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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Trudy1021
Trudy1021

Hi all I am new here I have fought with anxiety mainly health anxiety and ocd for decades. I am on SSI because of it as well as outpatient. & needless to say this new current even that's freaking everyone out is waking up every fear that I have. Jumping out of my sleep and all. 

Thor2008
Thor2008
Welcome to Daily Strength. Take off your coat off and stay awhile. The news today is especially bad. I don't watch but read some online but I stay away from a lot of the news. It is not good for my mental health. So I'd take the news in small bits and with a jaundiced eye.
nocalove
nocalove
Welcome. We are glad you are here. I get SSDI for anxiety as well. I have found the 4-7-8 method. I inhale for 4 seconds, hold my breathe for 7 seconds and exhale for 8 seconds.I also take Atarax as needed. I encourage you to reach out to your health care providers and share with them what you did with us. I hope you get some relief soon.
GirlinCalif
GirlinCalif
Hi Trudy. You are NOT alone. This is a world wide event, so the entire world is feeling like you are.

Do you have any friends, family, neighbors, that you could reach out to and just talk on the phone or text with? Maybe chat via social media?

Agree with Thor2008, to only watch a little of the news (just to stay informed of the latest is all I do), and turn the channel to something else. Here in California we are on lockdown, so things could be worse! Stay in, relax, stay safe! We're all in this together.
OvercomingIt
OvercomingIt
I'm so sorry to hear how you are being affected. What is helping me is staying away from the bad news, and reading up on the positive news. Also, breathing exercises, stretching, and meditating. I hope this helps!
Trudy1021
Trudy1021
I see my therapist 1 time a wk. of course with all that is going on and the fact she is graduating in may I start with a new therapist this Tuesday she is my therapist supervisor so it is not like a totally new person which is ok, via phone. I also take Buspar I have been on it for years. mind you Friday was a really bad day health anxiety wise like really bad and yesterday was great mentally speaking now about a hr. ago it flared back up. roof of my mouth is itchy and I keep checking my breathing I refuse to take my temp. I need to stop looking at testimonials of people describing their symptoms! I do not look for them they pop up in my feed and boom
NikkiInTheDesert
NikkiInTheDesert
What do you mean "jumping out of my sleep" are you saying you wake up with anxiety? If so, I truly feel you pain, I think that happenes to a lot of us on here.
Trudy1021
Trudy1021
Yup boom heart racing supper jittery and freaking out checking to see if I am hot or cold usually around 4am eastern I am in Philadelphia
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