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 think we've all been touched by stories here and there. I find sometimes though my head likes to take things to extremes and I tend to get overly emotional or upset after reading something. I wondered if anyone else knows what I mean or has any thoughts. Reading is really one of my favorite things to do, I just don't like what happens when I close the books sometimes. I wouldn't want to have to restrict myself on something I like so much, but I start to wonder if somewhere along the line I replaced emotional support with reading and that maybe it's going bad for me. Would like some input.
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I gave my 2 week notice last Friday 13th. Now to join you fine people in a life of leisure and nothing else to do but to look out for myself....is it just me or does that sound pretty boring? My goal was to live to retire and I guess having to take early retirement because of health reasons wasn't exactly the way I had planned things. I just can't stay in that building that is reeking mildew...
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
You have to find a balance. Dont let whats not real control you. Allow it to give you what you need but combine it with other things that make you feel. Good.
I hope this helps i will try to find something about it to show you. Ill be in touch. Have a wonderful day
Reading in and of itself is not bad for you, but I do believe there is a time to curtail certain kinds of content. Anxiety is about a taxed nervous system and everything you input (i.e. reading/TV) has an effect.
I'd look for lighter subject matter for tough times... even some self-help or health-type reading. The heavy stuff will be there when you're feeling good enough to handle it again.
Would love to see anything you can find about this catdog3.
bryan3000 - I can see the need to reduce the exposure sometimes, but I usually don't get the problem till after I've stopped reading, like catdog said I get filled with such emotion that it's hard to break away and return to real life. If I'm not feeling right before hand, I know for sure to stay away.
I know exactly what you mean. There's a card game I like to play online when I'm feeling well. But, it's REALLY intense. Very taxing, mentally. I love the challenge. It's great fun. But, I find that if I play it when I'm in setback or too close to coming out, I can wind up with a little residual anxiety after playing... even though I may have felt fine when I started. So, I think it's the same concept.
Bottom line for me, now... I try to give myself a pretty big time-pad around setbacks to do a lot of activities. It's a bummer... as we may enjoy a lot of things that simply aren't great for us in that current state. But, I've also found that we can put those energies to use elsewhere and find other things to enjoy until we're back at 100%.
(Or close enough.)
It takes tinkering, for sure. But, it's good that you're at least able to put a finger on some of the potential triggers for your setbacks.