
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...

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When I chew on a piece of gum I immediately get a sense of satisfaction. It usually tastes good, and sometimes its a little hard, so getting it to that soft creamy consistency gives an added sense of accomplishment. I could be chewing the gum for hours, sometimes not noticing I still had the piece in my mouth, other times stopping to attempt to blow a bubble. It then gets to the point where my mouth starts to hurt for chewing so long and the gum has turned into rubbery cement. However, I find it very hard to spit out the gum. Every chew gets harder and harder and more painful, but I dont want to spit it out. I go through this anxiety of letting go of the gum. I mean, this gum has given me pleasure, and something to do with my time. Nevertheless, the gum has served its purpose and it must come out. So I spit it out. Now immediately after, I feel this sense of loss. My mouth still hurts, I still have that residue feeling on my tongue, and now I have nothing to do with those moments where nothing is happening. For the last few hours the gum has defined me, it gave me purpose, I must live on; Im chewing a piece of gum. Im not just standing here; Im chewing a piece of gum. I can multitask, Im playing scrabble and chewing a piece of gum. Now I just feel empty. That feeling lingers until something else takes my attention away. Later on, I completely forget about the gum. I dont remember the way it hurt to let it go. I forget the anxiety and the loss I felt. I dont feel empty anymore. I dont even remember what flavor it was. The next time I see one of those gumball machines I get a quarter out of my pocket. I put it in the machine, take the gumball, put it in my mouth and the process starts all over again. I think to myself that this time I wont chew the gum that long, Ill spit it out when it loses its flavor, but I dont. I chew it until it hurts. I could not get the gum and therefore not feel the pain, but I do it anyway. I dont know why.
Does anyone else ever feel that way?
Does anyone else ever feel that way?

deleted_user
Why not just buy whole packs of gum and just start another piece??? ;)

NewWave
Yeah, I've had some weird experiences in the past related to anxiety that made absolutely no sense.
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