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 working on a new blog entry about the history of my anxiety...I was SHOCKED to learn how far back my panic goes! I was a mess as a child...just never really thought about it. Thunderstorms, monsters under my bed, needing the light one, sleep walking...
I had MANY loses as a child - but most importantly my Mother when I was 6 years old. While I was born into a family with the lovely bipolar gene - I wonder how much of this was early childhood stress. I would LOVE to hear about your histories with anxiety...how far back do you recall the pattern starting?
I have recently posted 2 new entries on my blog - one is about Vacation Anxiety and the other is the Anxiety Timeline (VERY long entry...like a chapter book - but hopefully entertaining at times!).
http://themanicblogger.blogspot.com/
I had MANY loses as a child - but most importantly my Mother when I was 6 years old. While I was born into a family with the lovely bipolar gene - I wonder how much of this was early childhood stress. I would LOVE to hear about your histories with anxiety...how far back do you recall the pattern starting?
I have recently posted 2 new entries on my blog - one is about Vacation Anxiety and the other is the Anxiety Timeline (VERY long entry...like a chapter book - but hopefully entertaining at times!).
http://themanicblogger.blogspot.com/
I just joined the group & hope it's okay to jump right in and post. I became aware of having major anxiety issues about four years ago. I have had an extremely stressful life for the last ten years, but it intensified further a few years ago with some huge life changing events, including family illness and a new child. I used to be so laid back, it took a major event to upset me, now I feel edgy and tired all the time. I think I could relax again if I could just get back to a manageable lifestyle and stress management, but my life right is still too insanely busy.
Then sometimes I think maybe it does run in my family. Looking back, I'm sure my Dad suffered from depression and my Gran seemed really anxious all the time; my Mom too for a few years, but retirement has really agreed with her.
:) Dee