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Posted 10/1/2010 5:39 PM (GMT 0)
I did yoga earlier so maybe I would be motivated to do my homework.I was hoping it would help release me panicky feelings. I felt like i would have a panic attack soon. So i did it and now I'm depressed. what the heck! cry
Posted 10/1/2010 5:50 PM (GMT 0)
Sometimes with A/P we tend to overthink things. There's probably not a connection between doing yoga and feeling depressed. Were you perhaps putting too much pressure on yourself - expecting yoga to make this huge difference in how you feel only to feel let down when reality didn't live up to that expectation and hope?
Posted 10/1/2010 6:01 PM (GMT 0)
i don't know. maybe. I got depressed from the part that says, visual your expectations. I don't think I'll ever get there. I just want to be normal.
Posted 10/1/2010 7:08 PM (GMT 0)
None of us are "normal"! If you had a close up look at everyone's life, you would see challenges, struggles and failures-same situatuions just different stories. I am sorry that you are feeling down. I hope that there are brighter times ahead for you. If you enjoy yoga, and feel better in general after practicing it, there are some really good programs that focus on just the physical aspect of the exercise. I wasn't comfortable in the classes that encouraged the spiritual part-I never felt the enlightenment that I was "supposed" to and it made me feel wierd. So maybe opting for just the relaxation benefit of the stretching, strengthening and moving your body would be a good fit. I hope that you feel better soon and can do all that you want and need to do!
Take care,
Scaredy Cat
Posted 10/1/2010 9:47 PM (GMT 0)
wolflover,

I responded to your thread in the Depression forum re this topic.  :)

Kindly,

Kitt

 

Posted 10/2/2010 12:35 AM (GMT 0)
wolflover, keep your options open. I've just recently relapsed from GAD myself and am having a very though go of it. Facing the possibilities of having to my doses of medicines and deal with all the side-effects that come with is so despariging in itself. Good for you for reaching out towards alternative therapies, I'd like to do much the same. I'm in my mid-twenties and can't believe I'm dealing with this crap again, especially at such an early part in life.
Posted 10/2/2010 4:17 PM (GMT 0)
I am twenty, I have always had trouble with anxiety as far back as I can remember. I started having really bad panic attacks when I was 13.I would think out of nowhere that someone i knew died or they were hurt or going to stab me in the back. I would go to the nurse everyday sometimes 2, 3, 4 times in one day. I realized that she started getting really mad that I would go there so much. She told me that I had to get something done about it. I felt like a lost cause. I was always having panic attacks. I went to so many different drs. i just wanted it to go away. I started to distance myself from everyone. Had nobody to talk to and people who wanted to talk to me, well i didn't trust them. I didn't trust the drs. My parents made everything worse. They would always get frustrated with me. They'd ask me what was wrong with me and why was i like this? they said i need to get myself together. I felt so guilty, it was out of my control. It hurts so bad to look back and talk about this. I figured out about 2 years ago that i was bipolar. I'm not on any medication for it or my anxiety. My goals were not set high. They were set on leaving my abusive husband and becoming stable enough to get another job.thanks stkitt, i will read it. thanks for all the replies
Posted 10/2/2010 9:58 PM (GMT 0)
Wolflover, no matter what you may think - you are NOT a lost cause! You have a lot to offer this world even if you can't see it right now.

Unfortunately a lot of people with A/P are not properly diagnosed up front which causes heartache for them as well as those around them. And once we are diagnosed those around us still often do not truly appreciate or understand what we're going through. So many people falsely believe that you can just "snap out of it". I recently referred someone else to this post. Have you read it?
https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=9&m=1913853

It sounds like you have some stuff past and present that might be helpful to get out with a counselor. That's of course assuming that you would now be comfortable with the idea. I know you said it hurts to look back at the past - but as Scaredy Cat so wisely said recently, sometimes things have to get worse before they can get better. I hope you're out of the abusive relationship. Nobody deserves to be in that kind of relationship and they frequently have a tremendously negative impact on the how the person being abused sees themself.
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