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...
So I finally got some sleep last night after almost a week, I stopped taking my Zoloft and bought some zquil, on the other hand my intrusive thoughts haven't gotten any better. Any song that i hear gets stuck in my head on a continuous loop until i pick another song for my brain to play. I bought a journal yesterday in hopes that it will make this stop. All i do day in and day out is fight with my own brain for some peace and quiet and i never win. I understand that this is a result of both ocd and anxiety but nothing seems to help. I dont want to be stuck like this forever. I just want my life back.
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When i was in the ER February 16th 2025, i was being admitted to ICU where i was for 3 weeks, then had to relearn to walk for 3 weeks in another hospital rehab floor, the nurse told me something that made me feel for over 18 months now that i was finally *safe*. She told me that the guy who raped and beat me 21 years ago now almost 20 years at that time, was in prison as of a month before that...
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I've been feeling like I don't matter my wife the other day instead of telling me she was having a pain day when I went to have sex with her she tell me afterwards that she having pain day due to her fribromyalgia and making feel like shit afterward saying she has a list of things from past 9 years of thing for me to do and is always adding more and more to this list and talk...
Separate your sentences in your journal as well.
You're taking the important first step in writing it out.
What life do you want back? Write it out and look for the clues in the words of the songs.
Fast forward to the 70's and my psychotherapists were working with me to use music therapy for channeling and reframing repressed emotions, reframing, etc. I still use those therapy techniques, even though, at present, "Music Therapy" refers to the spectator sport of listening to music. I still haven't unlocked the mysteries of that evolution, but am at peace with allowing different strokes for different folks while looking for new names for my old world "Music Therapy."
Anyhoo. . . All that verbal vomit is a lead in to restating my encouragement to get those songs out of your head and into the real world. Learn the songs on a musical instrument. Don't forget that the voice is a musical instrument and singing is a breathing exercise.
Whether that encouragement works for you or not, thanks for the update. Keep venting. Your own, strictly personal answers are in there.
Gentle support while you sort. Listening. . .
Writing thoughts in my journal helps to improve my mood. I hope it will work for you too. Try to do things that you will enjoy, it might help you from not being focused on the song that you heard. If you think you need more help, try to have a visit with your therapists. God bless you with His peace. Please keep us posted.
Also, please check with your doctor before starting or stopping any medications.
Self medicating can be tricky. Zzzquil contains an antihistamine. Similar to taking a Benadryl, or an allergy/cold medicine. What concerns me is the liquid Zzzquil also contains 10% alcohol.
Call your doctor. Let them know what is going on. I am sure they can help you with all of this. Don't give up. There is help out there.