Always around nov

[Embrace123]

Every year since I've had anxiety " which has been 2" it seems like around this time if year I get depressed and my health anxiety strikes 10xs worse.  I mean through out the hole year I have attacks here and there but I move on but for some reason this time of year I get it the worse, do you think it's psychological?  It's weird because it's like its been  this way this last month and I'm going crazy I have ok days and I have bad days. Idk what normal even feels like anymore.  

[Embrace123]

Yesssss come dec 6th will be the 2nd year since I had my 1st anxiety attack.

[Paxiled]

Besides SAD, there's also anniversary anxiety.  Did anything happen to you around this time of year that upset you?  This is something to discuss with a therapist.

[Embrace123]

Thanks .. I think I'm going to go take a walk in the park I'm kinda scared because hm breathing is weird lol but I'm gonna push myself .

[nursegirl6572]

Exactly.  Remember, fear is NOT fact.  You must concentrate on the facts.  Part of getting better involves being proactive and helping yourself...and priority one is to NOT turn to Dr. Google anymore (or Dr. Bing).  Do I have to come there and seize your computer?  ;0)

Here's a goal for you.  See if you can go ALL day tomorrow NOT searching ANYTHING related to heart maladies, symptoms, etc.  Limit yourself ONLY to certain sites (like this one, etc).  NO searching for stuff like that at all okay?

Report back Monday morning and let me know how it goes.  (That's an order missy)

[Embrace123]

I know and I will . It's just been a hole month , you've seen my post and know I've been in pure panic and going nuts over this heart thing. But like you said the er wouldn't have sent me hm if they did see something huge. The chest xray and EKG would have showed something

[nursegirl6572]

Yes, you definitely have to make a big effort not to search the internet.  That's like a person with a deadly fear of snakes throwing themselves into the snake pit over and over again.  Doesn't make much sense, does it?  You really have to try hard to change that!

[Embrace123]

No smh I've been searching like crazy. I have to stop last night I was at a family members house and I felt so dizzy so tired and outta place I swear i was going to die in my sleep.  And what scares me is the symthoms I have they accure even when I'm relaxed and not thinking about them. Come dec I will have been dealing with this for 2 years .. I'm so over this my birthday is on the 19th I want to enjoy it with my loving family Black Friday is coming up I want to shop but if I'm in this mind state Idk if I can. And it's strange becaus moments out the day I feel better then 20mins I seem to go back into that obsessing over my health state of mind.. And your right I notice at night I seem to not feel so anxious .

[nursegirl6572]

Anxiety is definitely cyclic.  There's probably a little bit of a psychological aspect as we condition ourselves to fear certain things.  Just like if I had a panic attack in the grocery store, I would begin fearing the grocery store, out of conditioning, even though the store itself was not the cause of the panic.  It's very similar to a PTSD kind of reaction.

Some people are conditioned to feel more anxious at certain times of the day (ie morning versus night or vice versa), or even conditioned to feel anxious around certain people, so yes, it's quite possible that because you have experienced a higher level of anxiety at this times of year, you expect it, and hence it happens.

There's also probably a physiological factor as well.  It's a well known fact that people with mental illnesses, such as depression, anxiety, etc feel worse in the winter months.  I'm sure you have heard of SAD (seasonal affective disorder)?  Basically a significant decrease in the amount of sunlight affects the mood, both clinically and psychologically.

Remind me, what are you doing to address the anxiety again?  Have you managed to ease up on the internet searches to start?