Yoshimaster55
27-08-16, 14:30
Four years ago my husband and I got into a car crash. Though the car was totaled, we were fine except for a couple of minor concussions. However, I have suffered with anxiety ever since.I cannot escape the feeling of my mortality.
Usually, I can shake the feelings, but in the last 4 or 5 months I am hardly functioning. I cannot sleep at night because I am afraid someone will break into my house and hurt myself, or my husband and daughter. We are also going to take a long (12 day) roadtrip to go a relatives wedding but I am terrified. I cannot even enjoy the possibility of a trip because I am afraid of a terror attack, a shooting or dying in a fiery car crash.
Also, I fear for my husband daily when he gets to work. If he doesn't text to me at least once an hour I am convinced that something awful has happened. I am exhausted from being afraid all the time but I don't know what to do about it and I don't want my daughter to grow up seeing me be afraid of something that I know statistically is unlikely to happen.
Usually, I can shake the feelings, but in the last 4 or 5 months I am hardly functioning. I cannot sleep at night because I am afraid someone will break into my house and hurt myself, or my husband and daughter. We are also going to take a long (12 day) roadtrip to go a relatives wedding but I am terrified. I cannot even enjoy the possibility of a trip because I am afraid of a terror attack, a shooting or dying in a fiery car crash.
Also, I fear for my husband daily when he gets to work. If he doesn't text to me at least once an hour I am convinced that something awful has happened. I am exhausted from being afraid all the time but I don't know what to do about it and I don't want my daughter to grow up seeing me be afraid of something that I know statistically is unlikely to happen.