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...
Long story short, my anxiety over sex is slowly killing my relationship. I've been dating the best guy ever (literally, I've put him through so much with various health issues and anxiety and he's still here) for a year and a half, we live together, but the past couple months have been really rough. I've had a ton of anxiety over having sex/being naked/changing in front of him since I started having stomach problems that caused a lot of bloating-I'm a small person but I literally looked about 4 months pregnant. Since that started almost a year ago, I can barely take my shirt off in front of him, nevermind have sex. I can have "sex" (missionary position, shirt on) but it's basically just waiting for it to end and trying not to cry because I'm so anxious. There is no history of sexual abuse/rape. For a while he seemed ok, maybe because he thought I would just get over it at some point, but things are quickly going downhill...he won't even do it if I offer (which is rare, and ususally a desperate measure) because the "sex" we have isn't good enough...he wants the intimacy and for me to enjoy it and get into it. I'm also depressed, I have no sex drive, I'm under a TON of stress with pretty much every aspect of my life right now, and I've never had an orgasm-all this plus anxiety doesn't exactly make for enjoyable sex. We've been seeing a therapist but that's been less than helpful. i NEED to figure this out...he's all moody and frustrated constantly from lack of sex, and that's also making my anxiety worse. Any tips on dealing with severe body image issues/sexual anxiety??
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My day...today...misplaced my debit card...didn't realize it until I got to the register after shopping to a full cart. Used a different debit card and pulled apart everything looking for missing debit card before I left parking lot. Got home, dropped keys. So now I have a missing debit card, missing keys. A full cartload to unload and put away. I got everything put away.Dumped purse for a...
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I don't really know how to label this but I having a rough week and I can't say it's one thing.... I have a lot on my plate which is nothing new and I try to cope in many positive ways and do but I still have my moments.My kids more so my daughters talk to me about everything which I know it's cause of comfort and we are close.... however I really struggle with the venting about their dad which...
My husband has been with me for 12 years now and the sex has been non-existent at times, bad at other times, and so forth. I have long stretches where I have no desire at all and this was before any of the anxiety or depression after my last kid. We do not have the most amazing marriage or anything like that. If you read my journals, you will see that I want to divorce him about once a month (Clear my throat). However, he is still here and claims to not want anyone else and thinks I am beautiful even when I gained an enormous amount of weight. Love is not just about the physical. Real love is unconditional. If it doesn't ease your mind when he tells you he desires you, and you are still anxious about your looks then maybe a therapist would help. I am sure that you didn't look pregnant : ) And he is probably crazy about you.