Anxiety/Panic is...

I like this and that description.....hmmmmmm

The only noise you hear is the person taking a bite into the celery it is so LOUD......

An elastic band wound so tight ready to ........

I have to think about this a good thread lil sis .......
You know its a good thread when you really have to think and think about how to explain what your brain is thinking ........lol yes I have a brain

You know that famous painting called "The Scream" - it was stolen a while back. That sums it up perfectly for me.

Anxiety and panic is like having a nightmare, You just want to wake up and it all be OK.

What lil one you think we dont know ANXIETY.......lol
Anxiety is ...Having your Dad coming over to your house in only his boxers ..geez Dad......

Your heart is pounding so fast you swear it is gonna come out of your chest and you can see it .....
Great idea lil one oh yeah I told ya that already eh ...

thats good and true Boolie .....

Anxiety is wondering what else can be thrown your way already in the day and it is only 9 am in the morning .......arg I so despise this out of all my illnesses this one I CANNOT get a grip on .and I am so sick of hiding out because of it ...yeppers I too get down .......

anxiety for me is absolute frustration at being trapped by something that many believe does not really exist, there is no clear cut diagnosis..no blood test ect.......mean while there are people all over this world suffering greatly from things like genocide, starvation, disease, war ect ect ect.......and here i am, i have none of these problems in my sheltered spoiled life and i cant control my own mind from driving me crazy with grief about things that pale in comparison to "real" problems.....it makes me feel like the weakest person on the face of the earth...it def crushes my self confidence and diminishes my potential greatly...........................................................................................................................and don't try to talk to anyone about it b/c they sure as hell don't want to hear about how weak and pathetic u are for allegedly suffering from a mental illness that they don't beleive really exists.....everything associated with the condition, from the symptoms to the social implications and taboo nature of it, is truly a life altering experience that only the affected can begin to explain or sympathize for............i slept 3 hrs last night and i'm not even tired, what the hell is wrong with me? Sry i'm ranting again.....later

I totally agree EZ.......I do feel so trapped at times so much so I want to scream
My doc is fantastic and knows what this doing to me and is fairly good at helping me out as well he cousels me
A/P knows no boudaries you can have the most money the best in life and it will still get ya
It is a sneky lil thing that can take you down in no time
watch your back always and be prepared that seems the way we have to live
I try with some humor in my life it helps it really does
I feel your frustration and I hope it eases a bit for you
Anxiety is knowing your friend is hurting REAL bad and there is nothing you can do other than be her soft pillow to land on let her know you love her and are here for her and YOU DO UNDERSTAND......I really do sweetie so do a couple others that really love ya and care about you
Take that "me " time please you need it

Like being at a dentist office for a procedure and not being given any anesthetic...

kinda like being trapped in a steamy sauna and you can't get out of it . It starts to drive you crazy...

I have to agree with you too Ez. I'm tired of being treated like we are stress-cases that can't handle pressures of life. I tried to explain to someone last night about panic disorder and i think he understood.

When we get a symptom like shortness of breath, it can't be just shortness of breath. It's gotta be either lung cancer or pneumonia. If we get a headache, it can't be just  a headache. It's gotta be a brain tumor. If we get chest pain, it can't just be heartburn. it's gotta be a heart attack. If we get a stomach ache, it can't be reflux, it's gotta be stomach cancer etc.

Do you know why I think we believe this? Because our symptoms FEEL more intense, more than just an average stomach ache, shortness of breath, headache or chest pain. our symptoms FEEL magnified by 100. Every little sensation that I have in my body, even just an itch, tingle or ache, is more intense than before i was diagnosed.

I firmly believe something in our body chemistry has changed. I believe there is a biological cause that isn't clear yet, more than just effecting the brain. i think that there will be a test someday.

I would also love to get together with other PD sufferers and call attention to the NAME "PANIC DISORDER". The name needs to be changed.  I think the world does view us a weak, nervous, and afraid of the world just by the name alone and that is not the case! We're thrown into a category of "anxiety sufferers" like we're all just nervous and anxious all day for no reason or have some social phobia. I think many of us are nervous and anxious ONLY because we have physical symptoms that hurt and we are afraid of being somewhere that might make it worse (like being somewhere that we can't go and lie down and take a break). The name has a stigma of "crazy" or "mentally ill" attached. I think if anyone that I knew could spend 5 minutes in my body, they would be at the ER, and finally understand this "disease"!  

 

For me anxiety and panic is like being in a whole seperate world than everybody else. I get up and function the best I can but no around me knows that even though I'm physically here my mind never stops racing. I can have a complete conversation with someone and not really  be there because I'm constantly worried. That's the best way I can describe, it's like living in a whole other reality.

OMG theses are darn good visuals and oh so true here here I am up for the Awareness group .........