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'm so tired of having anxiety. I've just been so overwhelmed lately and it's such a frustrating feeling. Right now I have a lot of anticipatory anxiety with student teaching coming up next week. I wish there was a way to just make it go away besides having to just wait it out for student teaching to start. I wake up and it's the first thing on my mind and I go to sleep and it's the last thing I think about.
I was getting really good with handling my anxiety. I was really accepting my emotions instead of fighting against them or ignoring them and telling myself I shouldn't feel a certain way. I feel like right now I'm kind of taking a step back because accepting how I've been feeling lately is not an easy thing for me right now. I've cried three times in the past two days because I'm so stressed. And that frustrated me. Last night I was feeling bad and tried to go to bed at 9 until one of my friends walked into my room (we live in a suite) and sat down by my bed and asked if I was ok. I said yeah and she looked at me and said are you sure and then I said no and just started crying and probably cried for a good half an hour while we talked about why I was upset. I just don't want that to happen. I want to be able to feel happy and have fun with my friends when everyone is hanging out. I just want the anxiety to end.
I was getting really good with handling my anxiety. I was really accepting my emotions instead of fighting against them or ignoring them and telling myself I shouldn't feel a certain way. I feel like right now I'm kind of taking a step back because accepting how I've been feeling lately is not an easy thing for me right now. I've cried three times in the past two days because I'm so stressed. And that frustrated me. Last night I was feeling bad and tried to go to bed at 9 until one of my friends walked into my room (we live in a suite) and sat down by my bed and asked if I was ok. I said yeah and she looked at me and said are you sure and then I said no and just started crying and probably cried for a good half an hour while we talked about why I was upset. I just don't want that to happen. I want to be able to feel happy and have fun with my friends when everyone is hanging out. I just want the anxiety to end.
I wish I had easy answers for you. I have found that I tend to think others are always functioning at 100% when in reality, a lot of times people will cancel plans because they're too tired, feeling nervous or sad. We put so much pressure on ourselves to always be "on."
Sending hugs and good thoughts as you embark on your dream.
I think we all understand. Anxiety really is a pain. I like the strategy you are using. The book on depression I am going through tells me the same thing. Recognize your feelings and thoughts, but then let them go. Do not dwell on them. Well, I haven't been able to so far. I am supposed to visualize them being put on a train and just letting them drift off. My train apparently goes in circles : )
Good luck!
I think maybe the letting go of the feelings and thoughts is probably the hard part right now. It's hard not to hold on to them once I feel them. I like the strategy that you shared though of imagining them going away on a train. I should try to do something like that. I also requested some yoga for anxiety and stress relief DVDs from the library, so I'm going to give those a try once they come in to see if that helps me some. Thank you for the advice and support :)