verityb
20-01-19, 13:56
Hi there,
I'm going through a bad patch with my anxiety/depression and struggling to see how things are going to get better.
It all started when my husband and I got a puppy. We had talked about it for a long time and although it was causing me some anxiety I felt I could cope with it.
Well turns out I really couldn't,for 3 weeks I was having panic attacks and couldn't work and in the end we had to make the hardest desicion of my life to rehome him. (He has gone to a wonderful home and family.)
Although this has alleviated my panic I just feel completely empty and so down. I feel like I failed and to me having a dog would lead to a natural progression towards me considering having a baby. I know this might seem a little random but I felt like if I conquered the dog anxiety then I could see myself handling the baby anxiety.
So now I just feel like although my life has gone back to normal (something I would plead with my husband that I wanted during my anxiety attacks) I've lost that hope or contentment of thinking what I could possibly add to my life in the future. I feel so listless and can't feel any happiness.
I have a lovely home, a wonderful husband and two lovely step children but I can't seem to feel happy right now and I'm so desperate to feel good again. I feel like before the puppy I was so happy and content and now I wonder if I ever will feel that way again. I have this feeling like something is dragging me down in my body.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation and made it through?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'm going through a bad patch with my anxiety/depression and struggling to see how things are going to get better.
It all started when my husband and I got a puppy. We had talked about it for a long time and although it was causing me some anxiety I felt I could cope with it.
Well turns out I really couldn't,for 3 weeks I was having panic attacks and couldn't work and in the end we had to make the hardest desicion of my life to rehome him. (He has gone to a wonderful home and family.)
Although this has alleviated my panic I just feel completely empty and so down. I feel like I failed and to me having a dog would lead to a natural progression towards me considering having a baby. I know this might seem a little random but I felt like if I conquered the dog anxiety then I could see myself handling the baby anxiety.
So now I just feel like although my life has gone back to normal (something I would plead with my husband that I wanted during my anxiety attacks) I've lost that hope or contentment of thinking what I could possibly add to my life in the future. I feel so listless and can't feel any happiness.
I have a lovely home, a wonderful husband and two lovely step children but I can't seem to feel happy right now and I'm so desperate to feel good again. I feel like before the puppy I was so happy and content and now I wonder if I ever will feel that way again. I have this feeling like something is dragging me down in my body.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation and made it through?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.