Do you ever Vomit when you are anxious?

Hi Verity,

It's so easy to get worked up over stuff on the internet or in the news. It seems that it's all doom and gloom. I remember even in the year 2000 when people should have been celebrating, there was all this talk about the world ending and the 'Millennium Bug', which of course never happened. Unfortunately things like this are bad triggers for anxiety because they're exactly the sort of things you can't control.

In response to the question: sometimes things can scare me so much that I feel sick, I also have very little appetite usually because I'm just so nervous about things all the time. It's difficult to offer you any advice when I struggle myself, but rest assured that you are most definitely not alone in the way you are feeling and although you can't really stop the horrible feeling, it doesn't define you as a person. May sound weird, but I sometimes like to visualise it as a parasitic leech; it causes a lot of distress but will be shaken off eventually.

*hugs*

Hey there

I am sorry that you become physically ill with your anxiety.  I remember the 2000 scare to and we ate pizza and the world went on as the clock struck midnight.  No computers crashed, the lights did not go out and I worked on New Year's Eve as if I could save the world.

I guess I am a bit of a believer in destiny in some of these things.........there is not much we can do to stop time so enjoy life to the fullest now. 

Do not read the ENQUIRER unless you can laugh at the stories. Read a good entertaining book, much less distressing.  Take care hun and keep posting. You have my support.

Gentle Hugs

Kitt

Here is my little bit of advice. Right now you're in a very anxious state. You're very afraid of what may happen in the future. Today, it wont happen. What I would do today is something, anything, that makes you happy. It might be really hard to do, but do it. Anything. The idea is to break the conscious thought pattern that is happening right now. You're ruminating on what you read, and regardless if its true or not, it's scaring you. So, please do something that makes you happy. Be kind to yourself and take some nice long deep breaths. Start to slow your movements down. Don't fight the anxiety, acknowledge it... Tell yourself in a compassionate voice, "I'm anxious and it's ok. I'm going to slow down". The key is to repeat this in a slow neutral or compassionate voice... Kindness to yourself. Don't read anything about that stuff right now, it's just going to add fuel to the anxiety. It's all about trying to relax, be in the present moment, and calmly do something that makes you happy or is comforting. Moving around, i think, is key... Taking a walk (if you can) and count your steps, walk slow with your breath, and when your mind begins to wander, label that thought " thinking" and start counting your steps.

Might sound odd, but I think it may do you some good. Today you are alive! Today is what is important. Right now, how you feel is what is important. Acceptance is key. Know that we are all here and know what its like to have such bad anxiety. Know that your reason for having this anxiety is ok too, there is nothing wrong with you... And how you feel is not rubbish -- it's all perception.

be good to yourself, you deserve it.
dan