Anxiety

[detour13]

How's everyone doing tonight? I have not been on here for a while.. When I was on it really helped with anxiety to speak to people feeling the same anxiety!!

[Perriex]

Hi detour.I'm doing pretty good these days.

Still battling daily anxiety, but nowhere near as crippling as it used to be.

How are you?

[detour13 in reply to Perriex]

That's great to hear!! This silly thing called anxiety can take a toll.. Glad u manage to keep it somewhat under control , the crazy thing is it popps up when u least expect it,

As for crippling .. Great word it used to rule my life for many years .. I hope you eventually get to only having it a couple days a week and then every couple weeks and then months..

[detour13 in reply to detour13]

Could not sleep , went and had a toasted tomatoe sandwich and a smoke, was feeling a little anxious .. I seem ok now and looking forward to some sleep!!

[Perriex in reply to detour13]

Get some good rest.😴

[Perriex in reply to detour13]

Thank you so much!I shudder thinking about how bad it got.

Mornings were (and still are) the worst.

But again... it's so much better.

It took a significant life change to make the biggest difference.

I don't "fear" my anxiety the way I used to. I've worked hard on being kind to myself about it too.

Do you have things that help you?

[detour13 in reply to Perriex]

Omg mornings are the worst.. I still wake up with knots in my stomach some days.. I can't pin point why? I dream a lot and most of my dreams are like nightmares ,, something always happening. .like lossing my job, dog running away, car getting stolen ..

I have not taking pills in years .. Find they did not help. Therapy really did.. I read articles and they really help!!

[Perriex in reply to detour13]

I rarely can eat in the morning.I usually do protein drinks.

My stomach is almost always upset.

It's better than it used to be, because my mental health has improved greatly in the last several months.

I rarely have good dreams.

Occasionally I remember nightmares.

Often involving fire... one of my greatest fears.

Pills only helped me for a short time. Gave up on trying different ones. Now I'm completely med free.

Supplements don't really help either.

My therapist is wonderful. I'm very lucky.

I watch YouTube videos from therapists sometimes.

[detour13 in reply to Perriex]

Yes I rarely eat breakfast,, hard to eat when your stomach is on knots.. It sounds like your on some road to recovery!! That's great,, I dont wish this anxiety crap on my worse enemy!! People don't get it unless your going thru it.. Keep positive and I know it's hard some days! But we have no choice!!

[Perriex in reply to detour13]

Thanks!I wish you all the best on your road to recovery too!🌈

[Cookie2217]

Hi there. Last night I had a pretty good night and spent some well deserved time with my wonderful husband Paul. I'm glad that I did that because I have been in such a major depressive episode that has lasted 4 years I haven't spent much time with him and feel so guilty for shutting down and not giving my time effort energy and sounds good attention to him as I should as a wife. I have decided to get back to living and not try to sleep night and day because I just don't want to be awake if you understand what I mean when I'm in a depressive episode I withdraw from people and don't connect at all and just shut down completely which isn't good for me for Paul or anyone else that I'm close to either. My friends know when I'm in one of my episodes because they'll call and I won't return calls and I feel so bad but I just can't pick up that phone because I'm so withdrawn I hate that feeling and there's nothing at that time that I can do to reverse that I wish that I could but I think that I'm going to begin other ways to help myself and get back among the living because I'm just wasting time doing nothing closing my eyes and being shut off from the world which is no good for me. I'm choosing to stand up today and fight this major depressive disorder 4 years has been long enough and I did get some good news yesterday I'm hoping to get a new job that I have been anticipating so I have that to look forward to a new endeavor. Thank you for asking me how I'm doing how are you doing today?

[Perriex in reply to Cookie2217]

Congrats for choosing to stand up & fight. I suffer from chronic depression & I know that it truly is a fight. I wish you the best of luck with your battle.🙏That's great about the job news!☆

~P

[Cookie2217 in reply to Perriex]

Thank you so much for your kind words

[detour13]

Yes like I said I tried the pills , but I find therapy and speaking with people helped a lot better!!