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 just need to let this all out. I am hoping to reach out to all of you because im desperate and now i feel like crying. I hate bothering people especially my dad downstairs.
I am 26 years old and because of my depression, chronic low self esteem, and anxiety i am leading an abnormal life. I call it abnormal because i always stay at home. Im so afraid to get out of the house and look for a job. I am a nurse here in our country and my first training experience was hell. I got traumatized thats why now im so afraid. Dont get me wrong its not like i stopped right then and there. I went back to nursing but unfortunately it really wans't for me, I get panic attacks and cant concentrate.
This is how my day looks like. I'll wake up at 11 am or 12 lunch time. I sleep too much i know, but when my gloomy depression attacks i sleep almost 24 hours a day... i eat all the time and now i hate my weight. i am almost 208 pounds and i feel like crying because everything in my life is shit and falling apart.
I dont know how to get over this crap really. MY major problem was:
1.) My low self esteem because of my weight.
2.) The fact that i dont have a job right now
My parents are getting older and im an only child. I am so dependent to them. I am helpless, overly dependent.My dad is starting to get sick and my mom and dad is getting older.....im afraid to be left alone.... i get anxious even in the littlest or simplest things that i do.....
Since i cannot be a nurse., I am thinking of learning h\ow to bake or cook. I'm thinking of enrolling in a culinary school. My parents would support me in everything i do and im am lucky and so thankful for that. However my problem is myself. Before i joined an accessory making activity and it was hard for me to concentrate because of that i couldn't cope. Others were having a good time while me, i am flushed with anxiety and panic. And now i am thinking of "trying" once again and thinking twice. What do u think should i do???
There's too much crap going on on my head!! i dont know which to deal first please help! ='(
I am 26 years old and because of my depression, chronic low self esteem, and anxiety i am leading an abnormal life. I call it abnormal because i always stay at home. Im so afraid to get out of the house and look for a job. I am a nurse here in our country and my first training experience was hell. I got traumatized thats why now im so afraid. Dont get me wrong its not like i stopped right then and there. I went back to nursing but unfortunately it really wans't for me, I get panic attacks and cant concentrate.
This is how my day looks like. I'll wake up at 11 am or 12 lunch time. I sleep too much i know, but when my gloomy depression attacks i sleep almost 24 hours a day... i eat all the time and now i hate my weight. i am almost 208 pounds and i feel like crying because everything in my life is shit and falling apart.
I dont know how to get over this crap really. MY major problem was:
1.) My low self esteem because of my weight.
2.) The fact that i dont have a job right now
My parents are getting older and im an only child. I am so dependent to them. I am helpless, overly dependent.My dad is starting to get sick and my mom and dad is getting older.....im afraid to be left alone.... i get anxious even in the littlest or simplest things that i do.....
Since i cannot be a nurse., I am thinking of learning h\ow to bake or cook. I'm thinking of enrolling in a culinary school. My parents would support me in everything i do and im am lucky and so thankful for that. However my problem is myself. Before i joined an accessory making activity and it was hard for me to concentrate because of that i couldn't cope. Others were having a good time while me, i am flushed with anxiety and panic. And now i am thinking of "trying" once again and thinking twice. What do u think should i do???
There's too much crap going on on my head!! i dont know which to deal first please help! ='(
Set some small goals for yourself, if its exercising for 5 mins a day to start, or get out doors for 5 mins a day. but don't overwhelm yourself so you quit quickly (I have a tendency thanks to bp) Also plan it for a certain time- set your alarm so you don't forget.
On the nursing, are you still interested in health care generally? There are many ancillary occupations around nursing that aren't anywhere near the wards. Nurse educator, medical records, OH&S - all sorts of things - you'd know them better than me. I just thought of that because something must have attracted you to nursing in the first place and ward nursing, or theatre nursing aren't the only options. There might even be a short bridging course from your nursing qualifications into a related field. It would be worth putting some thoughts and investigation into it before taking a totally different path and wasting your qualifications. If you've successfully completed a nursing qualification you are obviously a very intelligent person so there may be many places you could fit.
http://ecouch.anu.edu.au/welcome
Computer Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is recognised by the Royal College of psychiatry and may help with your low self esteem