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 was talking to a friend earlier today that doesn't have anxiety. He asked me what it's like to live with anxiety and it took me a while to be able to put it into words...I told him "imagine being afraid to leave your house because you're afraid of being looked at by any stranger, or worrying about every possible scenario that could lead to public humiliation. and that's just the tip of the iceberg. we all have our different triggers to what makes us anxious but being out in public is definitely my biggest trigger.
I then diverted the conversation and asked him, "do you ever get anxious?" and he said "I mean yeah, I get sweaty and my heart races when I'm nervous". I then told him that when I'm anxious, I can't breath. It feels like an elephant sitting on my chest and being paralyzed with fear to the point that I can't move. His eyes grew wide and he told me he had never experience that feeling ever before.
I kept thinking to myself, "I wonder what that's like?" To not have that constant elephant sitting on you and making it difficult to get the smallest breath out. To not have the constant fear and paranoia. To be able to function normally and not live in fear.
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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First, I hope everyone is doing well, and continuing to fight that good fight! Keep up the great work on yourselves; I'm rooting for all of you!So, I started doing therapy at the beginning of the year, when I was in my most depressed state, but with my therapist, I made big changes and steps in the right direction. But, over a month ago, she couldn't take my insurance anymore, and I had to stop...
I have been using Emotional Freedom Techicen. It works. I feel at peace. You can also try Reiki.
I have wondered what it would be like to cut that proverbial high voltage power line, but I think It's funner to wonder what it would be like to be an eagle or a wolf or even a fruit fly. The thing all those wonders have in common is that I can only wonder. I won't get to know for certain in this lifetime.
Where's my voltage regulator?
You’ve really nailed anxiety and what it does to you. I’m so sorry. This must be so difficult for you. Have you been to any therapy or counseling? I don’t believe you are alone in this struggle.
For me, I had to go to work every day and deal with anxiety, from being around my boss. He was intense and critical, and I never felt that he truly supported me in my job. I would stand at his office door and start to want to run away. It was horrible, and I knew that I couldn’t run away, I had to work through it. So, I started praying, looking at something else in his office to keep my focus off of him, and at times I would even have to pinch my skin in order to stop that “fight or flight” feeling. So, I know, too, what it feels like to try and work through anxiety.
Some Scriptures that really stood out for me are: “Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, But a good word does him good.” Proverbs 12:25 or “Do not be anxious or worried about anything but in everything (every circumstance and situation) by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to let your (specific) requests known to God.” Philippians 4:6
I would think of these verses and try not to allow my anxiousness take control of my thoughts. I am sure thinking of you and pray that you can overcome your anxiousness, too.
I've tried therapy but don't get much out of it unfortunately.