Hanging On By a Thread

[Lost-and-Stuck]

I feel as if I’m hanging on by a thread…..

[Coco324]

What's going on?

[Lost-and-Stuck in reply to Coco324]

I’m struggling with so many issues that I can barely hold on.

[Celtic274 in reply to Lost-and-Stuck]

I would look at your problems one by one try not to look nack in to much but look at your good times that may help everybody has some good times they can call on thats what i was once adviced to do and it does work god bless you 🙏🙏

[Agora1]

Lost and Stuck, we're here because we care xx

[Agora1]

Are the issues physical or emotional or both? xx

We're here to listen so we can help you my friend

[Lost-and-Stuck in reply to Agora1]

The weight of everything (my anxiety disorders, depression, fear of aging and death and other things) is just far too heavy. It also seems like my anxiety switch has been put into the on position and I cannot turn it off for the last several days.

Also, my energy level is very low and I feel weak.

[Agora1 in reply to Lost-and-Stuck]

Hi Lost and Stuck...Thank you for getting back to me. You my friend at age 44 are in

the prime of your life. But what you are feeling has nothing to do with age but with

the emotional baggage you are carrying around. If we concentrate on aging and dying,

then we aren't living. It's like walking around with an umbrella when there isn't a drop

of rain in the sky. I do believe in what you are feeling though and do not want to

minimize the effects it's having on you. This happens at times in our lives where

the Fear switch turns on and there seems to not be an off button.

But know that there is. It is within you. First you must address where these feelings

are coming from. Do you see a therapist?? It's more important when we get stuck

in a "fear begetting fear cycle". No amount of medication will turn off those feelings

magically. You say this has been going on the last several days. What happened

several days ago to put you in this frame of mind?

Did someone die, leave you? What changed in your life that put those thoughts

into high gear? Step by step you need to know what the cause is before you can

address the anxiety. Talking and reading other's experiences on this forum may

answer your own questions about life. Keep writing about your feelings, don't bury

them or you end up carrying them around making you feel tired, lost and hopeless.

This doesn't have to be my friend. We're here to help you through this phase. xx

[Lost-and-Stuck in reply to Agora1]

I apologize for not getting back to you yet but I will.

[Agora1 in reply to Lost-and-Stuck]

No rush, no apology necessary. When in the throws of anxiety, it's about

when you are able to get back to us. xx

[Lost-and-Stuck]

Both. I am about to leave for work. When I get back, I will explain in greater detail.

[Lost-and-Stuck]

Let me gather my thoughts