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...
Everyday I wake up and just feel this immense sense of dread and worry about the day ahead. Instead of thinking about everything that could go right, I just seem to predict that everything is going to go wrong. During the day, if I even do the slightest, smallest thing wrong I can't stop thinking about it, and then get this overwhelming sense of paranoia for the next day (sometimes even the next week). I wake up late at night and remember all of the things I regret or have done wrong, or sometimes I don't even sleep thinking about these things. Does anyone have any advice for how to make this uncontrollable worrying stop? Would love a good nights sleep sometime soon
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Sometimes, I think I have ODD. I can be oppositional. It seems that the only times that I feel like cleaning are when I should be doing something else or I have to go somewhere. Well, not everytime but most of the time. Yesterday, I was supposed to be doing online training for work but instead, I decided to work on my kitchen table. Most of the time, I don't know where to start and give...
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I have a possible new diagnosis to discuss with my therapist tomorrow. It might be the answer to a question that I have had since I was 19. It's called Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD). It happens to a large percentage of people with ADHD, which I have. Actually, I have been watching videos about ADD/ADHD lately. I remember my Mom telling me that she watched a show on ADD and she...
You are far from alone with this phenom. It sucks like an industrial hoover, both figuratively and literally.
You are already working my frontline tool for gaining control of uncontrollable worry. Getting my current worries into words before they escalate far enough to rob me of sleep goes a long way toward helping me find better ways to cope.
How 'bout it? Did making this post help any? Even if it only helped a little, it is a solid step toward regaining control.
Gentle support while you sort, Seeki. You are not alone. Welcome aboard.
You've taken the important first step in writing it out.
Keep a journal and write in it frequently. This will give you clues to ways to improve your balance naturally.