Severe anxiety

[Pennyroyal_Tea]

Hi I'm Brian. I'm here because I've been struggling with severe anxiety - all day every day. I'm here to talk to others that can relate and looking for any tips and or advice that could help me in fighting this awful demon. Thanks so much.

[Agora1]

Hi Brian, Welcome to our virtual family of friends. I've learned myself over the years

that "fighting" the symptoms is not the way. "Acceptance" is according to the theory of

world renowned Dr. Claire Weekes', psychiatrist and author of "Hope & Help for Your

Nerves. Accepting anxiety as a lie that comes from a magnified thought. Once we start

to fear and fight the thought, come the symptoms.

You will find others on this forum who will relay their own personal journey with this

demon/entity (whatever you want to call it)

We're happy to have you with us to share your own journey. This is how we live and

learn and help each other. xx

[Pennyroyal_Tea in reply to Agora1]

Thank you for this response. That's an interesting way to look at it. I'll try to attack at it from this perspective and see what happens. It's tough to accept something that causes such horrible psychological feelings and physical sensations, but it's worth trying to reframe my instinct to resist it into trying to just accept it.

[dizzychar]

it’s so awful isn’t it, I too have been feeling exactly the same lately 😞

Hope your ok

[Pennyroyal_Tea in reply to dizzychar]

It's a terrible way to exist. How do you cope with it? Thanks for the reply.

[dizzychar in reply to Pennyroyal_Tea]

Lately not very well if I’m honest, I seem to have forgot all my ways of coping or there just not working for me at the minute, I’ve had cbt therapy a couple of times in the past it did teach me some things but that was a long time ago now, do you have anyone to talk to

[Pennyroyal_Tea in reply to dizzychar]

I do. I have friends and family that will listen - I just prefer not to whine and complain to anyone. My wife listens but she's been through a lot with me and my health issues so I don't like to drag her down too much with my problems. My psychiatrist closed her practice so I'm awaiting an intake appt with a new one and I'm next on a waiting list to get in with a psychologist/therapist. I'm currently weaning off xanax, which certainly isn't helping things. It worked wonderfully at first - actually allowed me to feel relaxed and genuinely tired for the first time in months. The problem is that you develop a tolerance very quickly and I'm not about to keep increasing my dose and become addicted to benzos, which is why I'm taking myself off. Other than that, I'm planning on getting back in the gym this week or next when time permits - working out was the only thing that ever helped, and even that hasn't been working much anymore. Hoping it'll be different after 3 weeks away from the gym. I don't know. I've even tried turning to the lord - taking some getting to know God course online. I've been praying and praying for a long time though and I'm still suffering. Even with people praying for me. I want so badly to believe Jesus can heal me but why then does he continue to allow me to go through this torture? I'm sorry to hear you're not doing well. Do you have any plans toward combating it? Or people to talk to?

[dizzychar in reply to Pennyroyal_Tea]

yes it’s tough isn’t it when your coming off meds, I came off mine about 10 years ago now and I was in such a mess. Hopefully the wait won’t be too long for you, I think really I could do with going back to my gp I’m just scared, I don’t even no why I was literally at the doctors every week in the past, yes I have my friend but same as you really don’t want to be constantly complaining, I’m still trying to get out and carry on as normal but it’s just so hard, I went for a family day out a few days ago and I was in such a state trying my best not to show it but my eldest child just knew there was something wrong

[Pennyroyal_Tea]

Yes. Very difficult. I hate faking it everywhere I go. I try to participate but I'm literally wound up so tight inside with anxiety and chest pains and headaches and muscle twitching it's ridiculous. All I want to do is go to sleep so I can escape the monster. I know where you're coming from. I've gone to the er several times for chest pain and ungodly headaches in the middle of the night convinced I'm about to die or have a heart attack.

[dizzychar]

Same I used to go to hospital a lot over my chest, I can’t seem to sleep properly at the moment which is just making the anxiety worse I think, the only real advice I can give you at the moment is keep talking, coming on here and I think the gym will probably do you good

[secrets22]

Hello Brian, i do feel for you as i know exactly what severe anxiety is like, it is all consuming and makes life unbearable. I have no solution but please keep posting here because it is a very caring group of people here who will cajole and support you.🥰

[ahfished1]

Hi,

I am truely sorry that you are experiencing these awful symptoms without any rest…..have you ever tried meditation you can pick up a CD for a few pounds .

Get something like breathing meditation and spend about 15 minutes a day trying to meditate in a quite room …at first u may find difficulties in trying to quite your mind down , it may start racing but no worries ( believe it or not that is it working ) and eventually things will settle and you will get your mind activities to settle. Some days it will work other days it will not but stick at it remember you are training your mind and then body to relax …it really does help !

All the best and don’t give up ….remember “Stuff them All” !

[Jameshuh]

Hi Brian, sorry to hear about your severe anxiety it is a horrid horrid feeling. Some things that I've found helpful are exercise (just like you but I just try walking for 30 mins per day), TRE (exercises that reset your nervous system to baseline over time) here is a free course trecourse.com/courses/ and Paige Pradko's channel youtube.com/@PaigePradkoThe... . Wishing you peace and health.