nidendra
23-10-16, 01:05
Hello everyone,
I just gladly found this place and thought I would join as I am suffering a lot of stress and anxiety lately. This looks a good place to find out about other peoples experiences and get advice.
It is a shame that stress/anxiety is just dismissed, or worse seen as some kind of weakness, when it is an illness and should be treated as such. The people closest to me are amazingly kind, understanding and wonderful. Outside of my closest company, people just don't understand what it feels like, so I have given up explaining as I just get labelled as a "drama queen", be told to "just get over it, we all have problems you know", or that whatever it is isn't worth being stressed about (maybe it's not, but for an anxious person it is).
I was free from anxiety for several years, some recent work/family issues have brought it back again. In the past I would cry, sob, feel scared, want to hide. I got therapy and it was amazing. My anxiety now manifests in physical symptoms, aches, pains, sometimes IBS, stomach pain/severe indigestion, and the most recent is vertigo (which has frightened the pants off of me). Doctors can never find anything physically wrong with me, which is a relief, but that doesn't stop anxiety manifesting in different parts of my body.
Anyway, I am so glad I found this site! Finding people with similar feelings/experiences is so supportive! Let us hold each other up!
I just gladly found this place and thought I would join as I am suffering a lot of stress and anxiety lately. This looks a good place to find out about other peoples experiences and get advice.
It is a shame that stress/anxiety is just dismissed, or worse seen as some kind of weakness, when it is an illness and should be treated as such. The people closest to me are amazingly kind, understanding and wonderful. Outside of my closest company, people just don't understand what it feels like, so I have given up explaining as I just get labelled as a "drama queen", be told to "just get over it, we all have problems you know", or that whatever it is isn't worth being stressed about (maybe it's not, but for an anxious person it is).
I was free from anxiety for several years, some recent work/family issues have brought it back again. In the past I would cry, sob, feel scared, want to hide. I got therapy and it was amazing. My anxiety now manifests in physical symptoms, aches, pains, sometimes IBS, stomach pain/severe indigestion, and the most recent is vertigo (which has frightened the pants off of me). Doctors can never find anything physically wrong with me, which is a relief, but that doesn't stop anxiety manifesting in different parts of my body.
Anyway, I am so glad I found this site! Finding people with similar feelings/experiences is so supportive! Let us hold each other up!