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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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Never had anxiety like this before!

Cymiga
Cymiga
I've always had anxiety but lately it's been out of control. I'm currently having some health problems and it's just effecting me so much. I've become recluse, not want g to ever go out ...afraid something will happen and I'll get sick. I've had to leave work a few times and now I'm do anxious watching the clock hour by hour wondering if I will make it through the day. I m a preschool teacher and I can't just leave my room when I want to...I have to call and get someone to cover for me..and I just freak out that I'm going to have to leave the room in an emergency and no one will be able to come in.

I've had some medical tests and have freaked out before them....now I have to have surgery in a few weeks and I'm so anxious about that and what they could possibly find.

What if I'm really sick? What if I have to leave work for awhile? What if then I don't have money for insurance and bills? My retired father lives with me...what if we have to sell the house because I'm sick and can't work?

I'm in tears constantly to the point that I think I've given myself a sinus infection....I just don't know what to do or how to stop feeling this way. It's been a rough few months and hopefully if all goes well (but who knows) things will be better by April....but that seems so far away!
annieheart
annieheart
The unknown scares me a lot also. I have to try and redirect my thoughts a lot. It is not so easy to do. When you begin to worry maybe if you can walk around or talk to one of your pre schoolers. I had a counselor tell me when I am like that even to touch a table or something your thought will be redirected.
Reed31
Reed31
I am so so sorry that you are going through all of this.

I am also going through some health stuff and hear my own thoughts and fears echoed in what you are saying. Illness brings out the most vulnerable parts of ourselves and causes us to what if ourselves to exhaustion.

What helped me was to look back at other health problems I've had. I wrote a 30 page journal entry about it and about how what I feared NEVER happened.

I've also turned to alternative medicine for almost everything because it's saved me from SO many surgeries and extended illnesses. It can seem really weird at first but its so non-invasive and gentle - I really love it. It feels like spa treatments when I go in.

Instead of having a hysterectomy, I did acupuncture. For anorexia, I avoided a 90 day hospital stay with Chinese herbs - I got my appetite back within a few days. For Chronic Fatigue, I used acupuncture. And I avoided back surgery and a very extended recovery time with chiropractic.

Remember that you ALWAYS have choices. The what ifs rarely happen and when they do, answers almost always emerge. When they don't, there are good people who have the answers and can help.

I also try to make a plan, stick with it and then focus on the positives as much as possible. Easier said that done I'm finding.
gramybear
gramybear
I blame a lot of what you are going through, on the media. They have people so scared of getting sick because they are selfish in the way that they just want to sell products and the more scared you are, the more crap you will buy. I went to see my Female Doctor a month ago for a breast check and she was wearing a mask. She said "don't worry, I'm not sick, I just refuse to get the flu shot." I asked her why and she said, "Because I don't trust the government.".. So don't feel alone, even doctor's don't trust our government or all the bull they put on TV now. Hugs GB
Misssy2
Misssy2
i'm the same way.
The advice I have been given...IS..

Breathe and do one moment at a time..there is no guarantee you will be here in April. So, enjoy each day...only worry about the present day...Its hard..but when I do that...I feel less anxious..

Till I lay down and start thinking about the future. There is no future. There is only NOW
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