creative.souls
13-03-10, 22:18
Hello everyone,
I haven't been on this site for a good while now. I used to suffer from quite a bit of anxiety & panic - mainly health anxiety. I managed to get pretty much fully over it with the help of CBT.
Now, after nearly two years of feeling better I'm in bits. I don't even know what I am feeling.
I gave up cigarettes about 6 months ago which made me feel very down, even border-line depressed...but I kept the weird thoughts and low mood at bay by blaming the lack of cigarettes & thus logically explaining it away.
I can't really explain how I feel right now...all I know is that I feel anxious...very anxious. I don't know what about though. I feel very spaced out and have done for the past 2 days. It's as if everything that made sense before does not make sense anymore. I'm trying to figure out what I'm thinking about and what I feel emotionally. I've lost my appetite.
I'm trying to remember what exactly occured & how this got so bad in the last two days but I can't - I can't seem to get my thoughts in order...and it's starting to make me feel very anxious and panicky again.
I thought I could deal with anything that life throws at me after I got over my health anxiety. None of my tactics that I used in dealing with my health anxiety work with this because I'm not able to rationally explain things away. I can't get my head straight.
Distraction doesn't really work either - it prevents my anxiety from peaking into panic but that is it. Throughout the day I get moments - just moments - of clarity where I feel calm & think everything is normal again. Maybe one or two ten-second periods per hour. That's what keeps me from freaking out altogether.
I've made an appointment with my GP for Monday but I need some advice for the meantime. Please. Anyone else feel this way?
Thanks, Thomas (23)
I haven't been on this site for a good while now. I used to suffer from quite a bit of anxiety & panic - mainly health anxiety. I managed to get pretty much fully over it with the help of CBT.
Now, after nearly two years of feeling better I'm in bits. I don't even know what I am feeling.
I gave up cigarettes about 6 months ago which made me feel very down, even border-line depressed...but I kept the weird thoughts and low mood at bay by blaming the lack of cigarettes & thus logically explaining it away.
I can't really explain how I feel right now...all I know is that I feel anxious...very anxious. I don't know what about though. I feel very spaced out and have done for the past 2 days. It's as if everything that made sense before does not make sense anymore. I'm trying to figure out what I'm thinking about and what I feel emotionally. I've lost my appetite.
I'm trying to remember what exactly occured & how this got so bad in the last two days but I can't - I can't seem to get my thoughts in order...and it's starting to make me feel very anxious and panicky again.
I thought I could deal with anything that life throws at me after I got over my health anxiety. None of my tactics that I used in dealing with my health anxiety work with this because I'm not able to rationally explain things away. I can't get my head straight.
Distraction doesn't really work either - it prevents my anxiety from peaking into panic but that is it. Throughout the day I get moments - just moments - of clarity where I feel calm & think everything is normal again. Maybe one or two ten-second periods per hour. That's what keeps me from freaking out altogether.
I've made an appointment with my GP for Monday but I need some advice for the meantime. Please. Anyone else feel this way?
Thanks, Thomas (23)