I get many of those symptoms. Try to breathe and get distracted (ya I know sounds easy) We are with you. Much Empathy.

I feel really bad today.
Not hungry at all which is fine for me to take a break from eating. I ate a small lunch.
Lonely sad and then the physical stuff. Not a good day. I have this pit in stomach like something bad is going to happen. I hate this.

i'll put forth the theory that something bad **is** happening, marian. anxiety can be a progressive disease and the physical manifestations **will** escalate if allowed to run on the business as usual plan.

just a theory from a certified nut job. . .

continued support while you work your own theories.

The physical symptoms are just your nervous system’s flight-or-flight response. There are things you can do to ease those symptoms, like relax your body, distract yourself, etc. Prolonged stress and anxiety often leads to physical manifestations. I mean you can only be emotionally and mentally amped up
on high alert for so long. The good thing is you recognize the physical symptoms as anxiety related. Being aware of the mind/body connections is good.

Yes I figured they had to be. The sick stomach is totally anxiety ridden. And I have a cardiologist who I go to yearly. My last visit was a echocardiogram and stress test. I wore a halter monitor. So he said everything was fine. So my assumption with the heart is anxiety. I do go to him again in august.
Of course though I am a bit worried about my dog. Although nothing seems to bother him and you really can’t even see the swelling but of course I found it.

The sun will set and rise another day my friend.

Gentle hug <3

You can take your dog to the vet. If he is acting fine, that is a good sign. Animals usually show us when they are in trouble.

I would really recommend getting a handle on the anxiety symptoms, best you can. By relaxing, not worrying, de-stressing, etc.

Not easy to do, but really needs to be done, Marian. This constant stress and worry you have, can cause big health related issues (trigger warning - heart attacks, high blood pressure, strokes...). Please start doing something that de-stresses you and that you practice calming yourself. Maybe meditation, yoga, walking, watching something funny on TV (laughing releases good chemicals).

You need to look out for your health too. Stress causes so many health problems.

Today is some of the same. I think the heart palpitations went away overnight. Although I took an anti anxiety med this morning. From the stress my back is really sore like I’ve been holding myself very stiff and tight (which I have).

Dog is acting totally fine. He has arthritis in a few places thinking this may be a new pop up. He goes to vet for his well visit in a couple weeks so they can check him over then. If anything gets worse I’ll certainly go sooner. He’s almost 8 and people think he is the younger dog as he has tons of energy and rarely sleeps during the day.

Anyway. Of course I’m still worried about him. Trying to calm myself over it. Talk myself into a good place.

I feel for all you .Sending you bear hugs to everyone going through anxiety..We need to remind our selves to take a deep breath,I work from home and my main trigger is my sales job working from home.It's driving me insane. The pressure form the conpany and manager is inhumane..My heart was pounding with anxiety.. I have to do something.I c'ant continue like this...

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned the words "Anticipatory Anxiety" it's a trap.
I had to make the words "What If" off limits. It was hard at first. The following is a stupid story but, bear with me. I used to dread being stuck at a traffic signal. I would picture my self losing control and wrecking my way through the crowd just to get out. One day I realized "The light has to change or all the cars would have skeletons in them" The vision was so laughable, I haven't had that issue since. Now what can I do about elevators?

Yes. I certainly have anticipatory anxiety. I am an extreme worrier so really worry is about the future so that’s exactly what I have.
I just feel like it’s something new every day.

I just woke up, well I’ve been awake for hours and couldn’t fall back and I feel horrible. I’m so sad , I want to stay in bed. Enough is enough.
I really wish I could just be left alone for a day or more.
Waiting for the night to come