict in your relationship? It's usually what does it for me. I snap at my spouse all the time these days and it's because I'm very angry at him and I don't know how to get past the cause of the anger and I see him as the cause of my anger because his actions resulted in me becoming angry so I journal myself and read other peoples stories to figure out how to best handle my situation.
Maroon4Love
Maroon4Love
hmm... i'll try that. I've actually started a Journal.. but I don't think it really gets to the root of the issue.... however, have you all heard of "Morning Pages?" It's where you just write... random train of thought things for 3 pages (or 750 words)... I may do that...

Thanks for all your advice. I feel silly posting that "I don't know how to tell when i'm upset." but I really don't.... I was feeling really bad last week, fatigued, weak, no energy... and I think it was anxiety.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I totally know what you are talking about!! I'll feel myself getting tense. Like you, I'll snap at my husband and just be in a bad mood. After a day or two I will journal. Just write about how I feel - sorta what you said - just write whatever thoughts come at the time. It is AMAZING but I will usually start writing things that surprise me. It's almost like I don't really know what is bothering me until I read what I wrote.
Maroon4Love
Maroon4Love
something else.. after I have my meltdown... usually after i've had my wine. LOL... I am in a really good mood the next few days.. i think since i've let out all the frustration.
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