Haruka
04-07-16, 18:24
Hey everyone, it's been quite a long time since I have been on the forum. I used to be here all the time for emetophobia related stuff, but I guess it's a good thing that I haven't been on since that means I haven't been having as many issues with it! I faced my worst phobia fear of vomiting away from home a year ago (On a train to Seattle, too!) and I didn't panic as much as I normally would have. Just a few months ago I had someone puke next to me, and I didn't panic. I am really proud with how far I have come :)
However, I am back now because I believe that my period hormones might be triggering anxiety in me? For the past 4 days of my period, I have been in a constant state of anxiety. I don't exactly have anything to be that nervous about right now, other than being at a semi new job—which did give me a great deal of anxiety for the first week of it—but now a month later I have relaxed about it, until now.
I wake up with that tingly gross nervous feeling in my chest and stomach, the butterflies, and I have a hard time eating all day so as a result I have lost a lot of weight in a short time. I want to lose weight, but not in an unhealthy way such as this. But this nervous feeling has been lasting all day, only easing up a little bit when I get home from work and allowing me to eat dinner and get some food in.
Oh, and I've been pooping a lot as a result, since I am a nervous pooper. Which sucks when you are at work and have to go to the bathroom every hour or less, and your coworkers are asking if you are alright. I don't want to be like "Oh yeah, I'm fine. Just pooping 89375936 times in a day because I am dealing with anxiety."
The only other thing I can think of that would be causing this is that there is a guy at work who I am interested in, and he seems like he might be interested back, which would make me nervous since I always tend to mess things up when there might be a chance. Just by being nervous and putting my foot in my mouth or acting awkward and making him less interested.
But anyways, could it be my menstrual cycle triggering such bad anxiety in me? Because I feel like even if I was nervous about this guy, it wouldn't be this bad. Especially not on days where he isn't even working and there isn't a chance of seeing him.
However, I am back now because I believe that my period hormones might be triggering anxiety in me? For the past 4 days of my period, I have been in a constant state of anxiety. I don't exactly have anything to be that nervous about right now, other than being at a semi new job—which did give me a great deal of anxiety for the first week of it—but now a month later I have relaxed about it, until now.
I wake up with that tingly gross nervous feeling in my chest and stomach, the butterflies, and I have a hard time eating all day so as a result I have lost a lot of weight in a short time. I want to lose weight, but not in an unhealthy way such as this. But this nervous feeling has been lasting all day, only easing up a little bit when I get home from work and allowing me to eat dinner and get some food in.
Oh, and I've been pooping a lot as a result, since I am a nervous pooper. Which sucks when you are at work and have to go to the bathroom every hour or less, and your coworkers are asking if you are alright. I don't want to be like "Oh yeah, I'm fine. Just pooping 89375936 times in a day because I am dealing with anxiety."
The only other thing I can think of that would be causing this is that there is a guy at work who I am interested in, and he seems like he might be interested back, which would make me nervous since I always tend to mess things up when there might be a chance. Just by being nervous and putting my foot in my mouth or acting awkward and making him less interested.
But anyways, could it be my menstrual cycle triggering such bad anxiety in me? Because I feel like even if I was nervous about this guy, it wouldn't be this bad. Especially not on days where he isn't even working and there isn't a chance of seeing him.