dawndew
11-04-07, 13:17
Hi
For the past 7 years I have had really bad experiences of anxiety while away on holiday. I can be in the most lovely places and it should be a perfect time of relaxation but I just want to get home as quickly as possible and panick and feel ill until I get home and find that everything is still the same. I worry constantly that something bad will happen while away and that I can't do anything about it. Once I'm home I kick myself for not enjoying the time. Believe it or not I used to work for a travel agent and holidays where my main hobby flying here and there at the drop of an hat and loving every minute. My first panic attack happened while I was a away years ago, I had been suffereing from anxiety and thought everything will be fine when I'm away - it wasn't, it was horrendous and I've hated holidays ever since. Does anyone have any advice on this I'm off to Spain tomorrow (just for 3 days) so I'm not too worried about this one but my boyfriend wants us to book a 2 week holiday in May and the thought of it makes me feel sick and ill. I want to get excited about it and relax and my sane mind tells me that's exactly what I should do but the other part of me gets very anxious. It's not even the flying that scares me (although this has got worse and I do sit for days wondering if the plane will crash)it's the not being able to get home.
Please help
For the past 7 years I have had really bad experiences of anxiety while away on holiday. I can be in the most lovely places and it should be a perfect time of relaxation but I just want to get home as quickly as possible and panick and feel ill until I get home and find that everything is still the same. I worry constantly that something bad will happen while away and that I can't do anything about it. Once I'm home I kick myself for not enjoying the time. Believe it or not I used to work for a travel agent and holidays where my main hobby flying here and there at the drop of an hat and loving every minute. My first panic attack happened while I was a away years ago, I had been suffereing from anxiety and thought everything will be fine when I'm away - it wasn't, it was horrendous and I've hated holidays ever since. Does anyone have any advice on this I'm off to Spain tomorrow (just for 3 days) so I'm not too worried about this one but my boyfriend wants us to book a 2 week holiday in May and the thought of it makes me feel sick and ill. I want to get excited about it and relax and my sane mind tells me that's exactly what I should do but the other part of me gets very anxious. It's not even the flying that scares me (although this has got worse and I do sit for days wondering if the plane will crash)it's the not being able to get home.
Please help