Anxiety sucks 😢😢😢

[Mzemma01]

It’s crazy how anxiety can take over .. been goin thru this for year now , off and on . I have my good days and then I have the bad ones. It’s crazy how your mind can play with you as well . Like at first I was so focus on my breathing and worried that I couldn’t. Then I stop thinking about that and started worrying about my chest hurting. Now I’m not really thinking about that , all I think about is my blood pressure being high and feeling dizzy like overwhelmed and can’t sleep like my mind is going crazy. Idk what’s going on but the last two nights I haven’t been able to get any sleep cause I’m up all night worried!!!!! I want to go to the hospital but I don’t wanna hear them say it’s anxiety smh So I keep telling myself that I am okay , like I always do.. I really feel like I need to go see my doctor and get on different meds.

[Claire1992]

Hi Mzemma01, I’m really sorry to hear that you are suffering from bad anxiety right now.

I get the same thing when I reach a certain level of anxiety. Sometimes I don’t even realise I’m focusing on my breathing and taking over the controlling of it until I start feeling slightly dizzy. Once I realise I’m doing it I take a few big breaths and then try to focus on something else. I do find once I’m trying to control my breathing it’s hard to focus on much else but what my own body is doing, breathing, blinking and heart rate, so I actually start tapping my fingers to a certain beat or something, even to a song, I know that sounds silly but it works for me and I know it might not work for everyone. But if I can basically control another part of me I can take my mind off trying to control something like my breathing which my body and mind is able to handle on its own.

I also know what it’s like not to be able to sleep due to anxiety. I have been getting it the past few nights actually, my mind just racing thinking about everything happening in my life. I’m a bit of a problem solver so anytime I have something unresolved my mind is always working on how I can fix that and move on and when it can’t it works overtime and I get really tired, through the day because I’m constantly thinking and then at night because I’m not sleeping enough.

I personally find it nice to bring up a peaceful music piece off YouTube or something and listen to that in bed.Last night I listened to a small waterfall in a rainforest with all the birds and other wildlife. Sometimes I listen to classical music too. It helps me relax and finally fall asleep because I focus on the music instead of problems.

It’s also not a good idea to turn the lights off, get into bed and then go on your phone to read or watch tv. Any light makes our bodies think it is meant to be awake, when the suns up it’s light and our bodies naturally know it’s time to be active, when dark it’s time to go to sleep so it naturally activates those sleepy hormones making us go to sleep. So if we must train our bodies to know that once the lights are turned off and we are in bed it’s time to go to sleep.

I still struggle with this but I’m trying

I know it’s really hard because when you can’t sleep you think about the fact you can’t sleep and it’s just this horrible cycle. It can take a little time to work out what works for you but I hope I have helped you a little.

Also I don’t drink caffeine and I try my very best to stay away from sugar and other processed foods. That normally has a huge effect on my anxiety levels.

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Mzemma01

Are you taking anti-depress tablets ,if so which ones.?.

perhaps they are not right for you,I think most people have had different tab's just for that reason.

[kama24]

Hi, I feel for you. My anxiety is highest in the morning when I wake up. I try to keep busy doing things like crochet and volunteer work. Have you ever thought about taking a CBT course? Cognitive Behavioural therapy. They are usually offered free by the mental health unit. No it does not "cure" you but it does make you think about your symptoms in a different way.