[Snowsunshine]

Okay,so I have GAD and recently my life has just so many issues that I feel that I can't cope anymore:I've been having insomnia for about 8 months,my therapist and I(we have a great relationship)we are having some issues but one of the main things is being a relationship problem:I've been going out with this guy for about three months now,we are not in a serious relationship(almost-relationship) and I just get so scared to like him and then things not working out.I have a date with him tonight and I am just so anxious and everyone I talk with says this is stupid.I started self harming(scratching)and I just did it because I feel that I am losing it.I am so tired,hopeless,anxious.I want to die right now.Please help me.

[Skeezyks]

Hello Snowsunshine: Well... you know the simple answer here is medication. You're seeing a therapist. And it sounds like things are going reasonably well with that. But your anxiety is out of control to the point where you are self-harming. (And self-harming, by the way, can itself become addictive.) What you're experiencing is certainly not stupid! But it does warrant attention. And this is the type of situation that medications are appropriate for. (That doesn't necessarily mean you must, or even should, stay on them long term.)

Over the longer term, you could try such things as meditation & increased physical exercise as well as perhaps other types of therapy (in addition to what you're doing now.) But, to get you "over the hump", as the saying goes, the immediate answer is medication. Nothing else that I'm aware of at least is going to have an immediate impact on your struggle.

P.S. In terms of your date, it might help a bit if you can simply share, with your date, just a bit of the fact that you have been feeling nervous about the date. You don't, of course, want to go into detail. But, simply sharing the fact that you've been feeling nervous about the date may help to relieve a bit of the pressure...

[Snowsunshine]

Originally Posted by Skeezyks

Hello Snowsunshine: Well... you know the simple answer here is medication. You're seeing a therapist. And it sounds like things are going reasonably well with that. But your anxiety is out of control to the point where you are self-harming. (And self-harming, by the way, can itself become addictive.) What you're experiencing is certainly not stupid! But it does warrant attention. And this is the type of situation that medications are appropriate for. (That doesn't necessarily mean you must, or even should, stay on them long term.)

Over the longer term, you could try such things as meditation & increased physical exercise as well as perhaps other types of therapy (in addition to what you're doing now.) But, to get you "over the hump", as the saying goes, the immediate answer is medication. Nothing else that I'm aware of at least is going to have an immediate impact on your struggle.

P.S. In terms of your date, it might help a bit if you can simply share, with your date, just a bit of the fact that you have been feeling nervous about the date. You don't, of course, want to go into detail. But, simply sharing the fact that you've been feeling nervous about the date may help to relieve a bit of the pressure...

I am currently on medication but I still haven't found quite the right match for me.I also do yoga and meditation.I just feel like I'm a lost cause because it feels nothing is working for me.After all,I was feeling really bad and couldn't go to the date which made me feel so awful and feeling like I'm a failure.Thank you for your kindness!

[GADNic]

Hi I have GAD too, it's almost like a thousand conversations and thoughts are zooming around your head at all times and at different speeds and volumes right? Go somewhere quiet and close your eyes, you are the conductor and you are in charge of the orchestra in your head. Slowly and gently quiet each section down, and then hold onto the quiet for as long as you can. You can do this in the bathroom or in your car, at a desk, in the break room....anywhere you have 5 minutes the aim isn't to stop the noise, it's to enable you to quiet it down when you need

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