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 had my first physical in 2 years yesterday. I got through it OK, only minimal anxiety. But now I have to wait a week for my lab work results (blood test, urine test).
I can't stand the fact that I have to wait that long for these tests to come back. Even though I've been in pretty good health my entire life, it's like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop, you know?
It's funny, I think I'm less worried about there being a concerning result of the tests, than I am about the way I'll handle it. I'm 36, have a wife, a kid and a mortgage. I feel pressure to be a confident, strong man in my family, and the big thing keeping me from that is my anxiety, logical or illogical, about my health. It's very frustrating.
If I have high cholesterol, or some blood issue that's a concern, I want to be able to put it in perspective and handle it as proactively as possible. I can't afford to let things like this eat at me.
Any suggestions to cope with this negative state of mind? Thanks :)
I can't stand the fact that I have to wait that long for these tests to come back. Even though I've been in pretty good health my entire life, it's like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop, you know?
It's funny, I think I'm less worried about there being a concerning result of the tests, than I am about the way I'll handle it. I'm 36, have a wife, a kid and a mortgage. I feel pressure to be a confident, strong man in my family, and the big thing keeping me from that is my anxiety, logical or illogical, about my health. It's very frustrating.
If I have high cholesterol, or some blood issue that's a concern, I want to be able to put it in perspective and handle it as proactively as possible. I can't afford to let things like this eat at me.
Any suggestions to cope with this negative state of mind? Thanks :)
I wish I had some advice for you. I don't have the same pressure of trying to keep up the "man of the house/provider" role w/my reactions but my nerves have certainly made me confide my anxieties more than I'd ideally like w/certain trusted coworkers and friends. That's because I'm single and don't have a spouse or family to reassure me. Professionally, I think it's undesirable to expose your personal neuroses in the workplace but it's hard to keep up a front when you're overwhelmed and unable to concentrate.
I've had some other medical worries in the last month so this is just another curve ball that I have to handle as gracefully as possible.