involuntary anxiety

[CaliBoa22]

I’ve been dealing with depression most of my life but anxiety is new and it’s growing quickly for no apparent reason. I had a panic attack in public not long ago n it’s been down hill since. I’m afraid it’s given me IBS(probably just paranoid) n when I catch my self worrying too much I repress it n try to push it out of my mind which used to work but now my legs start shaking. Until I breathe through it or let it pass or go to sleep. When I think really hard I can guess what’s causing it but it’s stuff out of my control which just feeds into the depression that’s basically always telling me I’m not enough or I’m selfish or a horrible human for not doing anything. FOR THINGS OUT OF MY CONTROL. I know it doesn’t make sense but it’s that constant loop that slowly rot away in. Anyone relate?

[Agora1]

Welcome Cali_Boa22 :)There is usually a reason for anxiety to take hold. Reading through your post it looks

like your having had a Panic Attack has caused you to go into an Anticipational Anxiety

state wondering if or when it might happen again. Once we start thinking like that,

we tend to stay in a fight or flight response. This in itself can cause IBS as well as shaking/

trembling. *Since we already have an over sensitized nervous system.

When we can't relax, adrenaline stays in our body just waiting for a thought to come along

and before long presents with physical symptoms. Learning how to accept what we can

change and what we can't can benefit your mental health.

We can't always be in control of situations around us. But learning to use tools/methods

that can allow us to accept and move on will be the key to your success.

I'm very happy you chose to come on to this caring site. xx

[EndUser13]

Welcome to the forums!

I'm afraid I can relate, I know a lot of people on these forums can. As scary as anxiety and panic can be though, it doesn't really help to constantly run from it or look for distractions all the time, it'll catch up. I can sympathize with how scary it is to face it, however focusing on it in a healthy way can help lessen the fear you feel in the future.

Panic can make you feel out of control, but I have always thought of that as a cruel illusion. One of the easiest things to help is deep breathing, you can do it anywhere, keep using that! This can be effectively dealt with, there IS hope.

Anticipatory anxiety is awful but it's almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy. We can worry ourselves into a rut, then spin our wheels which just works to make the rut seem that much worse. I've done it to myself far too many times, but it's not healthy. It's far more worthwhile to focus on solutions rather than problems. I hope you keep using these forums, there are some really nice people here who can help you find ways to work through this!

[Agora1 in reply to EndUser13]

xx

[EndUser13 in reply to Agora1]

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