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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summerbabe88
summerbabe88

Hello all, 


I recently posted about my anxiety and current situation (job, unemployment, health insurance, etc.)....I just wanted to say thank you for all the kind comments and support. I love coming on here and not feeling alone! SO.MUCH.LOVE.FOR.YOU.ALL! I am still going through the work stuff and am in fighting to get unemployment. Womp Womp.


On other note, I wanted to share how I've been the last few days. I know I have anxiety, OCD thoughts, panic, all diagnosed. It's just that I never get a freaking break from the anxiety! It is constant and a burden to my life. I watch television and see people on vacation or out to eat and think " COOL, I cannot do that! I would freak out and be miserable!" I went to a BBQ on Saturday and was stuck in my mind and battling feelings of dread. I could not enjoy myself or the present. I wish I could say going out and doing things helps but I can't escape the plague of dread or anxiety. It's always there. I never experienced this so I was hoping to see if anyone else feels this way? I'm going to my psychiatrist tomorrow thankfully. 

bullito
bullito
yes. it is very exhausting. and usually unless it is somebody who has experienced the same nobody really understands you. which is ok. i have never passed a kidney stone so i do not know what it is like. the thing is that the feeling you get is they do not believe you, or do not believe you are doing your best. I have come to the point of verbally expressing, and please forgive me, it would have been better if I had gotten cancer. Worse for these things you stay silent which is the worst because talking about this is the better cure. Shore, I am released to see your are doing better. We are all here.
Perry314
Perry314
Perpetual anxiety is exhausting. I am sorry, I know that it is painful. I understand. I have been working through that myself. For me it is related to experiences that caused me to have ptsd. I would go out and be in fight or flight mode the entire time. I wanted to leave the moment I arrived. Most of the time I stayed home and had an anxiety attack about not going out. I felt the anxiety constantly. I still do experience this sometimes, but it has improved greatly and occurs less frequently. Emdr therapy helps me immensely and I also take herbal supplements, eat differently and go for walks every day. In therapy I work to retrain my brain away from the triggers that cause an anxiety attack on top of working to change the way I think about things.

Perhaps you should re-define "going out" for yourself. It doesnt have to be a social outing. It can be an outing just for you. A drive or a hike in nature. Going to a park and bringing a lunch. Even a walk around the block or through a nearby small town. I have found that starting with identifying what I am comfortable with and participating in those things was the first step for me. Please feel free to message me if you would like to talk. I am happy just to listen too : )
rw2017
rw2017
I experience it non-stop for many years. There is no have I? or when? or how often? Welcome to being in Hell.