why is this happening??

[CoolWhip]

so I understand that we have ups and downs, good days and bad days but I’ve been “ok” for awhile and recently I feel like I’m declining bad like I haven’t felt this bad since it all started and idk why. I have really bad physical symptoms and some derealization and it just seems to be getting worse. I just upped my lexapro to 15mg as of today so I’m hoping that helps but who knows. Any advice or reassurance would be greatly appreciated! I hope you’re all doing well and finding peace through this nightmare we call anxiety and depression.

[Stormydays]

Hi CoolWhip,

Maybe you're experiencing a small but completely normal setback in your journey?

From my understanding, healing from anxiety/depression is not a linear graph. There will 100% be bad days & sometimes they'll pop up out of the blue.

Maybe write a list of calming/uplifting activities to do (that personally work for you) to weather the storm a bit until it passes.

Keep the list handy & use it to keep your ship a bit more steady each time you have a setback.

[CoolWhip in reply to Stormydays]

I will try that. Thank you for your response. I’m used to bad days but this just seems different. I’m sure I’m overreacting but idk I’m just puzzled.

[Stormydays in reply to CoolWhip]

You're welcome. It's good that you are self aware & monitoring your situation. Hopefully, this shall soon pass & you'll have some brighter days ahead.

[CoolWhip in reply to Stormydays]

It took some practice but I eventually adapted. I guess that’s why this time has me spooked cause it just came out of nowhere and I’ve been pretty good at regulating myself up until now.

[CoolWhip]

Thank you 🙏 I’ll give those a try.

[Weatherwoman in reply to CoolWhip]

Was listenting to a radio show last night, and here is another thing to maybe ease anxiety. It's an ancient chant still used today. Easy to remember as our "Call Letters" of this site: HU --Try chanting HU for just three minutes. The next day, five min., and the next ten min. Chanting HU changes our frequency & brings down anxiety. Many of you probably already know this, but a reminder! You can do the HU chant everyday for twenty min. so the guest on this show said. But, one can start with even one minute!

[litethatnevergoesout]

That’s a really nice list catloverforlife