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...
So i tried a new therapist today and i was talking to her about how i gag when im really nervous and i felt like she looked at me like i was a freak. She kept going on and on about how awful it must be to live with this. I wanted to say no kidding. I was asked out by this guy today and i would love to go out with him but i am extremely nervous at even the thought of it. I cant live in my safe little bubble anymore its so lonely and i see no way out of this. Everyone keeps telling me that i just have to get out there but i really dont know how to, i know i will embarass myself with the gagging and i will feel worse. Please help :(
Do you know what triggers the gagging? I know you say it's when you get anxious but what is the thought process before the gagging starts? Are you doing something you don't want to do? I ask because, to me, it sounds like you have something in your past that has caused this particular symptom and now, when something similar happens, the gagging begins. This is what happened to me with all of my anxiety symptoms. Just curious if you can trace it back to one thing or traumatic event.
Take care
As for the therapist looking at you "like you were a freak", as a professional she really should have more control of her facial expressions while people are telling things about themselves that are obviously difficult to tell. As for going on about 'how awful it must make you feel,' at least she was trying to show some empathy and was probably just trying to get you to elaborate on it, like as the other poster said, hoping maybe to get to the bottom of what could be the trigger. Nausea and gagging are indeed symptoms of nausea. Whoever is telling you to just put yourself out there obviously has never dealt with severe anxiety. I am glad you're in therapy and hope it becomes helpful to you and provides some resolution soon.