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25-09-09, 16:18
Does anyone else find that their anxiety/panic is worse when they have nothing to do? Is it that an unoccupied mind resorts back to overanalysing everything? Or something like I have been so busy recently that panicking would have been extremely counterproductive so somehow managed to keep a lid on it until it was 'safe' to let it out?? (Can't stop analysing...)
Just had my first proper panic attack in a few weeks (I've still been anxious/worried), and I think it was brought on by having nothing else to occupy my mind. For the past few weeks I've felt a bit better and I've been rushing around like a blue arsed fly, getting ready to go back to uni, moving into my new house, unpacking, sorting everything in my house out, sorting out my societys stuff for freshers week, getting ready to start new job etc etc etc, and no panic attack even though a lot of stuff happened that usually would have set me off.
Today I've had literally nothing to do. I got up, bummed around the house, I got so bored I even cleaned the kitchen :roflmao:
And then I started panicking about... nothing. I've calmed down a fair bit now, but there's this high level of background anxiety that I cannot explain or control, my mind has been racing back over the past few weeks and picked up on things I said/did, things other people said/did, tiny little things and nuances that I didn't pick up on before. HA has kicked back in and I'm really concerned about my headache, and I think I could go back into full blown panic any moment...
Anyone else feel worse when there's nothing else to think about??
Blah.
Just had my first proper panic attack in a few weeks (I've still been anxious/worried), and I think it was brought on by having nothing else to occupy my mind. For the past few weeks I've felt a bit better and I've been rushing around like a blue arsed fly, getting ready to go back to uni, moving into my new house, unpacking, sorting everything in my house out, sorting out my societys stuff for freshers week, getting ready to start new job etc etc etc, and no panic attack even though a lot of stuff happened that usually would have set me off.
Today I've had literally nothing to do. I got up, bummed around the house, I got so bored I even cleaned the kitchen :roflmao:
And then I started panicking about... nothing. I've calmed down a fair bit now, but there's this high level of background anxiety that I cannot explain or control, my mind has been racing back over the past few weeks and picked up on things I said/did, things other people said/did, tiny little things and nuances that I didn't pick up on before. HA has kicked back in and I'm really concerned about my headache, and I think I could go back into full blown panic any moment...
Anyone else feel worse when there's nothing else to think about??
Blah.