Anxiety, allergy or intuition

[Against_the_current]

I'm feeling anxious and struggle with breathing and i thought is it my anxiety or is my allergy or do i sence something wrong with my family

[Itzallgood1]

Hope nothing is wrong with family. Hoping it passes soon.

[Against_the_current in reply to Itzallgood1]

Thanks. Hoping it's just anxiety

[fromzerotopanic]

I want to be sure I understood your post first of all. Are these new symptoms for you, the breathing issues, anxious feelings? You are trying to sort out if the feelings are due to anxiety, allergy related, or is your intuition perhaps telling you something is wrong with your family because you are having these feelings, correct? If this is correct, I too have often wondered if anxious feelings or thoughts I have is actually a 'premonition/intuition' that something is wrong with someone/something. I will tell you what I have read here and other sources that hopefully will help. First, it sounds like you are worried that something will happen to someone you love. Is this a normal fear for you? Has anyone told you something might be wrong with a family member? If no one has told you something is wrong with anyone, then you have made up the rest in your mind (I have been told that myself!). Im guessing somewhere along the way during one of your anxious moments, that thought popped into your head, and it stuck. So lets work through this (again, based on things I've read here and professional sites, etc). The toughest thing for anyone with anxiety is to accept the fact that whatever it is we are worried about 'could' happen. It could. We don't want to hear that because we want total certainty that whatever we fear won't happen. But if we're honest with ourselves, we know it could, or we wouldn't be worried about it! BUT..we have no idea what the actual likelihood of that happening is! It could be 95% or .0001 % chance happening. But of course we all assume it's 100%! But until we finally accept that yes, I don't want it to but it could, we aren't going to get relief. We will try to outthink every possible situation to prevent it from happening. We are fighting something that hasn't even happened and may not ever happen! Take it to the next level here...if you really are concerned that your anxiety is trying to tell you something is wrong with the family, do you have specific things/people you're worried about or just in general? For arguments sake, lets say it's true, that it is your intuition and it turns out something is wrong. Is there anything you can do about it now besides worry about it? Is there any 'action' you can take to stop the bad thing from happening before it does? Worry isn't an action, so that doesn't count! Perhaps if you have a very specific thing you are worried about, then perhaps you could come up with some type of action that might help stop it from happening (for example, it you're concerned a parent might fall at home and get hurt, you can make sure they have the safety items in place to help them. But apart from staying there with them 24/7, you can't prevent every possible thing from happening to them. By making sure they have safety precautions in place, you have done the best you can do within reason. They have to take some responsibility for their safety as well (not walking without their cane, etc). This is just one of many examples, but you get the idea. There is only so much we can do to protect our loved ones, and worry isn't one them. Perhaps try to tell yourself "I hope nothing happens to my family, I'll do what's reasonable to keep everyone safe/healthy. But beyond that, it's out of my control (I know, worst thing ever for anxiety sufferers!). I hope nothing happens, but if it does, I'll deal with it then! Then try to get busy doing something else that you need to be doing at that time (work, school, laundry, general life stuff!). I know it sounds easier than it is. It's not easy, but with practice, I think I'm getting a little better using some of these thought processes!

[Against_the_current in reply to fromzerotopanic]

Thank you for the deep approach 🙏

[SoporRose]

It could be some combination of those , too. Did you try taking some allergy medication?

[Against_the_current in reply to SoporRose]

I took and it felt better for a while but it might have been placebo. Actually yes, the combination is overwhelming

[SoporRose in reply to Against_the_current]

Trying to figure out the cause of our issues and what to treat (anti-histamine or anti-anxiety meds?) can be so frustrating! How are you feeling now?

[Against_the_current in reply to SoporRose]

Right. Espessially that one's meds are bad for the other one. I'm now feeling really low. Went to university for just 1 lecture and felt triggered, useless, tired and worried how will i work this or whatever, will i end up under a bridge, or worse back to mom's. I thought i can't do even 1 lecture what about a whole year and internship. Maybe the fact that i studied online till now influences

[SoporRose]

You’re probably right about the change from on-line classes to in-person ones contributing to your difficulty adjusting. Do you have an advisor with whom you can talk? I’ll bet there are others struggling with the change, so the university might have strategies or accommodations they could offer to help you ease into this different way of learning.

Please don’t give up! The first year of college can be rough, but by your second year, you’re likely to find it feels like home.

[Against_the_current in reply to SoporRose]

Thanks. Really unfortunate we don't have an advisor and really need one

[SoporRose in reply to Against_the_current]

Wow. I have never heard of a university or college that didn't pair its students with an advisor. With whom do you talk when you need academic advice. need to find out about requirements?

[Against_the_current in reply to SoporRose]

Nobody. We just wander. No advisor and i'm tired of it. We need one. We need to be important... Rn my lymph nod is sllowen and it's terrible and what if i couldn't go to university, there would be no advisor to tell 😔