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#1
Nov 19, 2012, 04:43 PM
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I swear it's truely the only thing I'm good at.
I worry about my dogs. I worry about going crazy. I worry about seeing people. I worry about telling people I worry. I worry people will see me as a nut job. I worry about panic attacks. I worry about my friends. I worry about making people mad I worry I will get yelled at. I worry people will see how pathetic I am. I worry I will be instutionalized I worry I stress out my friends I worry I am slowly killing myself with anxiety issues I worry I can't keep up with day to day life. I worry that many days I just want to give up. I worry that I will never have even a remotely normal life. My heart us beating so fast just sitting here can't be good and that is after a Xanax And that's just a few...
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Nov 19, 2012, 09:45 PM
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 Try taking a deep breath. Think about the difference between the things you can control and those you can't. I'm sorry I don't really have an answer but I am thinking of you
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Nov 19, 2012, 10:04 PM
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Sending you many, many hugs. I wanted you to know that your post reminds me of myself a few years ago. I worried about everything possible pretty much all the time. However things are better now, I went to therapy and tried to learn the difference between things I could control and things I could not. Mostly I just learned to recognize anxiety and to fill my mind with other things as I have learned that I am one of those people that have a busy mind.
I am sorry I don't really have specific advice, there isn't really a road map to major improvements. Everybody must take their own path and eventually you look back and you are just there. I don't consider myself healed from anxiety because I have times where I still have problems but it has improved so much from where it once was.
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Nov 20, 2012, 12:46 AM
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1. I worry about my dogs. -Your dogs will be fine, make sure to feed and give them water at least once every 3 days. (sorry I'm joking... make sure you feed and water them once every 2 days or something, I don't take care of pets well. ;p) 2.I worry about going crazy. -Everyone has already gone crazy, you just don't know it yet. 3.I worry about seeing people. -Seeing real people? or imaginary? I prefer the imaginary people sometimes, we get along better. 4.I worry about telling people I worry. -Don't worry, I'll worry for you, and if that worries you, don't worry. 5.I worry people will see me as a nut job. -I could probably out “nut” you. (no, not gender related) People are too concerned that other people see them as nutjobs, they will only call you one to make themselves feel less "nutish" (remember everyone is crazy already, if they seem fine, you just don't know them well enough yet) 6.I worry about panic attacks. -Close your eyes and picture yourself in the situation you worry about, and how things would go not having a panic attack, what you would be like, how you would act, how happy you would feel, how thankful you would be. (just make sure to read all of this before you close your eyes) 7. I worry about my friends. -Your friends will be fine, and you cannot help them if you cannot first take care of yourself. (they're probably worrying more about you anyhow) 8.I worry about making people mad. -If you haven't angered someone yet, your not talking to enough people yet. Know that you meant good intentions in your heart, good friends will accept you as you are. Sometimes explaining yourself and your intentions, helps with misunderstandings. (people are chaotic and extremely unpredictable! Stupid humans!) (- I apologize if I anger you with my remarks, but ah well, I'm trying to be helpful, yes helpful... I think...) 9. I worry I will get yelled at. - Stand your ground, stand up for yourself, explain yourself, try to listen and be compassionate, even if they're not... Sometimes you may have to be a bit eh.. firm in your vocal stance... (compassionate anger can actually be constructive.) and if you get too worked up, walk away, and make sure your not: Hungry, Angry (ok this is given, duh), Lonely, or Tired. (HALT) 10. I worry people will see how pathetic I am. -Pathetic is having lots of stuff going wrong and pretending that everything is fine. I may be alone in this, but the people I look up to are unafraid to stand up for what they believe in, but have the compassion and humility to listen and admit when they're wrong. 11. I worry I will be instutionalized. (I worry about your spelling, so there!) -There is a "law of attraction" as some people will say, like brings like, if you think enough about something it will happen. If you think enough about being institutionalized, it may happen. Imagine a better crazy place to live, like survivor island or wherever the people on Jersey Shore live or something... 12. I worry I stress out my friends. Make sure you divide your worries among your friends, with too many worries for you to carry, don't throw it all on one friend. There's plenty of worry to go around, maybe exchange a few. 13. I worry I am slowly killing myself with anxiety issues. -Meh, if you could kill yourself with anxiety, I should be dead more than the 9 lives I... wait I'm not a cat... 0>.<0 14. I worry I can't keep up with day to day life. -Let me get back on you with this one, I'm still working on this. (both joking and seriously...) 15. I worry that many days I just want to give up. If your giving up, make sure to give up your worries first. The sad thing is, the very things we tend to be so afraid of losing, are the things that are confining us into a smaller and smaller box, until we crush ourselves, or break free... 16. I worry that I will never have even a remotely normal life. “Normal” is just a setting on a washing machine... Right next to “Perm. Press”. (I lost myself on this last one, just remember the “Normal” part.) Find who you are, and how to be yourself. Life is the journey, not the destination, have fun along the way! (because you may or may not like the destination once you get much older!) My heart us beating so fast just sitting here can't be good and that is after a Xanax And that's just a few... -Sometimes I get them mixed up with my mints... (disregard this... I digress...) I'll leave you with my favorite quote of all time: (If you don't like God (Been on both sides), just delete the words “God” and “Amen”): God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace, Taking, as Jesus did, This sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it, Trusting that You will make all things right, If I surrender to Your will, So that I may be reasonably happy in this life, And supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen. -Reinhold Niebuhr   
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Nov 20, 2012, 02:04 AM
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Wow, that sounds so much like me. I worry so much about every little thing in my day, especially when I'm around other people. I worry way too much about even the simplest conversation, like what I should or could have said, and what they'll think of me if I'm so nervous like always. I worry that they'll be upset because I'm bad at talking to everyone, and worried that everyone will hate me if I say or do one wrong thing.
I escape into music. I've done this since I was 14 years old... and that was 14 years ago. If I put on my headphones and crank up the volume I can drown out most of my worries, though on the bad days I can't seem to escape them entirely. If I don't have my iPod at work, I have a panic attack, which is why I carry extra headphones in my pack now so I can listen to online radio when I forget my iPod. If I ever get a job that doesn't allow me to listen to music all day, I'll be in big trouble. Too bad it's just a temporary solution, though. When the music ends, the worries come back...
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