miggymoggy
02-10-10, 13:02
Hi everyone
Thank god for this forum! At least I feel I'm not going completely crazy!
So, this is how my vicious circle of anxiety works, probably the same as you all:-
I get a headache
I think, OK, it's just a headache, and try not to worry
It gets worse. i start panicking that I will be ill and work will get sick of me being off and fire me.
I decide there is no way I can be ill, so I try to forget it, but start worrying that I am worrying.
I worry more, the headache gets worse and worse.
I stop eating.
Awful thoughts come into my mind - "what if it's a brain tumour", "what if this time it really is something serious"
I start to get into a panic and have to go home from work
I then start panicking about the fact I've gone home from work and they must be sick of me
The anxiety gets worse
I go to bed and can't face anything
Someone help me get away from this horrendous feeling!
Thank god for this forum! At least I feel I'm not going completely crazy!
So, this is how my vicious circle of anxiety works, probably the same as you all:-
I get a headache
I think, OK, it's just a headache, and try not to worry
It gets worse. i start panicking that I will be ill and work will get sick of me being off and fire me.
I decide there is no way I can be ill, so I try to forget it, but start worrying that I am worrying.
I worry more, the headache gets worse and worse.
I stop eating.
Awful thoughts come into my mind - "what if it's a brain tumour", "what if this time it really is something serious"
I start to get into a panic and have to go home from work
I then start panicking about the fact I've gone home from work and they must be sick of me
The anxiety gets worse
I go to bed and can't face anything
Someone help me get away from this horrendous feeling!