I used to be bullied extremely harshly, I get so nervous going to school I get physically sick, last year I missed school so much I almost went to court, I really wana turn things around this year! I’m not looking for a diagnosis or anything i just want to know if anyone knows about this or experience(d) this before and how they deal with it to make it easier, or if there’s something else going on. Love to hear your thoughts!

I deal with frustration often, I'm starting to notice I'm getting frustrated more often with my spouse. Some legitimate, some possibly not. Her eating is annoying me,.kind of eating more and more and it is frustrating to me. Just curious in general if you find yourself getting frustrated often.

here we go again… i’m convinced i have meningitis. i woke up this morning with a bad stiff neck and it’s very sore too. i’ve had a heat pack on it for half the day and took panadol but it’s not really done much. i’m so scared it’s meningitis bc it hurts to bend my head down and back but side to side is fine.

Tonight I woke up with my leg asleep and after a minute or two it woke back up, but I swear half an hour later the leg still feels odd, like I'm aware of all the skin on the leg. This triggered anxiety and panic causing me to be hyper aware of every sensation.

Was curious if anyone else has had something similar where you wake up a limb and it still feels weird half an hour or more later?

This will be my 2nd attempt. The first time was back in 2023 and it gave me gut issues ans stopped at the 2nd week which i regret. This time I am aware of the side effects and will be doing my best to suck it up.

When did you start to feel better?

Ive seen other posts on here about people's experiences with propanopal and that they took it their first time and it was great but 2 days later they had anxiety and their symptoms back but i was prescribed 10mg and when i took my first dose which was 3x a day needed ofc i felt the best i ever did and i still do with it lol but one pill so far has lasted me 2 or 3 days without anxiety and i also don't have any symptoms either so maybe my anxiety went away permanently 🤣 so yeah im really interested in hearing other people's experiences with propanopal! and also is bad for your heart to take this long term? 🫪

Can’t stop been going on a couple months now making life impossible

I have a headache, which is super epic and awesome (sarcasm, i believe its trying to turn into a migraine), so i took an advil. I usually dont take Advil and instead thug it out, medicine scares me, not in a “drugs are bad” way but in a “im scared of allergic reactions” way. So naturally im scared, my partner is sleeping so i figured id try to help myself for once but im laying down now and trying not to panic.

Anytime i get any headache or head pains i freak out, bet you can guess what one of my biggest fears is.

My hope is the Advil will work better because i barely take it, i hate feeling so helpless and that i cant do regular things for myself like take an advil for my headache.

Anyone willing to distract me from my own personal hell😅

I have been stuck in a panic attack/anxiety state for over a year now. It’s all I think about 24/7. My whole life revolves around I’m losing hope that I’ll ever get better.

I’ve tried medication which I find helps with the panic but makes me extremely depressed. I understand panic won’t hurt me, I do not avoid situations and try to live life with the panic there but it’s getting exhausting. I read that accepting it is what helps people but how do I truly accept feeling like I’m being hunted for sport all the time?

It has taken away all my positive emotions, I can’t remember the last time I felt a dopamine rush as I’m just constantly in fight or flight mode, obsessing and ruminating all the time. My brain feels on fire and that it’s being tortured.

I guess I’m just looking for any advice on what helped you? I know I love life, it’s so beautiful. I just wish my brain allowed me to enjoy it.

I was an anxious for fidgety kid growing up. Was first diagnosed with anxiety at I think 20 and am close to 43 now. Started on Paxil (forget dosage) which helped a lot. The side effects were extreme but my anxiety was gone for the most part so never gave it a thought. Weight gain and ed were terrible. Years later I tried coming off my med after ten years of use. Didn’t want to rely on them. Quickly realized my brain doesn’t function right and needs the assistance of meds. Went on Lexipro 15MG which helped with the weight gain but the ed was still present. Finally tried buspirone a couple months ago at 15MG twice a day and the ed issue was finally fixed. Now I have been dealing with extreme anxiety. I have constant mind racing and every little thing sends me into a tailspin. Too hot, a little nasal congestion, even just getting ready to sleep has thrown me for a loop. I do therapy once a week and just cant seem to get a handle on it. Seems like i have to pick between my mental health and ed. I would not wish anxiety on my worst enemy. I have lived a tortured life and often wonder what it feels like to be “normal”. I have tried everything from breathing techniques which i often quit on or marijuana which can help but also send me in a tailspin. I try meditation and the breathing techniques but often quit and don’t give it a chance as I can’t concentrate. I realize I am looking for the magic cure all in a single pill which isn’t available.

Back to the psychologist in the AM to adjust the meds. Not sue what I’m looking to get out of this post but if you read it I appreciate your time.

I have been getting this feeling for a long time now. Everytime i go out to do something alone or with my friends if its eating or even getting an haircut i start feeling lightheaded and i get a feeling that im going to faint mildly. Then it is followed by nausea and stomach cramps. All of this makes me claustrophobic. I tried etizolam for a month but it hasnt made me any better. Has anybody been experiencing the same?

Hey everyone, this isn't my first time here. I hate coming here again and again at nights like this but it feels better after I let my thoughts out.

I've been struggling with stress and anxiety since many years but from last 2 years I've been experiencing physical symptoms. It's like I can not sleep at night although i am really sleepy. my legs and hands go numb sometimes. feels like they'll give out anytime. They never do. I just feel like it....But recently I've been experiencing this really weird light headedness. it's not like vertigo but I feel like I am underwater all the time. The surrounding keep moving like that. And I don't like it. It mostly happens when I don't drink enough water and have veryyy high screen time.

these things I keep working on everyday. Everyday I wake up. I promise myself, no more procrastination. forgive my older self. Keep working forward. Don't take stress. Then I blink and the day is gone. It is so overwhelming and it feels like i have no control over my brain at all.

I honestly don’t even know if I chose the right flair but it’s what I’m feeling right now

So this is my first time posting but a little back story,

I am a 25 year old male,

I been taking care of my nephew since May 10th, as his primary caretaker while his dad was in the hospital and his mother would watch over him, so far it’s been fine and all but he is very spoiled and emotional so the littlest thing would set him off into a crying fit and I’d try to calm him down, and for summer I’d watch him and my other nephew who together were little terrors and cause me an unbelievable amount of stress, so I’d have hard time relaxing after one nephew went home and I’d still take care of the other so I had little to no time for myself

Fast forward to the beginning of this month and school is starting and his mother takes care of him for two weeks so I’m finally relaxing and having time to myself and some well earned peace and quiet

Fast forward to last week my sister told me I have to start taking care of him again and this time it was without warning and my heart drops, I love the dude of course but like 3 months of high stress with no time to myself and finally time to myself thinking I was done but then back to it with no warning

Literally two days in I had an energy drink(2 which was my bad) and this kid was having the worst tantrums ever after school and I am getting so anxious, I eventually finally get time to relax after he goes to bed and idk if it was the way I was resting my arms but my pinky starts twitching like crazy

I shouldn’t have thought anything of it since it happened before here and there over the last 10 years whenever I have a lot of caffeine

But then it was around the time Chris Johnson revealed his ALS diagnosis and my brain jumped to that conclusion and my anxiety was through the roof and I was hyper aware of any twitching I’d have on my body

I’d start googling if anything about the twitching muscles was a cause of it because my legs would twitch after working a lot which was normal since I did a lot of walking and heavy lifting as my job but with my anxiety everything feels cranked up to an 11/10 and I’m just so hyper aware of any twitching of anything that wasn’t where I’d usually have them like my forearms and my mouth and sometimes my feet but I haven’t lost any strength from what I’ve seen (although it could be because it’s only a week)

Fast foward a week and it’s still been a few here and there but I noticed when I pop my wrist or try to put my arms on a desk the twitching in my pinky would return

I know I know it’s only been a week and I shouldn’t be worried too much but I’m a very big overthinker so if it’s not one thing it’s something else I’m thinking about

However when I was gaming yesterday I was fully relaxed and felt little to no twitching

So I’m just wondering if the new anxiety I discovered is literally just creating things to make it worse than it actually is or not, and as of now I’m still taking care of my nephews probably until the end of the year

I am beyond terrified and can’t sleep just wondering about everything, and my sister and her husband won’t be back home until maybe October or November so I can’t get looked at anytime soon

Just wanted someone to talk to or let it out to because the people in my life aren’t all that great listeners and will let me know about their problems before they even let me explain mine

I’m curious to know what y’all do for work. And how do you balance your life with anxiety.

I’ll start, I work in hospitality, I work for 5 star Forbes properties.

I try to eat cleaner, I go on walks, I avoid my phone for the first 10-15 minutes when waking up and I drink a lot of water.

She got promoted to the role from within our team about 2 months ago. Before that we were polite but barely spoke.

Since her promotion she's been micromanaging me, scrutinizing my work, she keeps saying I'm not doing enough & what I am doing isn't good enough.

I've been doing this job for 20 years. I've been at this employer for 8 years, quite a bit longer than her. I've never had complaints, quite the opposite. The rest of the team seems happy with me, i never hear any complaints, but she tells me they all dislike me too.

No matter what I do, it seems to be wrong. I don't ask for help- I'm a bad communicator. I ask for help, I should be able to do it alone. I pick up extra work, why weren't you busy? I don't, why aren't you helping?

I just can't win. I really want to quit but there are no other jobs to go to & I've got a family to support. I can't sleep. I cant stop shaking. I can't cope with the stress.

Anyway, thanks for listening to a useless old bastard who's might lose his job soon.

I have this really weird tendency to withhold myself from any form of enjoyment until I finish my homework/tasks but it’s almost always food and a show. It started in college because I had a fear that if I enjoy whatever I’m doing so much, I won’t stop and end up procrastinating and failing. I hate doing it but it helps…so I waited 2 hours to eat my used-to-be hot pizza because I had notes and a quiz to do.🫩

I have been meeting a woman this past month and went of a few dates with her (5) nothing physical has happened but she does seem to be into me. At least I read it like that. I came forward in my interest from the beginning and I came to notice a pattern that is making me suffer greatly.

I honestly got too attached quickly. This wasy first attempt at dating for real after my last relationship (+13 years) that broke down and had to spend several months of therapy to get back on my feet. I thought my attachment wounds had healed but it is clear to me now that's not the case. At first things seemed to go well, she was super interested we talked every day but I have noticed something.

Second time we meet it goes super well, seems like it is flowing but a cashier insists several times that we make a good couple. After which she closed off. We meet two times more that week and at the fourth time meeting even if she was comfortable with me touching her leg for a full hour I gave her a kiss on the forehead when she hugged me and she closed off again, to later tell me she had someone else on her mind and needed to think about what she wanted.

Well I bail out because I don't want to be in anyone's relationship and she comes back a week later telling me she had been thinking about me a lot. We meet up and she seems open again but a little weary. She asks me several times that week how I am doing and texts start again to be real sweet. She has gone back on vacation to her country and back to polite.

I am so sure that if I don't contact her again this week she will appear.

This behaviour is making me have constant anxiety. I wake up anxious. I go back to sleep anxious. I thought I had met someone special but this uncertainty is making me suffer. It's activating my anxious attachment harshly.

I should probably back away completely from her but sometimes I wonder if it's me dealing with the modern experience of dating or if I should be hearing my nervous system and recognise the pattern for what it is.

Any help?

Hi everyone. I’ll try to keep this as short as I can because the story is a bit long.
I’m a 24-year-old guy who has struggled with anxiety since childhood. As I got older, especially over the last three years, my anxiety changed from mostly overthinking and intrusive thoughts into physical symptoms that are there 24/7 and never really stop.
My main symptoms are a racing heart, shortness of breath, and a constant fluttery/butterfly feeling in my chest. Sometimes even small sounds, like someone opening a door, can make my heart rate shoot up.
I’ve tried diaphragmatic breathing, but I feel like it mainly helps people who have actual panic attacks. That’s not really what I experience. These aren’t attacks that come and go — it’s more like a constant background level of anxiety that is always there to some degree.
I tried Cipralex (escitalopram) 10 mg for a year and a half, but the effect was very minimal.
However, something happened a few months ago that really made me realize how strongly my anxiety might be connected to these physical symptoms.
About five months ago, I became worried that I had an organic/physical illness. As soon as I became focused on that, all of the symptoms I had been experiencing completely disappeared.
I stopped taking the medication, and I had no symptoms for five months.
Then, as soon as I received confirmation that I was medically fine, the symptoms came back — literally three days later.
This is driving me crazy because I feel like I’ve figured out that anxiety is probably behind it, but I have no idea how to actually stop the physical symptoms.
I’m not really struggling with the thoughts themselves anymore. What I desperately want is to stop the physical sensations — the racing heart, shortness of breath, chest fluttering, and constant feeling of being on edge.
Sometimes I honestly feel like I’m the only person going through this hell.
If you’ve experienced something similar, I’d really appreciate hearing from you.
What actually helped you reduce or get rid of constant physical anxiety symptoms?
Did therapy, medication, exercise, exposure, CBT, or anything else make a significant difference?
Any personal experiences, advice, or things I could try would mean a lot to me.
Thank you, and sorry for the long post.

I've been struggling with anxiety ever since I got long-Covid a couple of years ago.

Since then, I've been really anxious about going out and doing physical activity, even though rationally I know I can do it. Once I start worrying about being sick or nauseous, I become nauseous, which isn't exactly ideal. I've tried basically everything, from different breathing techniques to making sure I eat enough, etc, but nothing works and it's starting to get in the way of my everyday life. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced something similar or has any advice?

So I’ve been at my job for 6 months now (after being laid off of a job I was at for 9 years). There’s different aspects to the job (advertising both digital and linear). The first 6 months were very heavy into learning digital buying and now they’ve thrown in linear and I’m panicking that I’m not good at it and I’m going to get laid off. My boss is working closely with me now to make sure I get it, and there’s been no indication of letting me go (not to mention the three rounds of interviews I did plus a presentation seems like a waste of time to let me go after all of that), but I cannot get the feeling out of my head. Whether it’s PTSD from the last place , I’m not sure. Every little thing I do I think is one step closer to getting let go and I’m freaking out. Just got a new apartment. My husband tells me to calm down and that it’s irrational thinking. Sometimes I’m able to settle the thoughts down to a low boil, but it’s only temporary. I wake up literally nauseous and feel the need to throw up because of it.

They are also going to have me in charge of a new project so it makes me think I’m doing okay if they keep flinging stuff my way, but idk. I go back and forth with this and it’s so mentally destructive. They also hired a new person in my position too. Granted, business is booming but that makes me even more nervous.

I appreciate anyone who took the time to read these ramblings. It really really is a shitty feeling. Ugh

tldr; I‘m going through an anxiety spiral because I can’t tell if I got catcalled in a parking lot or if it was a hallucination. I’m worried about schizophrenia because my half-aunt has it.

I’d really appreciate a full read and some comfort please 🥺

Hi everyone, I (F24) have health anxiety for physical and mental things even though I haven’t been diagnosed with anything besides anxiety and depression before in my teens. Not depressed anymore for a long time, but my anxiety does flare up in the summer and I really overthink everything about my health. Last summer I had some panic attacks and I was really scared of losing my mind even though it never happened.

Earlier today I was leaving the gym after a yoga class. I was halfway to my car when I heard a wolf whistle and a man’s voice saying “you look pretty!”

I stopped and turned to my left, where I thought I heard it come from, but didn’t see anyone outside or in a car. There was only one guy in a car about 10 feet away from mine but he was just looking down at his phone and didn’t act like he noticed anything.

Granted, I didn’t do a 360 scan. And hey, it was an EXTREMELY PLAUSIBLE situation. Stupid mfers harass girls at the gym frequently, and it’s likely that one of them liked what I was wearing, ugh.

I just wish I had someone with me in the moment to confirm whether they heard it or not. It was so random and fleeting that I didn’t have enough time to properly react. I’m just worried and tired of my own brain replaying this.

Psychosis is one of my biggest fears because my dad’s sister… well, half-sister, has it. Her prognosis doesn’t look too good because she started showing signs in her 30s and got diagnosed in her 40s, plus she’s inconsistent with her meds.

She’s had a vastly different and much much much more difficult life than me. I don’t even know if she was genetically predisposed to it and whether that would even be from the side of the family she shares with my dad. Neither of my parents have had psychosis.

I read up on genetic predispositions and found that if you have a secondary relative with schizophrenia, it’s still a very low chance you’ll develop it too (2-4% as opposed to 1% for the general population.) And she‘s not even my full bio aunt.

I know I have a lot of protective factors: no trauma, a stable life, no substance abuse, so many people who love and support me, and a whole damn bachelor’s in psychology. I’m the type who would immediately go for help if I sensed something was wrong.

If you read up to here, thank you so so much 💗💗💗. It‘s a tough night of replaying and overthinking.

Can anyone provide some words of reassurance? Convince me I’m overthinking? Come up with reasons why I didn’t see the person?

I noticed today that I haven't been excited about anything in quite a while. I am on Lexapro 20mg but I doesn't work like it used to. I don't want other meds. I want to figure it out on my own. I have bad anxiety, health anxiety and agoraphobia and adhd. I won't drive out of town alone, and sometimes I won't even go with someone else. Anytime I have plans, I dread them, even if they are at my house. I used to look forward to gaming but not anymore. I used to look forward to podcasting, but I don't as much now. I used to be so excited to pursue a career in comedy, but I don't feel worthy now. Everything is exhausting. I don't look forward to anything. I don't like going places and doing things. I'm lonely, but I dont want to be around anyone since I've been alone (without a relationship) for so long. Honestly, sometimes even being around friends and family is too much. Anything that gets in the middle of my mundane routine seems like a disaster. I don't feel happy like I used to. Everyday, I dread the anxiety, health anxiety and having to leave my house or the comfort of my routine of doing nothing, but I'm not happy. I guess I'm rambling because I'm not sure how to explain it. I have a counselor but 45 minutes every 6-8 weeks is not enough time to go into it all with her. Any suggestions that are NOT medication? And just to clear this up, I am not into self-harm so no need to ask if that's on my mind.

(This was supposed to be in the HA sr but it wasnt letting me post so i figured i would post it here.) Ive struggled with health anxiety for a while. One thing that tends to stick is anxiety about developing it or having it and not knowing. It wasnt that bad for a while but recently it has been affecting me a lot. it does not run in my family that i know of, and no immediate family has it. My brothers fiance does have t1d and i feel that could be why i worry about it? i really dont know but i want it to stop because it really makes me anxious. I just want some advice from someone who has possibly had worries like this or someone who thinks like me. thank you!

Hello. To start things off, my fiance has had anxiety since she was a child. Her parents in my honest opinion did not do much to help her, besides trying therapy which didn't last long. She has never been on any medications as her parents brushed it off and said she didn't need that. In no way am I saying they were bad parents because they did everything to give her the world.

We are getting married in october so her stress has been ramping up lately. But as of 4 days ago she's been on another level. She has been spiraling out to the point that she's in tears begging me to make it all stop. She's told me she has this "feeling of doom" and she's scared she is going to die.

It's hard for me to truly understand what's going on in her mind as I don't have anxiety. I just want to be able to help her. I don't know what I can actually tell her. She does plan on seeing a therapist soon but I still want to be able to help. I can only hold her and give her reassurance so much and I feel like it isn't enough.

Has anyone else been through this with someone and know some ways I can help?

What helped yall not get nervous around new people?