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can you name your top 5 anxiety producing scenarios? i know some of us have a more generalized anxiety so this might be tough but myself for example are time and distance issues. Such as how far I am away from home, walking or driving, after a certain distance anxiety rises, time such as how long I can maintain, i can say go into a grocery store or theater,, etc but how long i need to be there starts raising anxiety, say there are 7 songs my daughters band will be playing at 4 minutes a song is basically a half hour. I sometimes begin noticing the time and feeling i can't make it that long that i will need to leave ,etc etc. how far behind my doctor is so how long i will be waiting. Those are just a couple examples of my many issues and phobias, some i've noticed from reading posts on here is a huge fear of throwing up and health issues. Because this will be meant for those already medically cleared I am not sure yet how to address these, i don't want to get in any trouble if someone does have a medical issue that hasn't been addressed.
I was able to refocus myself today, i have been sick and was exercising (ocd at work) and then again bending to do something and felt faint. That could have easily led me to high anxiety but using self talk was able to keep myself calm and not let it become something its most likely not.
anyway thanks again!! thanks for participating
I was able to refocus myself today, i have been sick and was exercising (ocd at work) and then again bending to do something and felt faint. That could have easily led me to high anxiety but using self talk was able to keep myself calm and not let it become something its most likely not.
anyway thanks again!! thanks for participating
Im afraid of always feeling like this. I start thinking about things that are going to happen in the future. Will I feel like this when a holiday comes? When I get married...I know it sounds silly, but its like i have a fear of fear. Not even sure this is making sense.
I have planned vacations and cancelled them because I knew I was going to be unable to sleep in a hotel room in a area I did not know..It was going to ruin my trip. I decided to cancel it, last minute, of course losing all of the money.
Its somethink Im working on. Thoughts are just thoughts....
I have planned vacations and cancelled them because I knew I was going to be unable to sleep in a hotel room in a area I did not know..It was going to ruin my trip. I decided to cancel it, last minute, of course losing all of the money.
Its somethink Im working on. Thoughts are just thoughts....
1. Mine isn't Walmart but Meijer. If I have to go there, I cannot go alone.It's so big and unfamiliar.
2.My driving pattern to work always has to be the same. My therapist tried to get me to change my street, thinking it would help the problem I have with driving. Can't do it.
3.I can ride a bus by myself but the thought of flying makes me feel like I'm losing it.
4.Change- just about anything that changes I have to get myself refocused.
5. I always have to know there's an exit and how I'm leaving if I have to.
2.My driving pattern to work always has to be the same. My therapist tried to get me to change my street, thinking it would help the problem I have with driving. Can't do it.
3.I can ride a bus by myself but the thought of flying makes me feel like I'm losing it.
4.Change- just about anything that changes I have to get myself refocused.
5. I always have to know there's an exit and how I'm leaving if I have to.
OK, lets try this again. So aside from other post... Other situations that are triggers for me are: both driving and being a passenger in a car, bus, train, plane, etc.; church; classrooms; grocery stores... Anywhere where I feel closed in. Or I feel like people would judge me if I had to leave...
This is tough to even write about. My biggest phobia is throwing up. Not just it happening to me, but to anyone around me. I spend A LOT of time washing hands and cleaning and inspecting to make sure the house is as germ free as possible. Can't even finsih rightn now anxiety too abd from wahte I jsut typed. More later when I can breathe.
Mine are:
1. Crowded places - Walmart, movie theaters, etc.
2. Schools - All schools period, whether there's people in them or not. This is rooted in being bullied when I was in school.
3. Buses - closely related with crowded places and schools, with the added pressure of being unable to escape
4. Unexpected change in plans - It takes a lot of work to get me to a place where I can go out, and when something veers off course or you add an additional component I'm unprepared and can easily end up having a panic attack.
5. Being watched or judged - whether it be a test, looking at something in a grocery store with somebody nearby, standing in a checkout line, or having to make a decision. The fear of making the wrong decision or being judged for my decision throws me into a spiral.
1. Crowded places - Walmart, movie theaters, etc.
2. Schools - All schools period, whether there's people in them or not. This is rooted in being bullied when I was in school.
3. Buses - closely related with crowded places and schools, with the added pressure of being unable to escape
4. Unexpected change in plans - It takes a lot of work to get me to a place where I can go out, and when something veers off course or you add an additional component I'm unprepared and can easily end up having a panic attack.
5. Being watched or judged - whether it be a test, looking at something in a grocery store with somebody nearby, standing in a checkout line, or having to make a decision. The fear of making the wrong decision or being judged for my decision throws me into a spiral.
Mine are feeling trapped, like a situation I can't get myself out of. ie) giving a speech, or being in a large classroom with everyone watching me.
Also, I have a terrible fear of airplanes, simply because I feel if something were to go wrong, there is nothing I could do about it.
Also, I have a terrible fear of airplanes, simply because I feel if something were to go wrong, there is nothing I could do about it.
My biggest issue is throwing up. Whenever someone says their stomach hurts I automatically assume they will throw up. Whenever anyone says "theyre sick" even if they mean just a cold I automatically think their sick to their stomach.
Separation from certain people. If I am away from my mom for too long, or even if she goes out for a night and I'm left home, I get really bad anxiety. I also had a boyfriend who I had this issue with. He was always at my side so I felt weird and anxious without him there. We broke up so this actually is a big thing for me right now...dealing with the anxiety of not having him by my side.
Being alone...when Im alone I feel trapped in my own thoughts and the anxiety cycles begin. im much better off with lots of people around becuase it gets my mind off of my own issues.
Anticipation is probably 2nd most anxiety producing thing. I always ALWAYS anticipate strange situations that seem really reasonable at the time and create all this anxiety in me. I do much better when Im impulsive and I dont have time to sit around and think of every senerio possible.
When my schedual changes...sometimes this bugs me sometimes it doesnt. For example last year all in 1 weekend I got my first car, went to prom, dyed my hair a new color, and got a bunch of new clothes. So many new changes freaked me out and it took a while for things to seem normal again. This causes some anxiety for me.
Separation from certain people. If I am away from my mom for too long, or even if she goes out for a night and I'm left home, I get really bad anxiety. I also had a boyfriend who I had this issue with. He was always at my side so I felt weird and anxious without him there. We broke up so this actually is a big thing for me right now...dealing with the anxiety of not having him by my side.
Being alone...when Im alone I feel trapped in my own thoughts and the anxiety cycles begin. im much better off with lots of people around becuase it gets my mind off of my own issues.
Anticipation is probably 2nd most anxiety producing thing. I always ALWAYS anticipate strange situations that seem really reasonable at the time and create all this anxiety in me. I do much better when Im impulsive and I dont have time to sit around and think of every senerio possible.
When my schedual changes...sometimes this bugs me sometimes it doesnt. For example last year all in 1 weekend I got my first car, went to prom, dyed my hair a new color, and got a bunch of new clothes. So many new changes freaked me out and it took a while for things to seem normal again. This causes some anxiety for me.
Mine are feeling trapped. For example I could never go to a concert, feel trapped when in a crowded area, when having a medical test(one coming on Thursday that takes 1.5 hours YIKES) On Boxing day our van broke down on the highway an hour away from home. So anywhere I feel like I cant just leave whenever I want, or quickly.
Health issues. A new or different pain, headache, hearing or reading about an illness and feeling I may have the same thing
Illness. When my kids or husband have the stomach bug. I have emetophobia so the whole throwing up thing and me do not get along and my anxiety goes through the roof. Plus my son was hospitalized at 3 when he was so sick from a stomach bug that he was extremely dehydrated and throwing up blood. Paranoid that will happen again
Being alone at night with the kids. Not sure why, as I am not worried that anyone will break in or anything like that. I think its because I take a sleeping pill and I am terrified the kids will need me in the night and I wont wake up.
Hospitals. Even though I use to go all the time thinking I had everything wrong with me, they terrify me. I have spent more than enough time in one, witnessed a few people die in them, and I feel like someone has put me in a box filled with a million different germs and illnesses. The second I leave one for any reason, I have to shower and wash the clothes I had on. it really triggers me.
Health issues. A new or different pain, headache, hearing or reading about an illness and feeling I may have the same thing
Illness. When my kids or husband have the stomach bug. I have emetophobia so the whole throwing up thing and me do not get along and my anxiety goes through the roof. Plus my son was hospitalized at 3 when he was so sick from a stomach bug that he was extremely dehydrated and throwing up blood. Paranoid that will happen again
Being alone at night with the kids. Not sure why, as I am not worried that anyone will break in or anything like that. I think its because I take a sleeping pill and I am terrified the kids will need me in the night and I wont wake up.
Hospitals. Even though I use to go all the time thinking I had everything wrong with me, they terrify me. I have spent more than enough time in one, witnessed a few people die in them, and I feel like someone has put me in a box filled with a million different germs and illnesses. The second I leave one for any reason, I have to shower and wash the clothes I had on. it really triggers me.
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