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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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e4shannon
e4shannon
I have been doing fine dealing with my anixety until about a week ago i had this feeling like my throat couldnt swallow or something was there ever since then my anxiety has been horrible. Dont understand why i am freaking out again someone help me. I think i am losing my mind.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I can really relate! My trouble starts with really bad stomach pain and just like your problems with your throat I immediatly react to it by scaring myself about it. Lately I've been practicing not reacting to the pain and telling myself that it's just a product of me feeling anxiety. I think thats the main thing I've been concentrating on is not reacting to the physical sensations or the terribly negative thinking that can pop up in my head about stuff.These things are hard to ignore ,I know from experience. I don't know whether ignore is the right word but maybe it's better to say not to pay attention to it. Kinda just notice it and say " crap! this anxiety has caused this and I'm not going to react to this because I know it'll get better the less i react to it! I think maybe once you teach yourself to relax when this stuff pops up the physical symptoms that anxiety produces lessen in strength. I know this from experience! Anxiety produces all kinds of physical symptoms for people. I think it's important to learn as much as you can about anxiety and what to do about it. Educating yourself on this stuff is a valuable tool when it comes to dealing with this and how you react to it! I hope you can find some peace tonight and have a nice relaxed night! OO,Garrett
deleted_user
deleted_user
I do believe that depression is chemical. I'm not a doctor or anything, that is just my own personal conclusion. Not normal day to day depression but TRUE depression. And I think meds are an important part of recovery for that for a lot of people. I can't explain why meds help some people unless it is placebo. I know that for every 1 med story with a good result, I have heard 10 that have said it only made their problem worse and I believe that is because the meds have now made them really HAVE a chemical imbalance. Just my opinion tho.
naturegirl65
naturegirl65
hey @Liliygirl. that is interesting about what you said.
hmmm, may have to think about this. I love seeing the other side of the coin so to speak.
I see what you are saying. a chemical imbalance is not the cause. it could be perhaps a result of ongoing long term persistant anxiety....yes? no?

but then you mention that we do have the capability of calming ourselves down. that is true. I can calm myself down too. hmmm and the fear is not of all things.

hah...so now you all got me thinking....that's a good thing.

thanks Mystic and Lily.
naturegirl65
naturegirl65
@lilygirl just wanted to say that my last post I was referring to post #13

In regards to the depression. I had bad depression a couple of years back. dark pit.
I went on meds SSRI's it helped the depression, the anxiety not so much.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah, I don't know if I worded my last post very well, but I do believe meds can help cases of real depression. I don't think that depression and anxiety are caused by the same thing. I am not saying that they aren't related, but I don't think they have the same parents if you know what I mean. When I was talking about placebo I was referring to people getting relief from anxiety, not the people helped with their depression. But again, not saying I am right, but if I had to make a judgement based upon all the reading I have done over the years, and just my own instincts and knowing myself, that is what I would say.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah, I don't know if I worded my last post very well, but I do believe meds can help cases of real depression. I don't think that depression and anxiety are caused by the same thing. I am not saying that they aren't related, but I don't think they have the same parents if you know what I mean. When I was talking about placebo I was referring to people getting relief from anxiety, not the people helped with their depression. But again, not saying I am right, but if I had to make a judgement based upon all the reading I have done over the years, and just my own instincts and knowing myself, that is what I would say.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah, I don't know if I worded my last post very well, but I do believe meds can help cases of real depression. I don't think that depression and anxiety are caused by the same thing. I am not saying that they aren't related, but I don't think they have the same parents if you know what I mean. When I was talking about placebo I was referring to people getting relief from anxiety, not the people helped with their depression. But again, not saying I am right, but if I had to make a judgement based upon all the reading I have done over the years, and just my own instincts and knowing myself, that is what I would say.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah, I don't know if I worded my last post very well, but I do believe meds can help cases of real depression. I don't think that depression and anxiety are caused by the same thing. I am not saying that they aren't related, but I don't think they have the same parents if you know what I mean. When I was talking about placebo I was referring to people getting relief from anxiety, not the people helped with their depression. But again, not saying I am right, but if I had to make a judgement based upon all the reading I have done over the years, and just my own instincts and knowing myself, that is what I would say.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah, I don't know if I worded my last post very well, but I do believe meds can help cases of real depression. I don't think that depression and anxiety are caused by the same thing. I am not saying that they aren't related, but I don't think they have the same parents if you know what I mean. When I was talking about placebo I was referring to people getting relief from anxiety, not the people helped with their depression. But again, not saying I am right, but if I had to make a judgement based upon all the reading I have done over the years, and just my own instincts and knowing myself, that is what I would say.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah, I don't know if I worded my last post very well, but I do believe meds can help cases of real depression. I don't think that depression and anxiety are caused by the same thing. I am not saying that they aren't related, but I don't think they have the same parents if you know what I mean. When I was talking about placebo I was referring to people getting relief from anxiety, not the people helped with their depression. But again, not saying I am right, but if I had to make a judgement based upon all the reading I have done over the years, and just my own instincts and knowing myself, that is what I would say.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah, I don't know if I worded my last post very well, but I do believe meds can help cases of real depression. I don't think that depression and anxiety are caused by the same thing. I am not saying that they aren't related, but I don't think they have the same parents if you know what I mean. When I was talking about placebo I was referring to people getting relief from anxiety, not the people helped with their depression. But again, not saying I am right, but if I had to make a judgement based upon all the reading I have done over the years, and just my own instincts and knowing myself, that is what I would say.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah, I don't know if I worded my last post very well, but I do believe meds can help cases of real depression. I don't think that depression and anxiety are caused by the same thing. I am not saying that they aren't related, but I don't think they have the same parents if you know what I mean. When I was talking about placebo I was referring to people getting relief from anxiety, not the people helped with their depression. But again, not saying I am right, but if I had to make a judgement based upon all the reading I have done over the years, and just my own instincts and knowing myself, that is what I would say.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah, I don't know if I worded my last post very well, but I do believe meds can help cases of real depression. I don't think that depression and anxiety are caused by the same thing. I am not saying that they aren't related, but I don't think they have the same parents if you know what I mean. When I was talking about placebo I was referring to people getting relief from anxiety, not the people helped with their depression. But again, not saying I am right, but if I had to make a judgement based upon all the reading I have done over the years, and just my own instincts and knowing myself, that is what I would say.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah, I don't know if I worded my last post very well, but I do believe meds can help cases of real depression. I don't think that depression and anxiety are caused by the same thing. I am not saying that they aren't related, but I don't think they have the same parents if you know what I mean. When I was talking about placebo I was referring to people getting relief from anxiety, not the people helped with their depression. But again, not saying I am right, but if I had to make a judgement based upon all the reading I have done over the years, and just my own instincts and knowing myself, that is what I would say.
e4shannon
e4shannon
I take it this is not an illness that ever goes away. But I dont understand how for years you can have it under control and then it can affect you again. Also do any women here notice it gets worse during hormones. I am 43 and it seems to get worse around that time of month. Also I always wonder what if the doctors are wrong and this is something horrible. I do not have insurance so i can not run place to place to get checked. So many anxiety symptoms can be a disease and that is my worse I always feel like it is something horrible and I have the hardest time when i feel something not to think about it.