somethingwitty
17-06-11, 18:35
Just wondering if I'm alone here...
Does anyone else find that because of anxiety attacks, they can't enjoy 'good' anxiety anymore?
No, I'm not crazy I promise! What I mean by that is... well, for example, until I started to suffer from pretty dire anxiety I used to love playing poker. I really enjoyed the adrenaline dump in a tight hand and was quite good at it, but now when I play because of my anxiety attacks I don't recognise poker anxiety as a 'good' or 'fun' kind of anxiety, I automatically think I'm having a general anxiety attack and freak out a bit. I could say the same for quite a lot of things, but I think that is the best example. Looking at my cards and seeing a good hand almost reduces me to tears with fear, where as before I'd still get the anxiety reaction but it would be pure excitement.
So, yeah, am I alone in this? Does anyone else find that when their anxiety is bad, they automatically associate 'good' anxiety with the crushing 'bad' anxiety we all experience? And if so, how do people cope?
Does anyone else find that because of anxiety attacks, they can't enjoy 'good' anxiety anymore?
No, I'm not crazy I promise! What I mean by that is... well, for example, until I started to suffer from pretty dire anxiety I used to love playing poker. I really enjoyed the adrenaline dump in a tight hand and was quite good at it, but now when I play because of my anxiety attacks I don't recognise poker anxiety as a 'good' or 'fun' kind of anxiety, I automatically think I'm having a general anxiety attack and freak out a bit. I could say the same for quite a lot of things, but I think that is the best example. Looking at my cards and seeing a good hand almost reduces me to tears with fear, where as before I'd still get the anxiety reaction but it would be pure excitement.
So, yeah, am I alone in this? Does anyone else find that when their anxiety is bad, they automatically associate 'good' anxiety with the crushing 'bad' anxiety we all experience? And if so, how do people cope?