GAD?

Hey all, back again for my monthly/bi monthly posts. Looks like my anxiety has been triggered again. This time it was from my mother telling me that people have this condition for their entire lives. - Not something I wanted to hear based on the issues i'm experiencing.

It's clear now that my anxiety/depression is triggered from bad news or negative information. But mainly mental health related. I know immediately if i hear something that will trigger me as it sends instant shock through my system. I think I have about an hour or two window where i feel fairly normal. Then the anxiety starts to set in. If I try to sleep it gets worse. It usually spirals downwards over the course of a week before taking another week or two to recover mentally. The weird thing is i feel 100% most of the time apart from very minor chest rumbling sensations.

I don't want anyone to diagnose me, but do you think this looks similar to GAD?

Also anyone here with GAD able to describe their symptoms to me in a nutshell?

Post Edited (Ox123) : 6/3/2018 2:40:28 AM (GMT-6)

I have a GAD Diagnosis but I'm here to tell you that it does not last forever. You may have bouts of it during her life, some worse than others depending on the particular situation you're in, but there will be. So when you feel just fine. I have had anxiety on and off over the years and when you have it you feel like it will never go away but it well. I have had periods of upwards of 5 to 8 years when I felt no overwhelming anxiety and then periods of six months to year when I felt overwhelmed by it. yes, using all the coping skills they suggest in the previous posts are very good but I think it also helps for people like us to know that we will not be saddled with this condition every day of our lives. And I am living proof that you will get better . Ironically, I am currently going through a very

Hey Ox,

Try not to let what your mom said upset you. It is not the situations or experience that affects us...as much as our reaction to them!

So, like you mentioned above...operation 'initiating coping skills' is in effect!

Though anxiety is generally considered a chronic condition, it IS managable...and it need not define/limit or keep you from doing anything you want and need to do!❤

With encouagement,

S.C.

Thanks for the replies all.

Even though i had a crying spell yesterday I was able to sleep more than I thought on the night. Woke up this morning at 4/5 without major anxiety.

Went for my morning run and had breakfast. Felt it starting to come back a little so ive just been keeping busy at work.

Im still struggling to reframe my negative thoughts. As soon as I hear something I thinks a trigger its usually too late. I feel like i need to train myself to react differently to potentential triggers. Everytime I see something about mental health or the death of someone I know, it triggers again. It feels like I fear that what Im being told will happen to me at some point. So i start to panic.

Its not so much that I cant handle the anxiety, even though its horrific at times. Its more the fear that I will be ill for weeks again. Which in turn fuels the anxiety even more, or at least it seems.