It's been rough
At the suggestion of my psychiatrist I'm trying this out. I've struggled to seek out support, but need it.
This year has been incredibly rough on me. Most recently I've been struggling with the loss of my first long-term, serious relationship. At one point in the relationship we'd even talked about marraige, so the sudden loss of the relationship has been extremely hard on me. We were living together and now the house seems really empty without her here. My anxiety has been through the roof with panic attacks sometimes multiple times per day. I've accepted the relationship is over and we remain really good friends, the house just feels really empty now.
I really would like to get out of my house and meet new people, but it's hard. I'm not one to go out of my way to leave my house and don't have any friends nearby to go out with. I want to meet new people and make new friends, but I don't know how to do that when I'm too scared to go out somewhere by myself.
On top of all that, I have been struggling a lot with my physical health. I was diagnosed with NAFLD earlier this year and ended up needing an MRI to determine how much scarring my liver had. For a while my Dr was telling me that I could possibly have major scarring which was causing me a lot of anxiety. Recently I found out I have no scarring after my MRI (yay!). All of that anxiety has now gone to worrying about some bad blood test results showing a lot of inflammation in my body. I have a colonoscopy in Dec to rule out some of the possible causes, but all of the unknown is just making my anxiety worse.
If you've made it this far in my long story of my anxiety this year, thank you. It's just seemed like one thing keeps piling on top of the other and it's time to reach out for additional support.
@Beetle2022
health items are hard to go through alone and an empty house that you once shared is also a constant reminder. Health issues are often made worse with stress as well......
has your doctor told you anything to do for your diagnosis ....?
have you done independent research as well?
My spouse has health issues we went on a super low salt diet ( very bland) .......and i was amazed at how inflammation is increased with salt intake frankly it was a real eye opener. how much sodium is in basic processed foods. ..... it affects many organs in the body.
://liverandpancreassurgeon.com/liver-disease-importance-low-sodium-diet/
salt most effective lowering out of body is through sweating it out.......
I found several sort of friend( acquaintances ) after starting a walking regime or if one joins a gym is a place to meet some people etc....... many websites not sure if in your area but list things like hiking clubs / book clubs .... i know it is work to put yourself out there but when things pile up it is nice to do a change of pace.
@Beetle2022Hi,
Sounds like you have a really rough year. I understand how it feels to lose someone you thought you gonna spend rest of you life with. It's a such a painful process. Here is what I did when I went through similiar situation. Go exercise for 30 mins per day, listening to calming music, leave the apartment visiting my family in small village and have a cat as my accompany. I know it will take times for you to heal. but you will meet someone you love in future and you want yourself in your best state when that happens.
Hi I found something that could help you, these articles would be very helpful, this helped me too.
"How can I deal with a breakup?"
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/teenagers/ask/deal-with-breakup-how/
"Is this the right person for me?"
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/teenagers/ask/deal-with-breakup-how/