Constant worry

[stayhumble]

Does anyone else have this issue they constantly worry? Like worry about something bad gonna happen or your gonna die? I have generalized anxiety an constant worry i take nothing for it an im trying to find it alone an reach out to others maybe we can help eachother out ...im 32 an had this since i could remember some days are better then others but most are pretty bad with mind fog an just ahhh

[Tryingtofixmylife]

I too have suffered from generalized anxiety disorder for years. My mind is too overactive most of the time and concocts ever variation on every scenario possible which includes all the negative thoughts about what could go wrong. I have went without any prescribed drugs all my life and had been self medicating with marijuana. I recently decided to quit and before if I didn't smoke I would drink although it was rare I did not smoke. I have gone just a week without smoking or drinking and feel less anxious than I have in years. Most of my worry stemmed from wondering how I would come up with my bills and I realized how much I had been wasting on marijuana, cigarettes, and even coffee. Had I not spent the money otherwise I would not have had to worry about my bills. I also have been self employed and until recently got by but as things got slower I just kept spending like before. I realized that the more idle time I have the more time I had to worry about everything. I think most of the the time if I had evaluated what was causing my anxiety it would not have been as bad. The times when I don't have to worry about money I tend to not stress about every little thing. I could always rationalize that most of the things I worried about I shouldn't and have been working to get my subconscious in sync with my conscious mind to let me overcome worrying about the things I cannot control or do not know the outcome of.

[stayhumble in reply to Tryingtofixmylife]

See like me before i would drink so i wouldnt feel what i felt sober.. but for 8mnths now ive been sober from drinking and smoking and i work a 8-5 job kinda stressful and got involved in church to help me fight this and just to have more support an etc an ive been happier but its just the mind going off an thinking things an the worrying if ima die or something its sooo stupid but yet im here trying to reach to others so i know im not alone .. and im happy you stopped smoking that is a huge savings and we dont see that until after quitting

[Tryingtofixmylife in reply to stayhumble]

I saw the debt that I was incurring by smoking but just chose to ignore it as it just made me feel better but looking back I have spent over 150000$ on marijuana and cigarettes the last 20 years and had I saved that I likely would not have as much to worry about. I get the feeling too that something is physically wrong with me when nothing is at all and have told others that what I go through at times is the equivalent of the feeling someone would get while being carjacked or in an armed robbery except it can occur at any time and the more prolonged it went on the more likely I would end up actually sick. Stress and depression weakens your immune system so the more we tend to do it our body feels like it is fighting a disease that doesn't exist. I used to have social anxiety as well but met a friend recently that we were spending almost every day together and a lot of the times most of the day. She is an extrovert while I am introverted and in spending time with her I have all but lost the social aspect of my anxiety. My heart still races though when I have to answer the phone, and if I am uncertain of a situation it will eat at me until I have an answer or resolution. I have lived relatively stress free by normal means the last couple years but even so it has never seemed to help with my generalized anxiety. I am trying hard now to just not think about the things that worry me if I don't have a solution to them. I try looking for the positive in the worst of situations and it has helped. The biggest change for me was likely having quit a job that was too stressful for me. When I was stressed at work I wasn't sleeping much at all and was not eating properly and was stuck inside my head almost all day long. I find that people like us need to be more engaged when working and as a computer technician I was just standing in front of computers all days running tasks that never kept my mind stimulated enough. The more I keep my mind active the less I worry. I used to watch tv and just sit and worry the whole time but once I started watching TV and doing another task like playing a video game or reading while doing so the thoughts tend to slow down as you are already working your brain enough trying to focus on two things at once. I am not over my anxiety by a longshot but I can say that I am taking the biggest stride towards doing so now and am doing it while going through withdrawal. I am taking more time to focus on the things I can control than those I cannot and am finding more and more the more time I give my mind to be dormant like taking a long walk the worse my overthinking becomes but if I listen to headphones while walking I am more focused on the music and between it and the walking and observing things around me the less I think about the things that bring me down.

[stayhumble in reply to Tryingtofixmylife]

Wow thanks so much how you explain things are very well and its like i would of not thought about that.. and im happy to hear you are stress free

[Tryingtofixmylife in reply to stayhumble]

I just recently went through a breakdown and it truly took me hitting my worst to realize that I know my own potential and had been wasting it being so worried all the time. After reaching a point where the 1st time in my life I felt suicidal because I was so overwhelmed with what was going on in my head I had an awakening of a sort and have been trying to stick to it since. I have told myself it's not a matter of if I will get better but a matter of what I will continue to do to make sure that I stay better.

[stayhumble in reply to Tryingtofixmylife]

🙌 that is so true i can relate

[Agora1 in reply to Tryingtofixmylife]

Great advice. Thanks for sharing. xx