Anyone get tired of thinking about their anxiety?

As you can tell from all my early morning posts...i'm having a particularly bad morning with my anxiety/panic. Just wondering if anyone gets tired of constantly thinking about their anxiety...I know I do. You focus on it and it's all you can think about...it invades all the other "normal" things you're trying to do. Just wanting to "snap out of it" and feel like your old self again. I guess that's why so many suggest always keeping busy...which does help I must admit...but it's still always there, wondering will it subside, will it get worse, will my family know there's something wrong with me, will I have a complete breakdown? There's alot to be said for self-therapy, talking to yourself, doing breathing exercises, reading a relative book, blah blah blah...yet it's still always there, making you feel like your head just isn't right, that YOU'RE just not right. I notice when I'm going to my part time caregiver job that my anxiety subsides somewhat because I'm actually getting outside myself and my own thoughts by concentrating on someone else for a change, but once I'm not completely engrossed in something like that, it's back to the "oh what's wrong with me...why do i have to feel this way and think about it all the time?" Sad, that so many people who have no idea what anxiety is, can't understand what we go through...it's a curse for sure. You folks ARE my group therapy and it's always comforting to know that others experience the same things I do.

hi andwes,

yes, i know exactly what you mean. my anxiety is worse in the morning. all the things i will have to deal with as the day goes on. i grab onto my anxiety first thing when i wake up. i always do find something to worry about, even though experience shows that usually none of the "horrible things" i imagine do come to pass.

i wish you the best in terms of lowering your anxiety, whatever means you choose to use.

love,
rich

Meeeee! I'm so over anxiety. Thinking about it, talking about it, suffering from it. Even though I can do a lot more than I could a couple months ago, there is always some underlying anxiety buzzing through my mind or body. I do not think you just wake up one day and it is gone, I think it gradually goes (and maybe you wake up one day and think, hey, I didn't feel too anxious yesterday). I do believe staying busy helps, but then I feel under pressure when I'm done "staying busy" to be non anxious. Haha.

YES!! Trying to not think about my anxiety gives me even more anxiety. I'm sorry your feeling so bad. I hope you have a better night:)

Hugs

Jill

I know how you feel, I have not been able to do much this past weekend and so far this week. I have things i need to do with my children but can't because it is always on my mind as of late

I could have written your post myself. For me everything you said is the worst part of this. The fact that you have to keep yourself distracted to even semi-normal is exhausting. I'm home alone right now and have school work to do. I just cannot stand the feelings I have and can't get myself to sit quietly and do my work. I have to keep doing something or sleep to get away from it.

When I'm at work I feel so much better. My main job is crazy busy and pretty non stop so for the most part I do well. Event then though it is always just lurking right underneath the surface and I know that. It is the biggest gift when I have that rare day where I barely feel the anxiety at all. Unfortunately that only has happened a few times.

I don't talk about it to anyone in my life anymore except on this forum. I've done so well that everyone that knows me in my day to day life feels I'm back to normal anyway. Plus I've realized that people who don't suffer from this just cannot understand so there is really no point in discussing it with them. I've got some great friends who have been great listeners but there is only so much comfort they can offer. I get that here in huge amounts and I don't know what I'd do without it.

I can't remember who said above that the anxiety won't just go away all in one day that it will gradually fade away. Man alive do I hope this is true. I started this in August and never imagined I'd still be going through it in November. It would be nice to have a day off from it wouldn't it?