beakyboo87
19-04-17, 08:37
Hey guys, this is my first post here... I am sure that I am suffering with anxiety and I don't really know what to do about it. I have many of the symptoms that come up whenever I google "anxiety", but the most alarming at the moment is recurring negative thoughts, especially regarding world news.
I find myself in a constant state of fear about the future of the world, to the point where I am crying or can't sleep well because I feel so worried. I am constantly scrolling through negative articles on Twitter and literally can't stop myself reading hysterical posts about political events, even though logically I know a lot of them are just people's opinions rather than solid fact. I'll put my phone down and distract myself with something else, but then I'm compelled to look again to "put my mind at rest", only it usually makes me feel worse.
I always feel a huge sense of foreboding and like something terrible is about to happen any moment. And frustratingly, this is meant to be a very happy year for me. I am planning my wedding which I am very excited about, and I have also been getting a lot of success recently with my creative work. But even though it is all "good stress", I think maybe these events are contributing to my overwhelming feelings of anxiousness.
I have always been quite an anxious person since I was a child, but the obsession with negative thoughts only happened many years ago when my Mum was diagnosed with cancer. There was a period of a year or so around that time when thoughts about death/war etc. absolutely overtook everything to the point where I could not enjoy life anymore. She has since made a full recovery and I eventually got better too. But now it feels like I am taking a step back to that time again.
I have never gone to the Doctors with any of this, it feels really extreme. A friend advised a local place that deals with anxiety but it is where severely mentally ill people go and I just feel like I don't belong somewhere so extreme. I guess I feel in that mindset of "I don't want to make a fuss"... But it does feel like a problem that won't go away so I thought a step forward may be posting on this forum.
I would really appreciate anyone's advice or thoughts on my situation. Hope to hear from some of you, thank you!
I find myself in a constant state of fear about the future of the world, to the point where I am crying or can't sleep well because I feel so worried. I am constantly scrolling through negative articles on Twitter and literally can't stop myself reading hysterical posts about political events, even though logically I know a lot of them are just people's opinions rather than solid fact. I'll put my phone down and distract myself with something else, but then I'm compelled to look again to "put my mind at rest", only it usually makes me feel worse.
I always feel a huge sense of foreboding and like something terrible is about to happen any moment. And frustratingly, this is meant to be a very happy year for me. I am planning my wedding which I am very excited about, and I have also been getting a lot of success recently with my creative work. But even though it is all "good stress", I think maybe these events are contributing to my overwhelming feelings of anxiousness.
I have always been quite an anxious person since I was a child, but the obsession with negative thoughts only happened many years ago when my Mum was diagnosed with cancer. There was a period of a year or so around that time when thoughts about death/war etc. absolutely overtook everything to the point where I could not enjoy life anymore. She has since made a full recovery and I eventually got better too. But now it feels like I am taking a step back to that time again.
I have never gone to the Doctors with any of this, it feels really extreme. A friend advised a local place that deals with anxiety but it is where severely mentally ill people go and I just feel like I don't belong somewhere so extreme. I guess I feel in that mindset of "I don't want to make a fuss"... But it does feel like a problem that won't go away so I thought a step forward may be posting on this forum.
I would really appreciate anyone's advice or thoughts on my situation. Hope to hear from some of you, thank you!