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...

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stlaries411
stlaries411
I recently started having more anxiety..like in the past year. Lately I get anxiety when it comes to traveling, like a road trip. My husband had to travel to Ohio, which is a 10 hour drive from where we live to attend a funeral. He has his brother and two sisters with him so I was glad of that because I just can't do road trips more than 4-6 hours (really no more than 4 hours) the anxiety can be overwhelming. I don't know where all this is coming from either. I play soothing music on my MP3 and look at the scenery but that only helps for a little while.
I felt bad because he wanted me to come with them but I was able to use work as an excuse.
Does any one else have travel anxiety or just anxiety about being in public crowds period? How do you handle this?
rskb3
rskb3
yes! I had my 1st panic attack in a car about 2 hours away from home since then i can't travel more then 1 hour away from home or else i through up the whole trip and am shaky and feel like i'm going to jump out of my skin. I love to travel so this really sucks plus my sister and her family live 3 1/2 hours away so that makes it very hard.
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Where the anxiety is associated with car riding, the first thing I suggest is to sit in a car for ten minutes and follow through those thoughts to the anxiety situation.

When I did this, I discovered that it was not what I thought it was, and now, in public situations, I am able to manage with minimal anxiety.

Best wishes.
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