Anxious about not being anxious

[Noworryjonny]

Why is it I had a good day yesterday and woke up today and felt pretty good but I’m starting to feel anxious about not being anxious?

Like I feel I can’t be happy because I haven’t been for so long or like if I do be happy it will just stop and I’ll be back to square one


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[Noworryjonny]

And as expected my tummy is now in knots and I feel anxious!

I hate my brain


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[LJay]

I know this almost sounds cliche, but have you tried relaxation techniques? What normally relaxes you? I find putting some rain sounds on youtube, or going for a massage, helps me.

Wishing you all the best.

[Noworryjonny]

I have tried them but I don’t really find they help too much


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[ankietyjoe]

You have to try them more than once, and practice them for months.

[Noworryjonny]

Yea true joe, is it normal to feel anxious though when I was feeling like I was getting back to normal


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[ankietyjoe]

Yes. Recovery isn't linear, you go back and forward.

If I had one piece of advice you should have tattoo'd to the back of your hand, it's to not react to every single thing that you experience. The relaxation techniques are a must. Your recovery is your responsibility. If something doesn't work in 5 seconds, do it for 10 seconds....etc etc.

You're leaping from one irrational worry to the next, and you have to figure out the best way for YOU to stand back and look at the bigger picture.

[Noworryjonny]

I know you’re right, I’m starting to have more good positive moments so trying to cling on to that, but this nervous sinking feeling in my tummy keeps grounding me back to feeling down and anxious


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[ankietyjoe]

It's just a symptom. When you feel it, direct your thought back to the fact that you're having better days. It probably won't 'cure' that particular moments sensation, but eventually it will train your brain to not react at every negative sensation and just accept them and move on. It's how meditation works.

[Noworryjonny]

Just a symptom of my physical anxiety?

I woke up feeling so positive but then out of the blue my tummy just knots up and I feel anxious in my stomach and cramping

I will try to keep telling myself it’s just anxiety and overtime hopefully I will feel more and more positive


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[ankietyjoe]

Good. And do it for weeks, not just minutes.

[Noworryjonny]

But the nervous tummy is just a symptom of my anxiety right?




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[BlueIris]

You know the answer to that.

[Noworryjonny]

I’d like to think I do but the doubt is horrible


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[ankietyjoe]

You're already not doing what you said you were going to do.

[Noworryjonny]

I know!! I’m so bad at being positive!

My tummy has been stressed all day and now feels like I constantly need to be on the toilet [emoji30]


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[Noworryjonny]

Can’t believe I’m feeling like this :( I was so positive for 2 days and my stomach is now back to how it was :( I can’t do this anymore it’s mentally draining


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[Fishmanpa]

Chronicling every niggle and feeling here isn't helping you at all :lac:

Positive thoughts

[ankietyjoe]

"I know you're right, but I'm going to keep repeating the same mental habits anyway"

That's what I'm hearing.

[Noworryjonny]

I don’t know if it’s the anxiety causing this feeling or the sertraline,

The feeling of needing to poo disappeared for four days and now it’s back just when I was feeling positive


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[ankietyjoe]

Dude, you have a habit of starting a thread, asking for reassurance, getting reassurance, agreeing with the reassurance and then repeating your initial fear ad infinitum.

Let me make this one point. As long as you keep doing this you will never, ever recover. It's literally not possible and will never, ever happen. You will remain mentally ill and suffer for your entire life if you keep doing it, I absolutely, 100% guarantee you this.

Once again I'm out of one of your threads that disintegrates into repetition.