Help?

[AnxiouslyBrooke]

Anxiety has gotten increasingly worse the last week. (I’ve always had anxiety to different degrees my whole life and it comes and goes each year). I’m currently 11 weeks pregnant with baby #2 and didn’t feel this way at all with my first. It’s like my brain is convinced I’m going to die soon,like it’s trying to predict my own demise and it’s making me feel horrible. Doesn’t help that last night I had to go to the ER for high heart rate and shortness of breath (ended up being dehydrated with low potassium,even though they didn’t tell me HOW low I was exactly.) My brain has calmed down some since getting him early this morning and getting a little sleep but I still worry if the feeling I get is just anxiety or if my brain is actually right and I’m going to die soon?

[Icanbeathis2016]

I was up again tonight. Well woke out of my sleep again and trying to go back to sleep so I hopped on the forum as I usually do when I'm having anxiety like this and can't get back to sleep. But first, congratulations on your second bundle of joy that's on the way. I can imagine how having anxiety issues is so terrifying when you're pregnant.

I can relate completely to how intrusive thoughts take over and convince ourselves we are going to die. So much that we actually feel that way and believe it. Even though I didn't start having the physical symptoms of anxiety until about 4 years ago, I've always been an anxious and worried person since my childhood. But I do believe that my second child help bring on what I didnt know at the time as anxiety. I was way more worried with my second daughter than my first. Maybe because I was 18 with my first child and young and wasnt so afraid but with my second daughter which I had them almost 11 years apart, it was just different for me. I worried way more. I had to always go to the doctors with her. She kept me worried. So I believe that stirred up my anxiety to what it became into in 2015. You are not alone.

I have a YouTube video that I have just recently started sharing about my anxiety journal and what I go through. Just an opportunity for me to share my anxiety struggles with those out there who can relate and I wanted to be able to show my face and show who I am going through this. It discusses basically my fears and worries too along with sharing my anxiety problems. Feel free to check out my video. Here it is below. And I have more that I uploaded as well that you may relate to too. 😊

I wish us the best

youtu.be/p6PbhX3FrwQ(Not working as expected?)