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 suffered from depression and anxiety for 20 years. Been on different ad's and xanax along with them for treatment. I also am in counseling. i am trying and doing everything they tell me to do but it always seems to come back. currently i am on cymbalta and xanax. i have only been on the cymbalta two weeks. i know not long enough to know if it is going to work but today is a bad day for me. i have cried several times today. who knows why???? i am running out of time for my fmla and fear they are going to fire me. i know it would be a blessing because the job is so stessful but i also need the money and insurance. i feel myself falling back into my old habits of staying at home and not wanting to go out. i am scared to go out. fear of having a panic attack i guess. it seems i can control my anxiety better when i am at home. i dont understand why that is. my mom and some other family members dont understand why i cant just get up and go. i have suffered so much in my life. it started with being abused as a child from my father, to have twins that were 10 weeks early and told they may not make it. they did make it but had lots of health issues. just when i thought they were out of the woods the oldest twin had a problem. the told us he had a mass on his brain. it turned out to be an avm, which is from birth they say. it is a cluster of blood vessels that grew together and they have broke loose and bled at some point. where it is is to dangerous for surgery so they just watch it. as if that was no enough they told us my husband may have leukemia. he is going through the testing now. last visit we were told no signs of leukemia but he is not out of the clear because he will have to have one last test in october that will have to be negative before they can say forsure he dont have it. my whole life has been filled with such terrible things. how can one person handle this. i try not to lose faith but it is very hard. i have feel apart after going through all this. i dont know how to get back to normal. can anyone help?
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when we are in periods in our lives that demand very much from us, it is very important to counter all of those drains with even more positive input. what goes out of us must be replenished.
so, it is time to lavish those things upon you that will nurture you and make you feel much better. great food. playful exercise. laughter. anything that brings you joy.
for every tear that you are shedding, add one very good thing, perhaps a cheerful song, a hug from a friend, a day at the park.
this is the secret of those who have very stressful and demanding jobs. they are very skilled at nurturing themselves to keep themselves at optimum levels.
I ended up isolating myself because I kept thinking I could "sleep it off". Finally I went and got some help and some meds. It has taken me a while but the best advice I can give is very similar to what faithful here has written. Keep as positive as you can, don't watch the news, or other bad stuff that'll bring you down. Surround yourself with people that make you laugh, and if you spend a bit of time in a car or on a commute keep your music up beat.
Other than that, the best thing you can do is cut yourself some slack. Don't be so hard on yourself. Anyone in your boat would have a really hard time. If you don't already talking to a psychologist would probably do a little good.