Anxiety bad days
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Hi everyone , I had basically what was a breakdown in august and slowly started to feel like I was recovering slowly , and having good days and enjoying myself more but then I get days like today and yesterday when I feel I'm back to square , the anxiety is there all day I feel down have a constant headache , my minds racing over and over Thinking what's wrong with me , my body goes all tense and have dreaded feeling all day like something terrible is going to happen .
I've suffered with anxiety since my teens I'm now 29 and would think I would be able to cope with this but i just can't stop going over things in my head and because I've got a headache or a pain in my back I think it's something life threatening.
I'm just wondering if it's normal to have days like this on road trying to recover from all this I just want to enjoy my life but anxiety seems to run my life I hate it.
Does anyone else have setback days??
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lisa80657 tom73779
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I do,seems to be the same time every year to. Jan-Feb. I'm currently going through an attack which started on New Year's Day. It was bad that day and in the days since it has improved and I've put myself back on citilopram 20mg. I kept stopping and starting them which I shouldn't have so I'm going to stick with them and do it properly this time. The thing about anxiety it only goes so far,it hits its peak then depletes and that's what I keep telling myself. It's just anxiety,it will pass,it's anxiety that's making me think and feel this way. I find it was worse when I wasn't doing anything so I keep busy,keep my mind busy and it helps.
helen20833 tom73779
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Hi Tom,
Take heart that you have been doing so well. Be proud because overcoming this is never easy. The fact that you have got so far shows you have courage and determination
Setbacks are common
It's easy to fall into the trap of becoming disheartened.
If we waken feeling back to square one, or if it suddenly comes upon us out of the blue, we immediately think, OH no! It's here again!
That opens the door and lets the Anxiety back in
That's only natural. Fear is an awful emotion
But
If you can accept that, perhaps due to physical overload, weariness, stress niggles, Anxiety Disorder and its symptoms might have crept back in but, if you can keep calm, positive, know that that which you overcome can be overcome again, then the symptoms will creep back out again
Setbacks are abysmal I know. Don't fall into that pit of "Something life threatening " is happening to you. Because then you have to dig yourself back out and that's hard
You will have found that aches and pains, headaches, stomach problems and the rest are natural and common physical illnesses that just about everyone gets at sometime in their life or other
They are not indicative of imminent death
You are young. There is no reason to assume that, anxiety apart, you are not physically healthy
You have to be assured by that. Believe that you are not in harms way. That yes, today might not be a good day. Perhaps tomorrow might be difficult. But it won't always be like that
Anxiety and Panic Disorder is a bumpy road to travel. There will be ups and downs. Enjoy the ups. Go with the downs as calmly as you can
You will be just fine
Hugs Helen
tom73779 helen20833
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Thanks Helen ,
For such a lovely message it means a lot feel so low and in such a negative mood on days like this mayb I do need to be more positive and except it is only anxiety I'm dealing with and nothing else , it's just horrible when the physical symptoms are there and I feel dizzy and my head feels all heavy it scares me as much as the first time but I really want to face it head on a start living my life to the full instead of feeling held back by this all the time.
helen20833 tom73779
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Hi there Tom.
I know it's hard. I used to have bouts of lightheadedness which scared the hell out of me. Then Lisa, on this Forum, helped me by asking me, What's the worst that can happen when you feel like that?
And I though about it. Faint?
Well that's no so bad. Someone will pick me up, lol
I have learned, Tom, to sort of not fear the symptoms. The symptoms cannot, after all, harm me. It was my fear of the symptoms I had to overcome
Now when I get a symptom...and the list used to be endless, I think, Oh crap! Here again, sigh. But I don't fear it anymore. I tolerate it
And be aware that you can overcome one symptom only to find a new symptom raise its ugly head
Tom, please, try not to let them scare the hell out of you. Once I learned that my symptoms faded away
Now and then one resurrects.
But I am no longer scared. I don't like it. But hey, it's there. For the time being. If I just carry on as best I can, it goes!
You can do this, Tom
I did and I'm not brave, far from
Keep in touch, okay? You can ask me anything and if I can help I will
Helen
tom73779 helen20833
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Thank you so much for taking the time to reply 😀 You've made me think a lot 🙂
helen20833 tom73779
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You're welome
I know what it's like, Tom. But it's not a battle. Fighting creates added stress. Dealing with it is a whole different ball game
You can do this! You can get better.
Like I say, I did and I'm so cowardly I ought to be bright yellow, lol
Hugs Helen
tom73779 helen20833
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🙂thank you
Angel_V tom73779
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HI Tom I have been recovering from anxiety too and it's a process. I have more good days then bad now, and the bad days are coming farther apart then they use to. The holidays were a little rough, but I managed to get through them. I find it better when I'm preoccupied. When I'm idle I tend to dwell on how I feel. I haven't been able to work since October and I think it's making me worse. What's the difference if I have anxiety sitting at home or at work? If it's going to happen it's going to happen. I'm trying to keep positive thoughts flowing. Started yoga and meditation classes and started to walk when the weather permits. I started adult coloring to lol but it does relax me. Setbacks are part of the healing process. Hang in there!
tom73779 Angel_V
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Hi angel
I know exactly how you feel I feel up and down so much I'm right now just trying to except that it's anxietyand it's something I have to deal with I've never looked at it that way I've always gone over why I'm like this and why won't it go away the fact is that it's not gonna no to go away we just have to find ways of living with it and I think if we can do that it will fade into the background.
I've started to notice that I dwell on how I'm feeling so much instead of just saying it's just anxietyi know why i feel like this it's horrible still feeling tense , scared and anxious for no reason is hard work life's hard enough as it is but I'm sure we can get through this and start enjoying life a lot more.