[SmackytheFrog]

I feel anxious and jittery for no real reason. I mean nothing particularly bad happened today aside from my boyfriend going to bed early which I suspect is because he's irritated with me for postponing making dinner... although I don't really think its something that would trigger this kind of unsettling feeling.

Has anyone else ever experienced this?

[cutebagaddict08]

I will have more anxiety when it's close to my menstural cycle. It sucks being a female at times!

[Can't Stop Crying]

Could it be related to your mom's birthday? This must be a really rough time for you and could be triggering your anxiety. I'm sorry for your loss. I'm thinking of you!

[SmackytheFrog]

Thanks guys.

[Perna]

Yes, think in a wider net than just what is immediately "happening" with others; try to retrace what you were thinking about when the anxiety started, etc. I'll often suddenly find myself in front of the refrigerator and wonder "how I got there" and think back and realize something I was reading a moment before had made me anxious. TV shows, lots of things can do that to me.

[SmackytheFrog]

I think it could definitely be associated with my late mom's birthday. Mixed with my recent withdrawal from college to work on myself. I'm suppressing thinking about how my family will react (my dad knows, but only him so far. He took it pretty well and just asked if I was going to start working again...haha duh!)

I feel like I haven't become what my mother wanted, but I know that she would understand that I've realized I still need some time to figure out who I am before I commit myself to a study.

Also I had an energy drink about an hour before that... so it could have just been my sensitivity to caffeine

[Cyran0]

I frequently get anxious with no idea why. Tonight I literally had a panic attack in an iHop with my family. Everything was fine, I just started losing it and had to excuse myself.

I'm not an authority by any stretch but for me, there's not always a reason.

[christophegeorg]

CyranO,
We have posted before, I just read yours this morning about IHOP, I only can repeat what I said before! Anytime there is a panic incident it is directly caused by anticipitory anxiety, as I had mentioned in other posts
we are both victim and perpetrator when it comes to our disorders. It's
very difficult to make people see the simplicity of our disorder, ending it may be a little harder, let me see if I can explain! I'll try to put it in simpler terms where it can be understood much easier, Anxiety/panic believe it or not is nothing more than a habit, a habit that is obsessive, like biting you nails only there is another factor thrown in "fear"! The trick is, when you
start obsessing into a possible panic mode, you must, I repeat must, immediately change your line of thought, I dont care if it is about you child, your wife, your work, it has to be anything but about yourself! CyranO, I have suffered through thousands of of panic attacks including sometimes more than one or two a day, and the only time panic attacks do not happen, is when your mind is completely, I mean "completely" engrossed with something else. Think about when you dont have this kind of panic incident, I'll tell you when, when your thoughts are about anything else but you!! This is what I meant about us having an obsession with ourselves, our Achilles Heel, it's a stupid habit with our obsession for repeating this fearful feeling! The simple trick is to stop dwelling on your fearful habit ( yourself )! Now chances are that everytime you get ready to go out, the first thing you think about is " am I going to have another panic attack" and if I am "when" or if I go out will I have a panic attack? The thought has to precede every panic incident. What I'm recounting to you is how it happens to not only me , but to everybody who suffers with this form of anxiety disorder!! Think about it, and for your sake and your family's sake do it, Its called a Cognitive Switch, do it and your symptoms will start decreasing! Just like mine, only mine happened suddenly, you can do it ,believe me!

Originally Posted by Cyran0

I frequently get anxious with no idea why. Tonight I literally had a panic attack in an iHop with my family. Everything was fine, I just started losing it and had to excuse myself.

I'm not an authority by any stretch but for me, there's not always a reason.

[Cyran0]

Originally Posted by christophegeorg

The trick is, when you
start obsessing into a possible panic mode, you must, I repeat must, immediately change your line of thought, I dont care if it is about you child, your wife, your work, it has to be anything but about yourself!

christophegeorg, I know we haven't exactly hit it off thus far but in the case of panic attacks this seems like really sound advice which I will try, thank you.

Cyran0