Anxious about my anxiety

yes i understand what you are going through. all of a sudden Feb 3rd i changed. i cant seem to feel like my old self.

more people than you know can relate to what you said! Millions of people all over the world suffer with anxiety on a daily basis which includes intrusive thoughts, a general feeling of fear and doom and gloom and anxiety symptoms.

when it comes to anxiety, the most powerful weapon we have is in control of how we think. We have to decide if we are going to let fear take over and make us miserable or use objective reasoning instead of fear. I know it’s easier said than done but it really boils down to that.

getting some support for that would be very helpful. Is there anyway you can do virtual counseling? this can be difficult when we try to do it alone. keep in mind that our fearful thoughts are not based on fact or reality, but only fear. Fear is not objective but just a series of fleeting thoughts and what if thinking. fear stands for false evidence appearing real.

you tube has some good talks on anxiety and fear, overthinking etc. hope you feel better soon!

Hi there!

I can 100% realte! I've had anxiety for about a month now. Ive had it in the past and got through it but now its come back because of a stupid TV program I watched that triggered it. Nowadays, I always feel this strange way. I can't explain how I feel or what I'm worried about but I just feel strange and weird. Almost 'not normal' I thought I was the only one that experienced this, but can you relate?

One of the big problems with people who have anxiety is they become obsessed with fixing themselves. The anxious feelings are so uncomfortable they feel the need to rid themselves of it.

Think of when you were younger and never experienced this kind of anxiety, did you ever even think about anxiety? Probably not. It's only now that you obsess by thinking you have this anxiety problem and need to rid yourself of these feelings.

All you do all day is obsess over these feelings and thoughts, and when you realise they're not going away it just keeps you in an anxiety cycle.

You need to forget about anxiety and intrusive thoughts, but you might ask: "how can I just stop thinking about them?" You can't, it would be like saying don't think about a pink elephant. All your mind would now be thinking about is a pink elephant. That's the hard part and why there's no instant fix to anxiety.

Acceptance is key. You accept the anxiety and thoughts. Don't research how to fix them or try to distract yourself from them, just accept them no matter how hard it is, and in time these feelings and thoughts will pass and you won't even realise. You'll just notice one day that "wait a minute, i've not felt anxiety for a while now." This could take days, weeks or even a couple of months. The thoughts and feelings will gradually decline until they are gone completely.

Fear of anxiety is understandable because it's so uncomfortable and you think "how can I live like this everyday." Like I said this fear of fear just keeps you in a loop of anxiety. So you're going to just have to live with it for a bit until, without realising, the feelings are just gone.

It's like what I said about not thinking about a pink elephant. You can't think about anything else for a few minutes but this pink elephant but then without noticing, you just forget about it naturally. It's harder with intrusive thoughts and anxiety because of the feelings they bring, but I really like that analogy.

Accept it and then there's nothing to fear. You'll still feel anxious tomorrow, and the next day, and the next... but in time these thoughts and feelings will go and you'll be back to feeling the way you did before.