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Anyone else's Anxiety driven by being alone?

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thomas96833
thomas96833

Hello,

?So my anxiety always sky rockets when alone and I have no idea why.

I guess I have been feeling a bit lately lonely. I live with my partner, but I have different days off to her so I spend the majority of my day alone. When she gets home, we don't have a lot to talk about on my side because well, I don't really have anything to do other than the usual clean the house.

I have no friends to visit or close by family. Work use to be my social life (sad I know) but I had a good friend base there, and slowly but surely the job and working environment has changed so much that I dread going in now.

I sit in bored silence for 10 hours with no real work load and no conversation thanks to a lot of business changes (that's a different story).

So I am bored desperately at work and on my time off. And I just feel massively underwhelmed with my life at the moment. Whilst I have a lot to be grateful for, I just need some stimulation, something to look forward to or do at all. 

?Can anyone esle relate to this? 

 

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  • jen1978
    jen1978 thomas96833

    Posted

    Hi

    Yes I can relate to your post. I get very anxious from taking my son to school until I pick him back up. I am used to working full time but at the moment I am on maternity leave so its just me and baby for the majority of the day. I find my anxiety starts to subside once the children are in from school and my boyfriend is back from work. I wonder if its because we are alone with our thoughts all day? Its lonely and you can easily start to have feelings of low mood.

    • thomas96833
      thomas96833 jen1978

      Posted

      I think that's probably the best way of putting it. It's like, I try to find everything and anything just to keep me busy but the second I sit still, I over analyse how I am. "I feel a bit dizzy" etc, and it just spirals then with negative thoughts. It's like a bad habit I have gotten into!

       

    • jen1978
      jen1978 thomas96833

      Posted

      Yes thats exactly what it is...a bad habit! I read a lot or watch a film when I am not busy doing household chores etc...but sometimes the anxiety creeps up on me. Subconsciously my anxiety is in the background and yes when we focus on it it becomes a lot more intense. I suffer tension headaches and if I have a headache my anxiety is bad. I have also found over the last few days that if I am too warm I get over anxious too. In fact at the moment every little thing heightens my anxiety. I dont smoke, drink alcohol or take drugs. I have even cut out caffeine and try to drink more water every day. I have also started eating regular meals as hunger and low blood sugar gives same symptoms as anxiety.
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