Describe anxiety

[Busymomwife]

I need your best descriptions of anxiety. Not the social type. Anxiety like things overwhelming you easily.

[Agora1]

For me Busymomwife, it has always been about the gnawing butterfly feelings

in the upper stomach and abdomen. x

[Tedddy]

One of the best descriptions I've ever heard is this: Anxiety is like the feeling when you miss the bottom stair or tip a little too far backward in your chair; that split second when you are in free fall. That tiny split second is what anxiety feels like.

[Agora1 in reply to Tedddy]

Oh Tedddy, that is the best description I've ever heard in what anxiety feels like.

Thank you for sharing that thought.

[Agora1 in reply to Tedddy]

Tedddy, I wish I could give you "10 Likes" for your response but since

I can't I will send you a and a hug x

[Tedddy in reply to Agora1]

[Busymomwife in reply to Tedddy]

Thank u! This is what I've been feeling.ive been through a lot lately and wasn't sure if it was anxiety depression stress etc. But hopefully I can explain these issues to my Dr soon

[Tedddy in reply to Busymomwife]

Most doctors should be able to ask the right questions. So if you're honest and open, and they know which questions to ask, you should be able to figure out what's going on together.

[rsherma]

I would describe it as the following: a general feeling of uneasiness, constantly feeling uncomfortable in my own skin, always having to think that I need to escape from my thoughts or to not be alone with my thoughts, and finally simply just worrying about everything from my kids to my spouse to my job. Just always being nervous that something will go wrong at some point.

Having said those things, the best way that I cope with all the above is simply saying to myself, "ok, these are just feelings or thoughts and they are not who I am", or "anxiety is caused by my reaction to these feelings, and if i know they have no bearing on my outcome, then there is nothing to be afraid of."

Best of luck to anxiety. Remember, you do not have to run from your anxiety. Simply address it head on and tell the anxiety that you have no control over me.

[darkshadow in reply to rsherma]

That is exactly how anxiety affects me--especially the vague, uneasy feeling which it starts with. It's like something foreign--or outside of me--descending on me from somewhere else. I always know what's coming next, true fear. Nothing and no-one can reach deep enough inside of me to take it away--not a hug from a loved one even. That is when I have to reach for a tranquiliser and, if it is a high enough dose, the fear is replaced by a beautiful calmness and I can suddenly even eat again. It doesn't take long for this transformation to occur. It is no surprise to me that people become addicted to these drugs as they take you from agony to bliss in no time at all.