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...
Today, I panicked three times: first when a car beeped because someone locked it - I was walking by the car at the time. The second time because the store was packed and a lot of people in a store makes me nervous and the third time when I saw a picture of a spider somewhere in a store. Luckily, none of my panicking led to full blown panic attacks.
Tomorrow, I will be in town going to the parade but I'm afraid I might not be able to handle a loud parade with my anxiety being so high lately.
Sunday, I will do some more drawing.
Then on Monday, I meet with my doctor .... when I will tell her that my meds are worsening my anxiety and depression symptoms. And... *drumbeat* at 3 pm that afternoon, I will be in a therapists' office with Meredith.
Okay, so I was excited about therapy yesterday. But now I'm back to thinking a bunch of "what ifs"
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Enough is Enough. A few years ago, I was on disability and spent a lot of time caring for my Aunt. One particular Tuesday, I remember standing at my kitchen sink and being excited because I had the day to myself. I was so happy, until my Aunt called, frantic that she dropped and broke her blood pressure monitor and needed a new one. I was so wigged out! I didn't leave my house and...
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I was listening to George Birge radio on Pandora in my car yesterday. It sounded good but the lyrics are so limited with country music. I just couldn't hear another song about whiskey. Now I'm listening to Tori Amos. She is my female Elton John. I love their lyrics!
Just just-a-patient wondering. . .
What if ^it^ all turned out good? Stranger things have happened.