malisobel76
08-11-09, 00:01
I am a newbie, referred to this site by my counsellor, who I started seeing about 8 months ago after quitting smoking...my anxieties became mammoth issues after dropping the cigarettes!! I have always dealt with anxiety in one form or another...mostly social anxiety, horrible low self esteem issues, and now health anxiety. I feel quite helpless about it most days because I feel as if it surrounds and dominates every part of my life. I feel mired down in it...and I suppose I am just hoping that this site might provide some help where other things have not.
After I quit smoking things just got out of control...I started having health issues which I am sure were only exacerbated by the extreme anxiety. I have developed enormous cancer fears, of course, and worry about that all of the time. It certainly only makes me feel even more socially anxious, I just really feel that I can never relax! Good to know that I am not alone, though I really do wish none of us had to go through things such a this!:blush:
After I quit smoking things just got out of control...I started having health issues which I am sure were only exacerbated by the extreme anxiety. I have developed enormous cancer fears, of course, and worry about that all of the time. It certainly only makes me feel even more socially anxious, I just really feel that I can never relax! Good to know that I am not alone, though I really do wish none of us had to go through things such a this!:blush: