No motivation......

I think the start of my anxiety was due to unresolved health issues that are still ongoing, but now ive developed more of a social anxiety issue. I am now worried about what people think of me and how im "letting down" my friends and family. I am constantly worried about people judging me and expecting me to be someone i cant be at the moment!....i am trying my hardest to be strong for my husband and my 2 children but feel at the moment i cannot be the person they want me to be!.....my Gp has been letting me down when i have asked for help....but at the moment i have lost all motivation as i feel so physically and mentally exhausted, does anyone/has anyone felt this way? I just tell myself im so lazy,which is what i think everyone else thinks about me!

[paula50]

Hi , No you are not lazy , as i feel the same as you mentally exhausted from the constant anxiety no fight left in me but i know i must not give in and fight more so that must be what you need to do ..im going to the doctors later on to ask for more help see what happens ... sorry i could not be of much more help ..

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I went back to the doctors a few days ago,he said i was deteriorating so changed my medication,work are concerned and i have gotta see occupational health! But i just feel in this vicious circle and because i feel im doing everything i can do,im now worried what everyone else is thinking/saying about me!.....good luck later on!

[Pickle165]

HI kitty, mine all started with health issues that are still going on today. you are not lazy! and i know how hard it is to not care what others think but unfortunatly you have to adapt to that way of thinking. thats the problem with this whole vicious circle, people just dont get it unless they have had it. thinking of you. x

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I totally relate to your post as I have been battling exhaustion for years, mental & physical...I think accepting that you are the way you are is a step in the right direction and also dealing with the shame you feel that you cannot be the person you think you should be...who says that anyway...I've been reading books that deal with shame linked to anxiety & depression...that the manifestation of anxiety is to do with unresolved shame...exploring the real reason for your anxiety will go a long way towards coping with it. I had health anxiety for many years, kind of covered up by alcoholism, when I dealt with my alcoholism funnily enough my anxiety went through the roof...I realised that I had thought I was on the brink of dying for over 20 years...then I felt really really ill...and underwent a barrage of tests..all negative...this sent me into a major depression as I couldn't accept the fact there was nothing physically wrong with me. I now have accepted this, but dealing with the anxiety became much harder, I realise now that I am getting closer and closer to the source, but also closer to accepting that I am a person with anxiety and depression...which has lifted my anxiety and depression! May it last! We shall see...if it doesn't..then I'll accept it...