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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giddy12
giddy12

I havent been on here in months because I have been in A MUCH BETTER PLACE. I'm back tonight because for some reason tonight is just to much. I'm lying in bed and everytime I start to dooze off I am jolted awake by this intesne surge of anxiety. I have no idea why? I feel like I am not dealing with much more than any other average person right now.. I literally have no idea why my body is doing this. I have been examined head to toe and do not have any medical conditons other than possibly sleep apnea...


I am a very rational person I hate when I start getting this way. It becomes so hard to rationalize my thoughts when my whole body feels nothing but these engery bursts of anxiety. Will this ever go away :(

Restful
Restful
It happens to me sometimes also, and it’s usually when there is a lot going on in my life. I think my mind tries to process everything and becomes overwhelmed so it can’t go into a real deep sleep.
giddy12
giddy12
I just hate it. I was perfectly relaxed almost sleeping multiple times and my brain just wouldn't let me :(
Restful
Restful
It definitely sucks. That’s why I’m up still because my mind won’t shut down and let me rest tonight.
JMJ2020
JMJ2020
This happens to me as well. Usually, I can find something to something to distract me just a little bit. An audio book or music or a movie that engages just enough of my mind to quiet the anxiety. Other times I just have to ride it out. Either way, it sucks.
CeCe_98
CeCe_98
Hey :( I completely understand what you’re going through. I have random anxiety like this where I can’t pinpoint a reason and I think logically that’s the hardest because if I could only find the reason than I could start working on the solution right? I have struggled with anxiety my whole life. My mom was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder when she was around 15 or 16. Being involved in learning about her life and learning about why she is the way she is has been a life struggle, ongoing, constant. I think sometimes i can get lost in the anxiety so bad that it spirals out of control into this deep depression where the things I used to enjoy just the thought of them don’t make me happy anymore and all I feel like I’m able to do in sleep in bed
CeCe_98
CeCe_98
I think for me right now learning about coping mechanisms and for you too has been my peace through all of this. I was just writing down in my journal the different coping mechanisms for anxiety and then relating them to my own life. Maybe that could help you too
CeCe_98
CeCe_98
This is what I was just reading and it’s actually the website that lead me to this virtual support group. https://www.verywellmind.com/best-online-anxiety-support-groups-4692353

I think journaling helps, like a mind dump. I’ll write down everything that’s bothering me and like people said above sometime you don’t even know but when you write your subconscious can take over and you can write things you didn’t even know were hurting you. I plan to show some of those negative thoughts and feelings to my therapist once quarantine is over fully and she’s seeing people again. They’re hard to talk about because some of them are just so damn depressing I don’t even recognize the thoughts to be mine. Hopefully this helps you :) the more I learn the more I’ll share
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