katamaridamacy
17-05-10, 02:25
I have booked a two-week trip to the US and Canada for just under a month's time, will be traveling alone, and I am beginning to regret it.
I have suffered from anxiety for coming up to 10 years (I am 25), and though it isn't as frequent and tense as it used to be, it is still a big concern of mine, particularly health anxiety...
... Which sort of links to a terrible acid reflux problem I have. I am on medication and I control my diet as best I can, but anxiety seems to trigger it... =/
I fear over my breathing (will I stop/lose control of it/have a heart attack), and over my heartburn causing this... as well as difficulty swallowing, which the excess mucus seems to cause. And of course, all of this happening in a foreign country when I am by myself.
I can bear this all at home, but I am feeling increasingly scared (and perhaps foolish) for booking this trip away... which is only going to increase my levels of stress... when I still don't feel one hundred percent better. I suppose I was a bit fed up and wanted to prove that this isn't going to get the better of me.
Can anyone offer and reassurance or advice? It's 2.20am and I'm awake frightened at the thought of this all. :weep:
I have suffered from anxiety for coming up to 10 years (I am 25), and though it isn't as frequent and tense as it used to be, it is still a big concern of mine, particularly health anxiety...
... Which sort of links to a terrible acid reflux problem I have. I am on medication and I control my diet as best I can, but anxiety seems to trigger it... =/
I fear over my breathing (will I stop/lose control of it/have a heart attack), and over my heartburn causing this... as well as difficulty swallowing, which the excess mucus seems to cause. And of course, all of this happening in a foreign country when I am by myself.
I can bear this all at home, but I am feeling increasingly scared (and perhaps foolish) for booking this trip away... which is only going to increase my levels of stress... when I still don't feel one hundred percent better. I suppose I was a bit fed up and wanted to prove that this isn't going to get the better of me.
Can anyone offer and reassurance or advice? It's 2.20am and I'm awake frightened at the thought of this all. :weep: