And regarding my anxiety. I just can’t shake it again this morning I just walked into my kitchen, leaned over the counter and cried to God to please make it stop. It’s very painful.

for sure hypersensitivity goes with my own anxiety. a random social media posting can disable me for weeks.

Sarah, I think those tears are a gift. It means you have a sensitive heart and feel compassion for the suffering of others. I wish I could feel the pain of others more. Instead I get a lot of judgmental thoughts and feel bad about those. You will get past this. Keep posting here if it helps.

I have an extremely soft heart.
Too soft I think
And I care about the suffering I hear and see. So I wonder why I have to suffer with the anxiety.

Why does anyone that has sensitivity and a good heart have to suffer with anxiety? Because the anxiety is a result of being sensitive. Perhaps the better question to ask is how can you help yourself overcome the anxiety situation and gain better control of your emotions. Being realistic is a good place to start. Understanding that there are things in this life that are unpleasant, downright horrible, and that we can’t control is a place to start. Accepting it and doing our best is all we can really do. After a lot of years of crying out to God to make it stop, I realized that God wants me to learn how to do it with His help. The Bible tells us that God wants us to be able to stand strong, not shake like a reed in the wind. Food for thought.

Makes sense mtd. Being sensitive and anxiety going together.
I am so sensitive that I am like a teenager. If I text something and don't get a quick response, or the response is not what I wanted to hear, I will apologize and say is everything okay, I will do this or that to make it up etc. (If you get what I mean) So my relationships with others I am sensitive to, which then brings on anxiety. Did I say the wrong thing, what did they mean when they said that to me, and on and on.

It’s hard to get out of that mind set, but not impossible. What you are going thru is just as hard as taking control of your mental well being. I’ve urged a lot of folks to get “It’s Only Anxiety” by Carl James. It teaches an acceptance method to recover from anxiety. This book is based on the work of Dr Claire Weekes who developed the method. She herself suffered anxiety. She has books available too. It is a proven method. I’m using it myself and can speak to the proof that it works. It’s a method to help you face and accept your fear. Nothing required but focus, persistence and patience. It is based on reality, no gimmicks, no gurus, no religious concepts. Get the book Sarah, it can help you turn this around. At the heart of anxiety is the lack of self confidence which this method helps you build if you apply it consistently.

Hi Sarah01, I am amazed that you're actually stating the very same things I experience!!!This unbearable morning anxiety is hellish!!!Some of it has been alleviated with medication; but it still remains.
Hi mtd, I really appreciate your suggestion on Carl James' book and Dr. Claire Weekes! Thank you both for being here!

I have always been overly sensitive too. It was harder to deal with as a child that's for sure. Sometimes I am not even sure why a particular thing touches so.
I have never thought about it being related to anxiety before. I can see how it could be though. I am sure it effects my depression. I do think I deal with it a little better now that I am much old. Well maybe just repress it more, I dont know.
It makes me sad that having a heart in this world has to be looked at as a disadvantage.

Keith yes. Having a "soft" heart and being sensitive is actually not a good thing to be. And was it mtd, who said people with anxiety is a result of being sensitive. That brings tears to my eyes right now.
Yes having a good heart, caring about what others (who you don't even know) are going through, and of course I cannot look at the animal commercials.
But yes this makes me very sad. But makes sense. I am not tough enough so I let the anxiety take control over me.
And NoththesameCat, yes the morning anxiety is impossible to get rid of!!

Yeah the animal commercials kill me!
Sometimes I swear I was a dog in a past life :)
I bet your tougher than you think. Its not easy living this way but we are both still here doing the best we can and trying to help others

I guess you could say that.
But being sensitive also causes me angst in situations like family gatherings for instance. Let's say one thing I overhear my sister say, or my niece say that I take offence to for some reason, and that will bother me and stick with me for a very long time. I could be having a perfectly nice gathering, and one comment or discussion will get me down.
I assume this is also part of anxiety. Overthinking the situation and being sensitive to it?
In more recent times, if it is something I think I can bring up , i actually called my sister on time and kind of fooled around but asked what was meant. And she of course thought nothing of it and said something like "no I didnt mean it like that". So yes its that sensitivity creaping in.

I know exactly what you mean. There are some comments people have made about me from years ago that still bother me.
I always over think things too. Always trying to be the mind reader and guess the other persons mean. Oh and by the way I always go with the most negative sinario

It’s a horrible way to be. I don’t think I have gone to a family gathering and ever left without something bothering me.
Or even friends gatherings. Whatever. Someone will say something that I take personally.

We just have to try our best to talk ourselves down from that.
I dont know you but my guess is you're a very lovely person. I know you have a heart and care, that's wonderful in my book. I know having these intense feelings has its drawbacks, but without people like you in the world, the world would not be worth living in!
Unfortunately we are beat down too easily. Stand up sweetheart let the world know you are here!
I am trying my best to do that. I fight my darker thoughts all the time. I want to be the light that this world needs, even if it is just on this stupid screen for now.