Please help

[Fort]

Has anyone ever felt severe anxiety 24/7 constant I feel like I’m losing my mind I can’t do anything i just lay in bed all day every time I get up I feel weird but even laying in bed I feel weird feel like there is no escape and I’m never going to get better

[Minnie87]

Yes all day everyday.its horrible.do you get physical sensations or just feel anxious?

[Fort in reply to Minnie87]

Both I feel no escape I feel depressed as well from it and no reassurance is helping me

[Meliejo in reply to Fort]

I felt like this I didn’t dare move off the couch incase something happened. (Nothing ever did) but gradually I started going back out and even though I wanted to come back home I did feel better for going out

[Everydayisastruggle in reply to Meliejo]

Feel the same since 6 years always tired sad i dont want to get involved with the environment dont trust no1 always angry from evrything.i think there is a chronic stress that doctors do not understand ..

[Hidden]

Lying in bed is probably the reason that you can't shake this feeling. You lie there thinking the same thoughts and feelings the same feelings all day long.

You need to get out of bed and go do things, make your brain think in a different way and allow your body to move.

Get things to do, they don't have to be hard to do, to begin with do something that's easy and that you know you can completely do. Go walk for the physical side, read a book or colour a picture. Just accomplish things. Then after a while you can start to do more things.

You are stuck in the same spot all day, how do you expect things to change if you don't change what you do?

Lying around all day is tiresome both mentally and physically, you just have to get out of the rut and get going.

[Fort in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for replying I’m going for a drive with my sister so hopefully that helps

[Hidden in reply to Fort]

Go for a drive to somewhere then get out of the car and go for a walk with your sister.

[Fort in reply to Hidden]

I will

[Hidden in reply to Fort]

Good. Enjoy it.

[Beevee in reply to Hidden]

Jimmy jimmy, I like the cut of your jib 👍👏👍

Your attitude is spot on Sir and urge all anxiety sufferers reading this post to follow your advice. To recover takes some effort and time but it’s not beyond impossible. It’s about making your life bigger than anxiety and taking it with you. Living life, regardless of how you may feel will bring back normal thoughts and feelings, peace of mind and body. Anxiety thrives on avoidance techniques so stop avoiding life. Recovery lies in those places and situations you are avoiding. The brain only learns that there is no threat [and switch off your fight/flight response which is anxiety] by continuously putting yourself in the firing line and facing those fears, whatever they may be.

[Lymeforyears in reply to Beevee]

Love so many things here 😀 Gonna have to write down two that will really help and really are the basics for so much of what we go through. "Living life REGARDLESS of how u feel will bring back normal thoughts". So true. I had so much anxiety today about going to the drivers license facility (always crowded ) but just lived my life...and it wasn't nearly as bad as I pictured. Next great sentence " The brain only learns there is no threat by continuously putting yourself in the firing line.." So very very true. Such a must for any type of movement forward. 👍👍👍. These things will come in handy when my fears start to take over.

[Sillysausage234]

Hi, scary place to be ,are you on any anxiety or ant depression meds?sounds like you’ve become isolated and that’s not good speak to your g.p. And keep talking to people on here,the drive out with your sister is a good start ,Good luck.

[Fort in reply to Sillysausage234]

Yes I’m on Citalopram 40mg was on 20 mg for 8 years been upped to 40mg today is day 15 seen someone on Tuesday thanks

[Yvonne1970]

Absolutely I have felt like that. I described it to a doc, that it's like being absolutely paralyzed with fear and I am not saying that pills are the answer for everything or everyone, but when you start to feel like your a prisoner of your own mind and body, feeling terrified and hopeless that you will ever feel "normal" again. I for one do take meds for all my issues that I can't deal with on my own. Everyone's story is uniquely tragic. Honestly though the true definition of insanity is - Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result- what we all struggle with is a real disease, not a bad day, not a bad mood, were not just jerks or *itches, etc etc. Like or not some of us Will have to take medicine for this along with other support and lifestyle changes. Just like a diabetic needs insulin, some of us do need that extra help

[Fort]

Thanks for ur reply makes sense

[Hidden]

I understand where you're coming from as I've been there a couple times in the past that lasted for a couple of days. The other commenters are exactly right. As awful as you are feeling, laying in bed and dwelling on it will definitely not get you anywhere. Our bodies weren't made to be inactive and those of us with anxiety know it's even worse by doing that. If nothing else, get up and go for a short walk, read a book, watch a movie, call a friend, just something to get your mind off of it. The two hardest things to do when you have anxiety are the two things you HAVE to do to get back to feeling better: 1) accept the physical sensations it's causing because they will not hurt you. 2) distraction - do something to distract yourself. It works! It may take time, but it works.

There's times I've felt like I was dying but I have a job, a house with my amazing, wonderful boyfriend, and responsibilities that I have to tend to. I also make sure to share how I feel with him, my son (26 and also has anxiety) a friend, whatever I need to do to "vent". It helps.

Get out with your sister and just talk. It helps. Try to stay out of that bed unless it's normal bed time. Wishing you well!