mlondon
02-01-08, 12:09
I woke up this morning with thoughts racing through my head, i can't even say what they were. My head was buzzing and i had the usual thought of 'i'm going mad'. I am still feeling it now though typing distracts me.
I am beginning to learn to expect some anxiety after a stressful time not just during that time. Christmas was great but this is what I did in the last 10 days,
spent 2 night in Kent
1 night in Belgium
4 nights in Germany
on my return to London my friends came over and we went out
the next day i got the tube for an 40 mins to visit my mum (something i still find very hard)
then it was new years eve and i went to a party
yesterday i spent the day feeling sick from drinking too much
Like i say it was a great christmas but as a sufferer of GAD (which i am beginning to realise i am) i found all the change anxiety provoking. On top of that i have had a very close friend call me through out the last few days in distress because she has found out her long term boyfriend has been cheating on her. I thought at one point she was going to kill herself. I have also missed 2 days of meds.
I am now beginning to realise how these things effect me and that even after the anxiety provoking event i need some time to recover and will probably still feel anxious.
Basically what i am saying is, i am beginning to realise what i deal with, how things effect me, recognise stressful events and cut myself a bit of slack after. Something that is easier said than done.
We've all got through the anxieties of christmas and new year, so i think it is well done to everyone.
One thing i have also learnt from GAD is to take each day at a time, perhaps i will make daily resolutions as lets face it, no one keeps to their new years resolutions!
Michelle x
I am beginning to learn to expect some anxiety after a stressful time not just during that time. Christmas was great but this is what I did in the last 10 days,
spent 2 night in Kent
1 night in Belgium
4 nights in Germany
on my return to London my friends came over and we went out
the next day i got the tube for an 40 mins to visit my mum (something i still find very hard)
then it was new years eve and i went to a party
yesterday i spent the day feeling sick from drinking too much
Like i say it was a great christmas but as a sufferer of GAD (which i am beginning to realise i am) i found all the change anxiety provoking. On top of that i have had a very close friend call me through out the last few days in distress because she has found out her long term boyfriend has been cheating on her. I thought at one point she was going to kill herself. I have also missed 2 days of meds.
I am now beginning to realise how these things effect me and that even after the anxiety provoking event i need some time to recover and will probably still feel anxious.
Basically what i am saying is, i am beginning to realise what i deal with, how things effect me, recognise stressful events and cut myself a bit of slack after. Something that is easier said than done.
We've all got through the anxieties of christmas and new year, so i think it is well done to everyone.
One thing i have also learnt from GAD is to take each day at a time, perhaps i will make daily resolutions as lets face it, no one keeps to their new years resolutions!
Michelle x