It seems you’ve tried everything, including therapy and nothing has worked. Anxiety is the symptom… what is the cause?
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Are you taking a B complex supplement?
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The ones you have tried are good. Sometimes they don’t work perfectly at first but keep practicing them. Some others are exercise, activities that get you mind off the things causing the anxiety (reading, games, social activities) Keep fighting it and dont let it turn into agoraphobia
Richard: I wish I knew the cause. My clinical social worker has referred me to a psychiatrist for this purpose. There is no obvious cause.
And B complex supplement? Wazzat?
a vitamin. theres reseach showing vitamin D is helpful too
Psyflyer: Oh, I think its already turned into agoraphobia…maybe not to such a severe extent but I am afraid of strangers in a way that makes me feel like the lowest person in the world. I try distracting myself but it all leads back to anxiety. My anxiety is a horrible feeling that never leaves, its eating me up.
What about glycerine? Have you ever heard about that for anxiety?
Im sorry to hear that. Do you have friends that can help or a support group?
It sounds like pretty sever anxiety. You may want to see a psychiatrist and get some medication. It can be pretty potent and give enough of an alleviation to help some of the tools work better
Good movie by the way, anonymous.
psyflyer: It is severe anxiety and I have seen a clinical social worker and I am to see a psychiatrist in February. The medication I am taking seems to be making it worse, says my mom and friend.
Agoraphobia can be cured, correct? If not, why am I living?
Vitamin B is good for stress and Anxiety… I forget which one specifically b6 or b12, but if you get a good B complex it’s supposed to help. I’ve not hear of glycerin for anxiety no… but that doesn’t mean it’s not helpful… I just don’t know. Well.. the SW should be sending you to a psychologist not a psychiatrist. A Psychiatrist can be helpful, but their main focus is medical (drug therapy). I would advise a Cognitive behavioral psychologist. This is the type of therapist that looks at your life and actually gives you homework. Although alot of the “homework” looks like you’ve already tried.
All phobia’s can be worked on and corrected yes. Hypnotherapy is used a good deal for such things as Agoraphobia… and something they call flooding.
Yes, with severe anxiety a med eval is important and medication can help you use the tools that were once effective
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For agoraphobia its important to force yourself to keep meeting with friends and be social. The more you escape to your house the more that behavior is negatively reinforced. But yes agoraphobia is definitely treatable
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Anon… there is great value in these movies, but for someone with anxiety, it’s difficult to focus on these concepts… we have to be relaxed and open enough to use them.
It is still good that you shared them though. I’ve liked all these movies… Pass it on is pretty good too.
I feel like I keep embarassing myself when I am with friends…and really, I get so depressed afterwards. I feel like I will lose my friends because I am not fun anymore, because all I talk about is anxiety…should I not talk about it? Like I am now? Should I be reading a book or taking a bath instead?
Then what do I do after that? I’ll go to the store, walk in, and suddenly it will attack again. I am so sick of feeling this way…I used to just get nervous, now I get nervous and depressed that I am nervous.
Yea, I’ve seen What the Bleep Do We Know? in my Peace Studies class awhile ago, when I never experienced this anxiety crap.
Sounds like you have a hero inside of your heart. The thing is you need to find out how to bring it out. For the most part you have to choose how on your own but, well for now you should make a plan on what you want to do. Do you want to work in a charity, go from different places helping people, go to different countries.
No matter what you pick, you will choose the right choice, there is no wrong awnser. Im sure you will do great in what you choose. Not really sure how to help your anxiety. Just do things to make yourself calm, don’t stress over stuff that gets to you, just do what you can and save the rest for later at a better time when you can function easier.
As for your friends, if they don’t except you anymore, then you should find better friends. Sometimes friends are there in our lives for a short while just for a certain amount of time in our lives before moving on.
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I used to journal all the time…I have millions of pages of me ranting on about love and how we can depend on trees because they will always be there…unless the evil humans knock them down to make, I don’t know, another meaningless building. I quit writing in them because my fiance would find them and read them and end up holding them against me.
Depression and anxiety do tend to coincide. The thoughts are usually “why do I have this problem” or “whats wrong with me” that lead from anxiety to depression. Keep talking to your friends about it. and keep hope thats important too. I have psychiatrist friends who like working with anxiety because the medication makes a dramatic difference
dang! is he still your fiance??
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do you journal?
Yeah writing is an excellent way to deal, at least for me it is.
Poetry is usually the way I go, I can use lots of metaphors and symbolism
and no one will really see just how F**ked up I am.
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Yea, in fact, we’re getting married the 31st. Maybe not sucha good idea, but he says it is to help me out (I encouraged him to join the Army and helped him out of his rut (bad family)) financially, so I can concentrate on getting better instead of having to work full time while going to college full time. Is that bad?
It may be a source of the anxiety.
I can’t judge him, but why would he read your journals, aren’t they private? Even within a relationship there is room for private journals.
I was in the Air Force and he was living with my parents, odd situation, I know. He looked through them and saw that I had written about sleeping with someone else, so of course he held that against me…but I felt like I could not truly write whatever I wanted to in my journals anymore, so **** it, there was no use.
With a upcoming marriage, family problems, financial problems, and college it is understandable why youd have more anxiety lately
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I was in the Air Force and he was living with my parents, odd situation, I know. He looked through them and saw that I had written about sleeping with someone else, so of course he held that against me…but I felt like I could not truly write whatever I wanted to in my journals anymore, so **** it, there was no use.
Hide them better, keep them locked up, or even disguise them.
I know that there is so many thoughts going through your head and you just can’t figure it out but just go back to basics. Sometimes we put so much on our plate that we can’t hold it up any more. Don’t think about where you think you should be mentally, think about small steps (I’m going to stand outside for a couple of minutes and then calmly walk back in the house or whatever small step you need to take) I have been there and I’m here now. Talking always helped me and you end up finding who is your real friends in the end.
Yea, I guess I could start journaling again. This helps because I relieve my anxiety by writing down all that I think? Does this help me find my identity, because that clearly is lost.
Hehehe…
I wanted to start a similar revolution.
I was very anxious myself at one time.
Still get that way occasionally.
Have you tried taking a relaxing bath with those thingies… bath crystals ;)
Might help take some of the tension out of your body…
How do you sleep?
Counseling can help. There’s no way anyone else could get access to records and its a safe place to talk about what’s bothering you
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Yea, I guess I could start journaling again. This helps because I relieve my anxiety by writing down all that I think? Does this help me find my identity, because that clearly is lost.
That’s great.
Do you do anything else that is creative….
If you write too much you might get carpel tunnel syndrome :P
Do you paint, or garden… anything that automatically puts your mind in a meditative state without having to go to the lengths of regimented relxation techniques ;)
I haven’t used those bath crystal things in a long while. Haha, why do you wink? It made me laugh (which is rare). I sleep fine. No trouble with that, its the best time of the day because I’m not thinking, or I am, but no one is judging me in my dreams.
I live in Maine, gardening is out of the picture and painting, I guess I could try. I am sure I could do some really creative things because I draw, doodle I should say a lot, and many people have told me I’m really awesome at it, another thing I don’t see. I think I’m going to major in graphic design though. :D
Hehe, my friends always say I have the best wink.
I don’t over use it, and its always at just the right time, and not overdone! hehehe
I don’t know. I guess I just winked cos that’s what I’d do if we were talking face to face hehehe.
I also raise my eyebrow alot… but idk if there’s an emoticon for that :O
Gardening, drawing, painting… whatever you can do that’s creative :)
Make fake dog poop out of plasticene if that’s what it takes…
But get creative :D :D :D
It also releases that inner child again, especially if something like being in the military has locked it up a bit.
Make sure your inner child goes barefoot too ;)
Haha, ok…I think I’ll try to make some candles tomorrow and sell them on E-bay. Why not? I could make a candle that looks like dog poop and send it to you, Dougie. Because I know thats what you were hinting at. ;)
Well, thank you, awesome people, for trying to help me through this misery. Much love and good night.
I’ll be back tomorrow…good night and thanks all.
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I am huge believer in the law of karma.
Do onto others as you would have them do onto you.
Causing war on people creates large amounts of anxiety.
Joining the military directly feeds the war making process.
Therefor you are creating anxiety in others and buy the law
it can be caused to yourself.Please look into you mind about this.
1. Try to ignore it, the more you focus on anxiety and your anxious thoughts the worse they become.
2. Have you tried meds? Sometimes this is necessary and really helps. Also the herbal supplement 5HTP does the same thing.
3. If you’re worried about someone finding your journalism, you can always burn the pages after writing on them. Someone told me about that yesterday and it actually seemed to make me feel mildly better, burning my problems…
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Hi xelas1,
I just stumbled upon this here blog, or whatever it is, whilst i was searching for remedies for anxiety.
I can very much relate to what you was going through. I just wondered, how are you now?
Take care,
G
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Hi Stevie,
To tell you the truth, I have gradually become a lot worse in my symptoms of anxiety. I can do things like drive across country by myself, (which I did after my husband was deployed to Iraq) but looking someone in the eyes and trying to concentrate on what they are saying as become so hard for me I have isolated myself at my parents’ house, not going out unless someone is driving me. I will tell you, do not use alcohol as a cure. That is the one thing that helped me go to my classes and job last year but when its all over, you’re so out of reality and there’s no way you can always be intoxicated. Severe anxiety, I believe, requires medication (go to a psychiatrist) and cognitive behavioral therapy (gradual social exposure). Luckily, I have an meeting with the doctor on the 7th of October to get a referral to a psychiatrist. This most likely did not assist you much, but I wish the best of luck to you in your quest to recovery.
Alex
psyflyer
Neutra
kgarz
*Dougie*
Richard Cor de Lyon
spiratec9
Cell
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