The past couple weeks have been rough, every time it feels like I'm finally going to get over all the anxiety it just comes back with a vengeance. I keep worrying about things I know are either probably not going to happen or aren't that big of a deal, and especially about the anxiety not going away. I feel like I've tried everything to get rid of anxiety and depression, but it's been 8 months and I still can't see the other side of this. It's gotten better, I know that, but it's still hard to see myself getting to a point where it doesn't impact everyday life. I'm even nervous about finding a job (I'm off of school for now) cause I don't know if I'll have an anxiety attack at work. Those of you who have been dealing with this stuff for longer, how do you stay positive and hopeful?
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Starting to feel hopeless
I've been struggling with anxiety my whole life, often without realizing how bad until much later. It has gotten better, especially after starting a daily anti-anxiety medication, which can sometimes help me feel more hope that it will get even better still. There's been improvement, so there is hope for more improvement in the future, etc. Therapy has had a huge impact on my anxiety, too. Trying to work out what my anxiety is trying to protect me from has helped me control my anxiety better.
I'm struggling with a lot of hopelessness right now, too. If you find something that helps, let me know! In the past it's always been planning that has helped me. I would sit down and write out a budget and figure out exactly how much I need to make to achieve a goal, or try to figure out what I could try next to help my health. Any goal with any plan, even if I couldn't do the work for the plan yet, would make me feel more possibility. Currently my problem is I can't figure out the next thing to try. 😕
This is terrible advice and I’m sorry for that but my honest mechanism is I face it till I make it. I know exactly how you feel. It’s terrifying and frustrating because you can’t calm yourself down no matter how hard you try sometimes. I’d feel like I was having an anxiety attack every time I would sit in my car and have to leave to walk into the classroom. But I can assure you it’s still possibly for you to do everything you want to do even though it might not be easy, such as getting a new job. Do you take any medication currently??
Just propranolol for anxiety attacks. I tried celexa but that didn't work well with me, so I'm hesitant to try any new medication. I know that powering through it is all I can do, but it is frustrating cause I just want a way to fix it.
Start small, get through cleaning yourself eg shower, water helps to calm you, enjoy it. Then you have managed to do that, then dress for you. Concentrate on you first and get to ok point no matter how many times it goes wrong, it can be started again. It's easy to let stress take over, on having my own battle with that, but age taught me, I cant change test results I'm waiting for, I cant change my health except what goes on in my own head. Find something that helps calm you eg music or favourite film, we can only change things we can change. Some things for all of us are out of our control. It doesn't stop them coming those thoughts but learning how to put them in context happens and each one of us has our own way to cope with it.
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