Does anyone get Anxiety about your Anxiety?

[newmom2019]

Ugh its been a rough night and Morning. Had a anxiety attack last night. Was able to kinda calm myself down, but still feel a lil anxious. Like I ha e anxiety about my anxiety... anyone else get this way?

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Hello lovely,

Sorry to hear about your attack. The short answer to your question is a simple yes from me. Sometimes I worry an attack will cause me to have a heart attack 😖

I how you have a better day tomorrow. 😊

[lenny_thecat]

Yes! Worrying that my anxiety is going to be triggered, makes me more stressed and closed off which isn’t good either.

[BecR1025]

YES! It's a never ending cycle! I am so afraid that I will be out in public and have a huge attack and one day faint. Or that I will have a bad panic attack in front of my kids. I already had one in front of my oldest and even had to call an ambulance because I thought it was having a heart attack or stroke. My poor kid was so scared and terrified. I am so afraid of panicking so much that I will just lose my mind and completely spiral out of control.

[CatIsMyCopilot]

Yes, absolutely! I'm sorry you're having a rough time.

For me, I sometimes feel like the anxiety is a thing always in the background of my mind, waiting to pop up and ruin a happy mood. I've made some progress on this, though. Part of my guilt was coming from feeling like a bad companion or bad company, when I'm anxious, but I've realized other people don't seem to mind. Another part of it was feeling like I'm worse at my job while anxious, and I still deal with that, but time and experience has shown me that I can do a "good enough" job even while having a multi-day anxiety attack.

I hope you can make progress with these feelings too.

[Beevee in reply to CatIsMyCopilot]

You are learning to see through the web of lies that anxiety spins which can only happen by continually moving on with your life and taking your anxiety with you for the ride. You are on the right path and just a matter of time until your brain decides that there is no threat and switches off the anxiety.