Not coping at all😔😪

rachel, if you’ve been checked up by your doctor and nothing is found to be wrong, you can rest assured this is all from anxiety, including the numbness. if you’ve had health anxiety for years, then this is most likely what is going on. It’s the reason for your numbness, it’s the reason for your fears about the virus, about your family, and so on.

in my 20s I had every anxiety symptom you can think of from numbness and tingling to floaters in my eyes to shortness of breath, racing heart, brain fog, you name it I had it. And it went on for a long time. every now and then I will still get a little symptom here are there when I am anxious but now I ignore it because I know it’s not gonna hurt me.

I just don’t want to know that you are continually suffering with this anxiety and it’s symptoms. Because it doesn’t have to be that way!

im now in my 50s and very rarely get any anxiety symptoms. It didn’t take me this long to feel better.

I wasted years and years of my life with worry about everything! Worried about having a disease, worried about my parents, then when I had kids I worried something would happen to them, worry worry worry. All of that was for nothing because nothing bad ever happened. Worry is a useless emotion and it can literally make you sick. it gave me chronic gastritis and a few other bad things. Please don’t do this to yourself!

What I had to do was get tougher with myself! No matter what I had to stop feeling sorry for myself and get to work on getting healthy. I started exercising even if I had symptoms of anxiety. I eat healthier, got some counseling for the chronic worrying.

One thing I learned is that it’s a waste of energy and time to worry about things that are out of our control. No matter what it is. Nobody can predict The future. All we can do is take care of ourselves the best we can. We can’t control what others do or how they take care of themselves. We can help them in different ways.

i got on a strict daily routine to have some structure in my life. Otherwise I would just fleet around with worry and fear all day long. I looked at anxiety as any other condition such as diabetes or high blood pressure etc. If you don’t take care of yourself with these conditions you won’t feel good.

I realize that I may never completely get rid of anxiety but I can definitely learn how to manage it much better so that I feel good. I decided I’m not going to lay around and let it take over my life so that all I do is cry and cower in the corner with worry and fear.!

You can change your mindset! You can do this! Sit down and get a pencil and paper out and write down a plan. A plan for what you will do for yourself.for instance, I wrote down in the morning I would get up, make my bed, get something to eat, hydrate myself with water, put on a little make up and fix my hair ( because looking nice is a mental boost ), then it’s time for either yoga or a long walk outside. after that it’s the lunch routine, chores or errands, dinner, talking to family or friends or doing something fun, shower, bed . that’s just an example but that routine makes me feel GROUNDED. its almost like an anxiety Boot Camp for me! You would have your own routine.

i stay away from too much news because that produces anxiety even if you don’t think it does. Instead, I listen to relaxing music or read.

i stopped focusing on what I cannot control such as the past, other people, the future, world situations, protecting everybody I love all the time, pandemics, the weather, etc. and I started focusing on things I can control which is how I respond to things, what I focus on, my mental attitude, my behavior, etc.

Be GRATEFUL for what you have which is family, health, etc. Gratitude is so important so that we remember our blessings.

i had to realize that the world doesn’t owe me anything. I had to get tough basically and say enough is enough with this anxiety!

you can also find some great motivational talks on YouTube regarding anxiety and fear. They have helped me a lot.

Sorry this is so long but I just wanted to share some of this with you. One day at a time. Instead of a fearful attitude about anxiety, just have a matter of fact attitude about it and work at it daily . ❤❤❤

Hi Rachael.. How are you doing today? Did you get your cheat xray? Sorry you have been having a really horrible time with your health anxiety.. I'm all too familiar how crippling it can be.. I went through a period of intense anxiety about health and everything possible from i was about 22-30.. I thought it was gona be my life and never seen any end to it.. Im 36 now and yes i would be an anxious person but i came through a very rough time.. You are not alone.. You need to try and break the cycle and remember that nothing is permanent.. You can and will have much better times ahead when more positive easy thoughts will be allowed space..