Rmp123
03-01-17, 12:13
Hi guys this is my first post on here!
I'm an actor currently touring Austria and my anxiety has become completely overwhelming. The first few weeks of the tour was absolutely fine because I'd been living at home having recently graduated from drama school and was getting a bit of Cabin Fever.
I have suffered from anxiety, health anxiety and OCD since I was a child but being in another country has made it worse. I have a constant fear that I'm going to die away from home or that something bad will happen to me or my loved ones when I'm away. Because it's a tour we change hotels every few days and we travel to a variety of places likes big cities and small towns. I've noticed my anxiety peaks when we get to a new hotel, and I think my brain constantly looks for possible dangers around me (are the plug sockets hanging off the walls? Does the hotel have smoke alarms? Etc) even if all these things are checked and okay my brain then moves on to something else like what if I sleepwalk and jump out the window in the night? What if I have an arrhythmia in my sleep and die? I know if something bad were to happen to me I wouldn't know about it so what's the point in worrying at all?
Basically I wondered if anyone had any helpful tips or information? I'm currently back at home for Christmas but fly back this weekend, however this time the next leg of the tour is for 3 months! I am terrified to go back but know it's something I have to do. I've found exercise to be incredibly helpful and a great way to channel all the extra anxious energy and I've read a self help book and just bought a new one about CBT.
Should I see my GP? I've been on Citalopram before but it made me feel like a zombie. Also has anyone ever used online counselling before? I know you can get sessions on Skype and FaceTime now.
I'm an actor currently touring Austria and my anxiety has become completely overwhelming. The first few weeks of the tour was absolutely fine because I'd been living at home having recently graduated from drama school and was getting a bit of Cabin Fever.
I have suffered from anxiety, health anxiety and OCD since I was a child but being in another country has made it worse. I have a constant fear that I'm going to die away from home or that something bad will happen to me or my loved ones when I'm away. Because it's a tour we change hotels every few days and we travel to a variety of places likes big cities and small towns. I've noticed my anxiety peaks when we get to a new hotel, and I think my brain constantly looks for possible dangers around me (are the plug sockets hanging off the walls? Does the hotel have smoke alarms? Etc) even if all these things are checked and okay my brain then moves on to something else like what if I sleepwalk and jump out the window in the night? What if I have an arrhythmia in my sleep and die? I know if something bad were to happen to me I wouldn't know about it so what's the point in worrying at all?
Basically I wondered if anyone had any helpful tips or information? I'm currently back at home for Christmas but fly back this weekend, however this time the next leg of the tour is for 3 months! I am terrified to go back but know it's something I have to do. I've found exercise to be incredibly helpful and a great way to channel all the extra anxious energy and I've read a self help book and just bought a new one about CBT.
Should I see my GP? I've been on Citalopram before but it made me feel like a zombie. Also has anyone ever used online counselling before? I know you can get sessions on Skype and FaceTime now.