Dealing with Anxiety?
hello, i downloaded 7 cups in hopes of getting advice or tips to help improve my anxiety
to be completely clear, i’ve never received an official diagnosis, so i don’t know for certain if what i’m experiencing is anxiety. but based on everything i’ve felt and gone through, it really seems to point in that direction
to give a little background, i’m currently 26. before i had my child at 21, i was a very social person. i would go out all the time, take trips, run errands, and had no problem leaving the house. unfortunately, that’s no longer the case
i can’t pinpoint exactly what got me to this point, but it’s been around 6 months, maybe longer, since i’ve been able to leave my home. it’s really taking a toll on me, and it doesn’t help that i have a child who starts school this year. realistically, life doesn’t stop just because you’re dealing with something like this, and i’m struggling
i feel like nothing i’ve tried helps. breathing techniques, grounding methods, none of it seems to work. before i even start feeling the panic, it starts with the thoughts and the images in my head, then the panic follows, and i end up feeling like i just can’t leave
i need help. i just want my life back, for me and for my kid
@sadness6450
did you have anything that happened to you to make you afraid to leave the house? if fear is keeping you in, what can you do to feel secure?
i always feel I know deep down why i do things even if I say I do not know why.
example: I went thru this type of thing a couple of times. I was between jobs and felt if I just stayed home and days ran into the next with no real change it almost felt like time was not passing me by.
(it was)
I told myself, things like if I went out, I would be using gas in car or would most likely buy something and was saving money by staying home............. but it was more like I did not want to talk to some neighbor about why I was not at work or something or realize how I was limiting myself.
Funny thing was while I am working, I always wished for more free time or days off to take care of errands, yet when I had time, I also put things off. it took pushing myself and being uncomfortable at first to go do things. time and life keep going even if we sit on the sidelines.
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