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...
I have been of this site for a long time, and felt the need to come back because I am really at the end of my rope. My anxiety is at levels I have never felt before. I manage to get to work everyday, but that is always a challenge. When I am home I do not want to go anywhere. It is making me more depressed, because I see I am a shell of my former self. I joined DS because my husband left me, and after trying to reconicile, we found out he has 2 stage four cancers. I have become his caregiver, although we do not live together. I never got over him leaving me, and him dealing with this has made me realize there is no time to fix what we had. So my nervous system is on over drive. I really dont know what to do. I want to cry every minute of every day because I dont even want to do anything for fear I will have a attack. I just don't know what to do..........
You might also start a journal about your feelings. It has helped me.
There is a site here on caring for someone else. Starts with Caring for, I believe but can't remember exactly what comes next.
"self care is not selfish, you can not serve from an empty vessel"
I recommend the books "a life at last" and "dare" for learning how to handle anxiety.
Hoping you're doing better x
Best regards,