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New to the site...but not new to anxiety rapture323, thanks for telling me about your head pain, cold sensation. It also worried me,but I was determined to NOT go to a doctor this time, and sure enough, it settled down. I still get panicky anxiety from time to time, and a ache and pain here and there , but I am just learning to accept that it is ok to have these things, and normal. Can't expect to feel perfect ALL the time, after all, I am 36, right? haha Thanks for the posting and update, hope everyone has a great Christmas....Chrystal
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New to the site...but not new to anxiety Hi Lindaru, You painted a very vivid picture of your coping skills for the weather. It was comforting and warm. Thanks for showing us the positive spin on dreary weather. We have been blanketed in fog and rain all day, and while it usually brings me down dramatically, having the warm glow of the interior lights has actually cheered me. I haven't had the usual near-total loss of motivation that I usually experience. I think partially that talking about this anxiety here has really helped me. I know that I don't feel so isolated with it anymore. I've been feeling pretty positive and motivated, something I haven't felt in a super long time! I'm afraid to just erabrace it in case it's just a fleeting thing. Isn't that crazy? I finally feel better, and now I worry I won't keep feeling that way! UGH! I hope all of you are having a good day, erabracing our health and wellness! Have a super weekend and look forward to something good in each day.
New to the site...but not new to anxiety Thanks for everyone's replies! It's great being able to read your stories and also share my own. This last week or so hasn't been too bad for me. It's so amazing how when we keep busy we seem to not feel our anxiety as much. Today I felt chest pain a bit while I was at work. I also feel my anxiety (tight chest and restricted breathing) allot while I am driving to or from work. Most of my physical symptoms lately have been chest, heart flutters, feeling like I cant breath normally. In the past I have had so many different symptoms though! Chrystal36 - I had a very similar sounding head pain/weird cold sensation on one spot on top of my head for a couple of weeks earlier this year. Doctor couldnt explain it. Scared me for a while though.. but eventually the same as you it went away. Hope you are all doing well leading up to Christmas and the New Year. Lets hope 2009 will be a much better year for all of us
New to the site...but not new to anxiety Hello I got some GREAT news today, my PAP came back totally normal...I feel so good about that. I am promissing myself to NOT get to worrying about the next thing and allow myself to have aches and pains without it being something horrible....I would like to stay away from drs. for a while, had my fill....How is everyone else doing with their anxiety?
New to the site...but not new to anxiety Hi everyone, I wanted to add that my therapist said I shouldn't look up symptoms on anxiety either because its not going to help just make you obsess more. I told him I went on a message board instead but he still said I shouldn't do that either because all I'm thinking about is anxiety. I disagree, the message board helps you talk to others with the same problem and doesn't make you feel so alone. I have a great family but they don't have anxiety so how can they really understand. I'm taking zoloft for about 6 years and for these past 4 years no anxiety but something triggered it again and all I do is wait (and pray) for it to go away. Does it "go away" for years for anyone out there? And does anyone take Xanax everyday? I'm so afraid of taking Xanax that I suffer instead. thanks for your help. 17mary
New to the site...but not new to anxiety Ah, yes . . . the gloom and doom of oncoming winter. Here it is dark clouRAB over head, sometimes spitting snow (got snow yesterday and the day before here), or cold rain and wind. All of the colors are now gone from the trees. So how does this make me feel? Trapped! Trapped equals increase in anxiety because of the lack of control. You do not want to go out in it because you will be physically miserable. I deal with it by trying to turn it around into sort of a fantasy. Instead of feeling trapped, I think of where I am indoors as a cabin where I am riding out the storm and will be safe. It helps if you have a fire place. We have a wood stove and watching the flames can be comforting. Another thing I have is pillows on the couch I can lean into, put my feet up when I need to and my quilt I have had since I was a toddler to cover up. I may not be physically cold (or I may be) but the psychology of being able to cover up lessens my anxiety. Hugs to you all! Lindaru
New to the site...but not new to anxiety :bouncing:Hope everyone is having a good weekend without the dreaded anxiety we are all fighting. The hardest thing for me this weekend is just waiting for the pap test results. This coming week is the 3rd week of waiting, and the results should be in this week. For ones that don't know me on here, I fear having cancer and dying almost continuously. I was fearful I had ovarian cancer, got the all clear and am now fretting pap smear results, as I hadn't had a pap smear in 8 years since the birth of my 2nd child. After the pap I went straight into fearing cervical cancer. While being able to recognize that I don't have symptoms of a horrible illness, I still have a time with the fears. I am tense most of the time, and have backaches everyday basically. I do have scoliosis, and I know stress causes a host of physical symptoms. All it took for me was to read on the net about advanced cervical c symptoms being backache, etc, and I got all upset. Totally ignoring the fact that beginning symptoms such as bleeding, etc. I don't have. Hope this gives ones on here that don't know me some insight. I am doing better this weekend, just have waves of anxiety over just wanting the test results so I can get RELIEF
New to the site...but not new to anxiety hey there all hope you are coping well the last couple of days I have felt different (i want to say better but that would be untrue) Ive tried not to think too much or rather think about anything other than what is that pain in my side, head, chest or whatever. not keeping myself that busy that I stress but busy enough to not think about what my body is doing. My blood pressure is up and down like a yo yo due to this anxiety or am I just anxious about the blood pressure?????? hard to explain how I'm feeling at present but I don't think I'm about to drop but I still don't feel right trying to relax
New to the site...but not new to anxiety Hi Lindaru! Thanks so much for your response. I think you have a great point, about "right here, right now, I am okay". Taking things in small steps is much more manageable. What a practical suggestion. That's something we can all do more of each day. Chrystal36, you are doing a great job. I know those nerves are something else, and just as Lindaru said, it's amazing what we can create in ourselves. I too was experiencing wrenching back pain for months, all the way down my left side, and eventually my left hip was hurting, sometimes so badly I couldn't sleep. Of course, I researched every possibility on the internet! :dizzy: I was also feeling like I was in the bathroom a lot more than usual, and was positive I had irritable bowel syndrome, at best! See what I mean, there are other people like us who have this constant battle! When I finally saw the Dr. he told me it was sciatic nerve pain, and gave me a bunch of stretches. After a while, it has almost completely gone away. We create so much stress with worry. If you find yourself worrying, take a minute to review your muscle tension throughout your body, and you will be amazed. You jaw will be tight, your neck muscles tense, your shoulders will not be relaxed, your stomach will be churning, your breathing will be shallow, and then your back hurts because your posture is probably off, not mention how we sleep! Wow, that's a recipe for all kinRAB of aches and pains, all self-induced. Try to consciously relax yourself next time you begin to feel this way. Intentionally divert your attention to something you enjoy. Remeraber, no more internet researching! Once those results come in you will feel a huge relief! Maybe you'll get them as a birthday gift, wouldn't that be wonderful? Great work on the salon appointment, pamper yourself. Make sure you enjoy every minute of it too!
New to the site...but not new to anxiety Hi, I'm new to the site. When I read over everyone's messages on this thread I felt comfortable to write and thought I might add something to the keeping busy. If I'm at home and feel anxious I go on my computer and play free games like solitaire (sp ?) or Hearts and it distracts me for a while.I have been suffering with anxiety on and off for 25 years. I have a question if anyone could answer, it would help me feel not so alone. Is it health anxiety if you worry about mental illness? I don't worry about cancer or heart trouble illnesses but I worry about mental illness because this anxiety makes me think my mind is going to go.( to where I don't know, ha) Also I can go for years without constant anxiety everyday, and then something triggers it and it starts again, is anyone like that? thanks for all your help 17mary
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