I am feeling some anxiety in my chest today and I don't really know how to explain it. Nothing terrible happened today or anything, but it's just a feeling. Anyone else ever have this ?
It could be a person, routine, opportunity, relationship, or even a part of yourself.
About a month ago, I went through a pretty intense episode of health anxiety that lasted for around two weeks. During that time, I couldn’t think about anything else — I was constantly anxious and focused on my health.
This anxiety came with a lot of physical symptoms, such as tingling in my hands, itching all over my body and on my scalp, waking up in the morning with extremely high levels of anxiety, feeling lightheaded, stomach pain, nausea, a vibrating sensation throughout my body, shaking, and slightly blurred vision.
Is it normal for anxiety to cause so many different physical symptoms at once? I should mention that I had several medical check-ups and blood tests, and everything came back normal.
I’ve somehow managed to overcome the worst part of the anxiety now, but I still feel like my nervous system is constantly on high alert. How long does it usually take for the body to fully recover after going through an intense period of anxiety like this?
Hi guys. It is officially 301 days since I joined this subreddit. I know I haven’t posted a lot but at least I changed a lot during those 300 days. So this is actually a happy vent post!
I used to sleep at 3am and wake up at 4pm, unmotivated. And all I did was doomscrolling. I wasn’t eating well, I wasn’t even showering. Looking back, I remember even not brushing my teeth for so long that I ended up with several cavities. I didn’t read, nor did I write. Since Reading and Writing was what I always did as a child, I seriously thought it was over when I couldn’t read a single word from a book and ended up with empty pages on my laptop. I always set up an impossible dream and made the plan and stopped there. Because making a plan itself was a relief for me.
But things gradually changed. Slow but constantly.
I started to split my tasks into pieces. Like ‘waking up and get ready’ to ‘open the window for fresh air’, ‘make my bed’, ‘drink one glass of water’… and etc etc. at first, I didn’t thought I would make it. and I got devastated when I missed one or two tasks. But seeing that I did about 20 of micro tasks (even something like going to the toilet) and didn’t do about 5~7 of the micro tasks, I somehow didn’t feel bad.
To be honest with you all, I got all anxious and even got frantic when I missed my doses that doctor gave me. I was leaning to the doses and I felt useless without them and meanwhile thought that I was a drug junkie because I can’t get off this meds and lean on them. But now… of course I take my doses, but I am actually talking to my doctor and my therapist that I can lower my doses once in two months. Because you know what? I actually feel so much better.
I don’t try to bluff or lie about myself because I feel more secure, and I don’t need to fake myself to make people like me. People come and go. But that’s the way it is. Good people, good events would leave too, yes, but bad people and bad events will leave as well. I love this metaphor: I’m the bus driver and everyone else is passengers. At the end of the day, I am just driving my bus and will end up in a garage and get off the bus eventually, but I drove the bus. And I will do a damn good job at parking. This simple fact really helps me a lot. And as you all know, when person is too anxious of someone leaving, they just… can’t think that way. But I am!
I even go to workouts and do yoga! although my muscle is not that strong so I just do it for like 20 mins a day, but it still is workout!!
Sorry if this feels like bragging, but I am so proud of myself that I actually started to heal. Just wanted to share this with you all. Thank you for reading!
My boyfriend is going on a vacation for 12 days and I’m not being selfish at all just a little sad since I’ve been going through a lot this summer and especially this week. I had to cut off a chunk of my friends because they’ve been talking behind my back and being super fake on top of it all so I can’t talk to them. Family problems have been a lot lately my parents did attempt to divorce and both of them are telling me their problems. I had to cut contact with my closest sister because she’s been a bad person lately, and my everyone and my job has been treating me very badly for no reason at all. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong and I’m sure people hate to see me working on myself but I am criticized for everything. What I’m trying to get at is my boyfriend is the only one who has made me feel so safe and loved through it all and I don’t try to trauma dump him all the time even if he doesn’t mind but I’m scared something will happen again and I’ll have nobody at all to talk to. I’ve been crying at work lots and at night too. We usually call at night so I’m distracted but my anxiety increases at night a lot. I’ve tried texting a few helplines and they start to sound kinda like an automated response now which kind of sucks. Just thought I’d share just in case anyone else feels the same. I’ve never been this far apart from him so I just need to distract myself and do the things I love. I’m working for 8 out of the 12 days he’s gone so that will pass time a lot I’m sure. My anxiety has been super bad lately just with everything going on and my boyfriend leaving makes me feel a little more anxious now just because at the end of the day I don’t use him for my anxiety or to cry to, I just love that he’s there and that’s truly all I need. Thanks for listening.
When my heart is pounding at 140bpm, trying to count to 4 and breathe slowly literally just makes me hyperventilate more. It feels impossible to focus on a slow rhythm when I'm spiraling.
Does anyone have a weird or specific trick that actually works instantly? I need something physical or tactile because the standard breathing stuff is just making it worse. What's your immediate go-to move?
Hello guys,
This is basically just a follow up post to my first, I want to explain how I usually feel most days. Which is a mix of good and bad days. Obviously everyone has good and bad days, that’s just being human but I feel like my mood steers my whole mindset for that day.
Good days look very motivational, ready to take on anything with a positive attitude, enthusiasm, confidence, friendliness and making plans. I often get a lot more things done and feel very productive and happy when I’m having a good day. My energy towards my friends and family is good too, naturally have a good outlook for the day.
Bad days are set as soon as I wake up, usually feeling overly anxious or worried in the morning. I commonly struggle with my anxiety, so when I wake up and already have that feeling it’s hard to shake off, anxiety lingers. Bad attitude, mentally exhausted and easily irritable as well as being closed off. It’s hard for me to stay focused on tasks and work, often getting headaches and needing breaks.
If anyone else can relate, knows what this means, or needs to chat please comment or dm!
I got yelled at today. And it was someone who was meant a lot to me for the last few years. I feel so.. I don’t even know. It’s currently 5:30 am and I haven’t slept, because I’ve been up all night crying.
I don’t handle people being mad at me very well.
I don’t even know, sorry. I just had to vent.
It's been some time since I recovered. It feels surreal and like I've lost an identity, a friend.
It sucks to realize that my triggers are my parents and my therapist told me to move out. Their home is such a chaotic place to live and I know she's right. I have to leave, I am working on it. It feels so scary. I have nothing to heal now-- just things to work towards.
The kid I used to be no longer exists. The woman I am now, initiates conversations with strangers, sends voice notes left and right, confronts people, doesn't have test anxiety the way she used to before, manages to make time for her hobbies, has hobbies, she is nothing like the kid she used to be. She is so social now, in fact her therapist told her that isolation is her second trigger. Agreed.
I don't know who I am anymore. I am the person I was before my parents gave me a mental illness. I barely remember her. I don't know who I am anymore and it feels overwhelming.
Today's of quite normal day but strange enough I am tired I want to cry,I don't want to hold anything back, nothing significant has happened I don't know why suddenly, I like this today's day hasn't been anything special why why, all I can do is sigh. sometimes I start to wonder if it is me who has become numb or me acting numb, I am little bit scared is there going to come a time where I become numb to almost everything in the sense that's Paradise for me not Paradise but the ideal way that way I won't have to cry or get emotional overthings, I miss being a child when I did not know what was going on when I never understood anything that time felt more peaceful.
Today I on myself wondering what would I have been without reddit, it never impacted my life in any significant way but it is one of the reasons and I am slowly letting of my fears and actually admitting to things and change. Each time I think about making a post like this get scared I have realised something I am scared of being vulnerable. There are many more things I want to admit but this is it for today I have come down and I am feeling much better I will post this after 12 in about an hour.
One last thing to admit before ending the post I think I am somewhat of an attention seeker so sorry if this is me attention seeking.
I have a problem—or how do I put it?—I really want to help people. I've gathered a huge repertoire of knowledge regarding all kinds of tips, whether it's about ADHD or other topics. But even though I want to help, it's a very vulnerable subject. Every time after I upload a video, I think to myself, 'I don't look good enough, this person or that person is going to laugh at me,' and I can't decide whether to keep trying or give up. Yet, the desire to help others is really strong.
What I find disappointing is that friends who see it don't even like it, and I don't know... it's just a terrible feeling. But social media is the only way I can help a lot of people at once.
as you may know being stressed or emotionally overloaded or just being anxious , or going through frequent panic attacks make me feeling drained and absolutely tired from sleeping even after sleeping 8 - 9 - 10 hours it's all the same , i go through multiple days feeling exhausted from waking up to sleeping at night , does anyone know how to fix this ?
Coucou , je serais jamais lu surement ! Mais j'ai du mal à évacuer mes pensées et à avoir de vrai(e)s interactions sachant que je suis énormément entouré(e)s donc cela pourra m'aider à parler ! Alors , c'est littéralement les pires vacances EVERRRR je m'ennuie je me morfonds sur Wattpad jsp si vous connaissez ? D'ailleurs conseillez moi des chroniques ca peut-être grave intéressant vu que je tourne énormément en rond MDRR et vous ca va ? Vous êtes parti(e)s en vacances ? Si oui , ou ?
I think I’m addicted to my phone and it’s pissing me off! I’ve noticed that I check my phone even when I don’t want to, it’s so automatic that I don’t even notice what I’m doing! I’m trying to become more conscious of this, but I’ve noticed that the first thing I do as soon as I wake up is grab my phone “just to check what time it is” (and that ends up turning into 20 min on social media before I even get out of bed) 🫠🫠
Do you do this too? Does it annoy you?
You know those situations you can't avoid or say no to? Like, you're an adult, you just have to do it. There's no postponing it.
Sometimes, I need to have my little panic-and-breakdown moment first. I allow myself to feel really down, cry, freak out completely while I'm by myself, and just let it all out. Then I wash my face and do what I have to do.
Basically, I give myself a little tantrum by myself, like a toddler would, for a couple of hours… and then I act like the adult I am supposed to be and just do it.
I was just wondering if anyone else reacts like this to certain situations. You know, things you REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO, but you have no choice, so you need to have your little moment first, and then somehow pull yourself together and get through it… even though you're absolutely NOT happy about it... :/
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I am pretty young imo, I am 31 reversed. No job, no partner and still on summer break. But in my area the power is out and wifi isnt great at all. So now all I have to work with is my thoughts. And family.
But, a few days before the wifi started acting up, my fyp was js full of things like free Palestine videos, free Congo videos, Afghanistan women being beat, people dying, and donation videos. I dont feel bad bc I cant do anything, bc ik no matter what, nb can really do anything abr whats happening in those countires/since it's mainly gov controlled and they wont listen to anyb.
I feel awful bc its happening in the first place. *not bragging* but I live in a pretty good condition, non divorced parents, some friends, and yk ig middle class. So seeing people like this makes me sob and cey all day long bc I feel I should be in their shoes.
I ask my family what I should do and they say I need to pray. I wanna pray but im upset at god hc he doesnt help the people who need it. I am losing my faith and I donr wanna lose it bc idk I feel like God exists but he is mean ig? Idk, everytime I pray wrv I pray for comes true, but why doesnt it come true for others?
Idk Im js so jealous of ppl who are js like non political amd religious. Its like lide is so easy for them, they can pray without thinking God foesnt exist, and they don't worry about whats going on in the world
An I the only one thinking rhis?
I missed today because I woke up late because I was too lazy to get up after my alarms. And now I cant attend school because I missed mass and if I went they'd send me home (its a carnival day).
My dad says I have to stop doing this.
I don't know why this is so hard.
It's at a point where I prefer cleaning than studying at home. But I just feel so lazy.