Anxiety crisis
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hello everyone, I feel I need to speak with someone who understands me.
i suffer of health anxiety and with the help of therapy I was able to "manage". unfortunately, in the last couple of months i went through many hard situations ( consider i live here with my daughter and partner but without my family). for a year now my partner has been ill with dizziness, palpitation, shortness of breath, tension in a temple etc.. and so I had to take charge of basically everything in the house/daughter and also I was dealing with his mum's problems.
now.. we discovered a mouse in the house, which triggered my anxiety for two reasons: diseases and poison. i think this is a hard situation for a person with health anxiety. i spend hours cleaning with bleach and checking for anything, i cannot enjoy life, I went cinema and could only think of the freaking mouse.. i am losing sleep and i am now in a very bad state (been up for 3 hours crying). i called a helpline but the lady was very dismissive. i feel trapped and with a lot of burden on me. i guess i just needed to talk to someone thank you.
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jan34534 michela21
Posted
you are taking on a lot by yourself. there are times where we have to slow down and take care of ourselves.
at this time you dont need to be managing your partners mothers issues. sounds like your partner has anxiety which is a lot on you.
the mouse can be caught and it will be a done deal. by the way, a trap is more humane than poison, which is extremely painful !
everything will be managed, but you have to set limits on how much you take on. I know what it feels like to take too much on it. It’s horrible. I’ve done it for the good part of my life. And somebody said to me that if I don’t take care of myself, I won’t be good for anybody that I love. Please take care of yourself!
michela21 jan34534
Posted
thank you jan.
I did stop taking care of her problems since i felt not appreciated even when i stopped what i was doing to sort her things out.
He is adamant it is not anxiety, so I am struggling even more.
I have not put poison out, but all the traps are not working and this is the reason of my frustration and constant worry.
I am trying ways of taking my head out of it, but there is no way, I keep going back thinking where i should put the trap next or what i should be cleaning.
i see no end to any of this situations and is getting worse and worse for me.. i realise many people have worse problems and try to remind myself, but unfortunately our minds are very strong!