IF YOU DONT HAVE ANXIETY YOU DONT UNDERSTAND ANXIETY ......😠

Your so right! And guess what he's right too your are too strong for this that's why your still here fighting it! And I had the same issue! My husband tell me stop playing the victim and blah blah blah and says that I am causing the problem well one day I just broke down in the car crying and yelling at him and telling him all my symptoms. And the biggest thing I said to him was do you think I want to feel like this! Why the hell would I put this on myself. And I told him he needs to do his research and or go to my dr with me and he can explain it to him or divorce is lookin real good! Lol and he did do some research and found that anxiety isn't just a little worry.... And it's a big issue and he's a lot more supportive now! My mother in law also drives me nuts.... I am a stay at home mom with 2 kids..... My husband is military so I'm 8 hours away from all my friends and family my husband goes away a lot for weeks at a time sometimes longer.... I'm also doing schooling for two different schools and I babysit 2 of my neighbors kids.... It's so hard every day and it's also miserable and lonely and when I try to talk to my mother in law about it she says you just have to be positive and everything is gonna work out you have to be the sting one and hold everything together if you fall apart everything falls apart.... Basically telling me get your sh*t together and it's not ok to feel like this! Il be flipping out on her soon too.... It's just a matter of time lol.... But anyway ebough about me! I just wanted u to know that your not the only one who feels alone in this and that's why you should NOT leave this forum because we're the ones who know how u feel and know how to support you

What i have noticed too is the same people who have no understanding or compassion for you and are so quick to tell you to get over or learn to live with it are the same ones that curl up in a ball when they get sick and want to be pamoered.  I find that so annoying. If there was a way to tranfer all this to someone else for even one hour ( especially during a panic attack) oh how the world would pour money into its funding and figure it all out.

Hello Jenni

The problem with people and boyfriend is they become oversensitised by your health concerns and you will be getting those negative feelings thrown back at you so when you say i have pains in my chest they now feel straight away there she goes again and they do not listen.or bend your ears.

I do not know how to change that as they will look on your anxiety as not a medical problem not a mental health condition.

Do you not feel a treatment plan would be beneficial possibly with a CPN explaining coping techniques, Generally I just wonder if you may be better with some help

BOB 

Hey Jenni,

First of all you need to accept the fact that people are never going to understand how it feels to have anxiety till they don't have it. I've been going through the same. Its been more than a month. Have seen GP twice, neurologist twice, ENT specialist once and got so many blood tests done. Everything turns out to be normal and in the end all i get to hear is "It's anxiety, you need to come out of it on your own." People wont understand the fact that it something not in our control perhaps. Noone would want to waste their precious time in getting depressed for no apparent reason. Ive had soo many symptoms in this whole phase that it actually started making me feel as if I have a brain tumor or something(thanks to google for this). But again, it turned out to be illness anxiety disorder. I'm now on an antidepressant which i think is working well. My symptoms have decreased but haven't stopped yet.

If no one is helping you with your phase then do one thing just start telling yourself that you don't even need anyone to come out of it. You are strong enough to deal with it. Clear all your doubts by visiting a doctor and tell yourself that you are absolutely fine and it's just a phase. There are other people too who are going through the same. You have my example too.

Hope this helps. Get well soon!

Hi Jenni,

Many people don't understand what anxiety really feels like... It's complicated to them and they can't wrap their head around it, but everyone on here is the nicest and most helpful bunch As a male with anxiety and depression, it sounds like your boyfriend is seemingly "alpha" and is tougher and hard to crack.. sit him down and really tell him how you feel.. it might be hard but it'll really clear things up between you two and he could be more understanding.. Have you thought about trying meds?

Hello Jenni,

I can totally understand where your coming from. I'm a 24 year old female that never had anxiety in her life until about 4-5 months ago. I can honestly say that before I started suffering from anxiety I was one of those people that thought anxiety was a pretty much all in the head. I thought people were faking or that it wasn't as bad as they say it was and thought, how could "anxiety" actually interfere with a person's life or even ruin a person's life. Well now I know 100% what it's like to suffer from anxiety. It's definitely the devil. I had a bad experience with some adderall and ever since that day I have really bad anxiety. I've experienced all the symptoms. I've had MULTIPLE panic attacks. I've been taken to the hospital by ambulance in fear I was dieing from a heart attack. I wld even drive myself to the emergency room at 1-2 in the morning bc i was so scared. I'm currently on paxil and i have to say that it's changing my life for the better. I feel normal again. I am so amazed how good it works. I have sympathy for any person out there that suffers from anxiety. It's literally the scariest thing ive ever dealt with. My family such as my mother, my boyfriend, my siblings, they all don't get it!!!!! They think it's in my head and that I'm being to dramatic and blah, blah, blah. They will never fully understand at all. Not unless they experience it one day. I mean I int wish it upon ANYONE, ever but they just don't understand. So I know exactly how u feel. But just keep ur head up high and don't listen to anybody else. Best of luck to you !!!!!!