Feeling anxious

[Vjeko]

Last few days I feel heart racing through the day. It is very unpleasent. I awaken sometimes at night in panic, with hart racing too fast. I am trying to observe this neutrally, and trying not to make story out of it. I sometimes succeed, and sometimes I get caught in negative thinking. The hardest for me now is to accept that this state is now my reality, without blaming myself for it. I didn't have severe anxiety for years, I thought I learned how to cope with it, and that is one more reason why it is so hard to accept this.

[brokenlight]

Thank you for being here & best of luck riding the waves of anxiety 🏄🏽‍♂️

[Vjeko in reply to brokenlight]

Thank you :), and best of luck to you too

[Kkimm]

Hi Vjeko

I do feel for you, you must feel down at the moment.

I was diagnosed with GAD 20 months ago and do not feel I have to live with it. I feel I can get over and live a more enriched life even before I was ill. I am more or less there 21 months on

It has been essential to take Venlafaxine, I could not do it without. Masking symptoms is fantastic if that is all it does but for me it has done alot more than that.

Very best wishes for a full recovery for you too.

Kim

[Vjeko in reply to Kkimm]

Hi Kim

That is so nice to hear that you are getting over it. Thank you for good wishes and wish you all the best too.

I had my very anxious phase 15 years ago, and it lasted for few years. And i got over it with meds and years lasting psyhoterapy. I guess I allways had mild social anxiety, before and after. In my experience it is most important, besides medicaments that i take, to be concetrated, and not to blame myself. It is hard because I somehow always tend to blame myself for things. And now it is "how could i let this happen to me again" after years of work. But that is hiw it is. Hope it will get better.

Thank you and wish you full recovery!

Vjeko

[Shutterbug65]

I know how you feel. I’ve been waking up without much sleep for awhile now. A racing heart and worrisome thoughts is something I experience every morning.

I don’t have any advice. I just wanted you to know you are not alone.

Sorry I can’t be much help.

[Vjeko in reply to Shutterbug65]

Thank you, these words are help allready. It is hard to be in place in wich we are now, but things allways change, so i hope we will get better.