Evening Anxiety

[Asif_Melton]

Everyday In the evening I start feeling anxiety and sadness. I feel very lonely and lose interest in everything. Something I feel panic, low energy.

[GlowingDarkly]

I get this way too, in the evening, after even a good day - I can feel myself feeling lonely, isolated. I have tried to remedy this by being socially very active at this time. Lately, its been spending time on this forum replying to folks and generally engaging. But eventually all people sleep and I am on my own.

I have found some success by listening to audiobooks, as the readers hired often will do fun voices to really make the different characters distinct. So it is like a cast of characters are talking to me in my head.

I have also been advised that using some of my evening time, closer to bed, to get on a treadmill or exercise in some way so I can just get tired and my brain will be so occupied by that so I don’t have time to think about how alone I might feel.

I have also been experimenting with with trying to be more disciplined with my mind, trying to not let it wander too much during this time. Focusing on a subject that is mentally far away from my woes (like word, math or chess/logic puzzles). Trying to empty my mind of anything outside of that. Keeping intrusive thoughts at bay.

You are not alone in the struggle, hopefully there is something in what I write that might help you too. Keep holding on, there will be better days.

[Asif_Melton in reply to GlowingDarkly]

Yeah, thank you so much dear. I appreciate your time & response. Hopefully your suggestions will help me a lot. Stay connected.

[GlowingDarkly in reply to Asif_Melton]

Same to you, my ear is always open.

[Beevee]

Although the symptoms of anxiety are relatively common amongst sufferers (e.g. racing heart, intrusive thoughts, depression, agitation etc etc), it doesn't necessarily follow that it always occurs in the morning. It did for me but everyone is different. Whenever it does happen, the key to recovery is to accept how you might be thinking or feeling instead of trying to think and feel differently.

[LoveforAll41 in reply to Beevee]

Hi Beevee, what do you like to do to accept feelings? This is something that I am working on.

Asif_Malik, I also get terrible horrible no-good very bad anxiety at nights/evenings, especially Sunday nights. I am coming to realize that my existential dread is tied to finances and feeling that "everything is not going to be okay". Since it is financial, work is a very hard thing for me since I will always feel insecure around money/being paid to do something and at the same time feeling like I need more and I will never be secure.

[Beevee in reply to LoveforAll41]

That's the thing. You quite literally don't do anything. You just let all the anxious thoughts and feelings be there for as long as they like and do nothing to change it. If it's the anxious thoughts that bother you the most, learn to obser the content and not engage with them. Watch them come then let them go. It's just anxious energy being released. It's as simple as living your life as if you didn’t have anxiety and taking it with you. I've posted alot of information on this forum about acceptance which you might find useful.

[LoveforAll41 in reply to Beevee]

I will definitely go to your posts, thank you

[Asif_Melton in reply to LoveforAll41]

Thanks for your response and sharing. Our anxiety is almost same, I understand your feelings too. I also feel insecure, lonely. When I stayed in the city, then same I feel always, worried about rent, bills, food etc.

[Asif_Melton]

Thank you for your response kind person.Maybe in some persons anxiety happens In the morning. But I always feel more in the evening.

[PeaceNeed]

Thats how i feel in morning. Have to take klonopin just to get out somedays

[Asif_Melton in reply to PeaceNeed]

I am using Alprazolam

[PeaceNeed in reply to Asif_Melton]

Im having problems getting out of bed . I hate nyc begged my brother upstate to let me stay with him and family.Im scared all the time. Im old and getting sicker.

[Asif_Melton in reply to PeaceNeed]

Don't lose hope dear brother. Try to make busy yourself in your favorite hobbies