OMG!!! I have the same problem with exercising it freaks me out totally! I had figured i would start with some yoga and i still intend to do that but i just might try what wholesale5 said too. I am so greatful to Isabella for posting this problem and for wholesale answering it cause i have been struggling with this too. and i sooo want to get back in shape! Wow it feels good to know i am not the only one freaked out by this. Thanks guys!
-Diva
Maggi i want to congratulate you for your success today. First in going to the doctor and staying calm for most of it. The doctor's can be a scary place. And also for learning something new that is scary for you and sticking with it and learning it. I am also proud of you for realizing how big a success your day was! You did well girl! You go Maggie go! I am very proud of you and i want to say Congrats! you were very brave today.
As for dealing with the new meds and the fears that come with the new condition to treat, we are all here for you and we are all ready to listen to you and help you along :) you can count on us.
Mostly tho, you are strong and courageous and you can count on yourself to get through this . I truely beleive you have it in you to get better. And for those rough days (like we all have!) you have us and the rest of your support system!
So once again way to go on your success for today!
-Diva
I will post it here anyway since i have no idea where to write this. Lately me and my husband get along just fine. But i still get anxious around him. Not when he is just around the house and such. But when he feels like venting about his day it makes me anxious. Or when he wants to directly spend time with me it makes me anxious.
Now the venting thing i get. It is negative talk and thus makes me anxious so that i just kinda explain to him and he apologizes and it passes. But then i feel bad that he needed me and i wasn't there for him and i get anxious that i am not taking good care of him.
As for the getting anxious when he wants to spend time with me i have no idea where it comes from! I mean me and him used to have a blast. We love to "play" together! we have tons of fun usually! But lately i can't seem to connect with him that way cause i get anxious and it pains me because i miss him. I miss having fun with him. And i can't seem to figure out how to get back there! Even tonight on valentine's, i made him supper but i didn't eat it with him.... I started eating with him but got anxious and couldn't eat anymore and went to do the dishes. I guess i feel like what if he expects something from me i can't give him? what if i panic andit bothers him? what if i do something stupid? i don't know why it is i am so scared. I think it is because i almost lost him once while i was sick. i was doing so bad and it got to be too much for him and we seperated because of it for nine months. Now i am afraid that if he is affected by my stuff he will want to leave again. So it puts a lot of pressure for me to be perfect when we are together. So then i figure it is just easier not to be too close then he can't be bothered by my stuff. I am not too sure what to do abut this but i feel sad and anxious and i miss my husband. HE is so nice now and understanding but i can't seem to get over the fear of it all. Please help me, i just want to reconnect and feel happy and good with him again... I don't want my anxiety to get in the way of that.... Thanks....
-Diva
Well thanks to you too Maggie for your support :)
Wholesale5: I think you are absolutely right! You win! You did great today and wow not leaving even after you didnt feel good, now that is a huge acheivement!!! You did really well and i am very proud of you. I am also wholeheartedly agreeing with you that we have to stop aiming for perfection because we then stop noticing our sucesses! So yay you! You did it. As you said it so eloquently : YOU WIN!!!!
Anyway, i just wanted to agree with you cause that is one of the truest things i have heard in a long time.
And i wanted to congratulate you on a great sucess! I know from experience that going and and being in class can be a definite stressor! You did really great and i am proud of your success. Thanks so much for sharing this with us :)
-Diva
Thank you so much for sharing that with me. It couldnt have been easy. I do feel better knowing that i am not the only one with a fear of tubs and showers. I have been working on it and i am proud to say that since the 7th of february i have showered everyday so i am on 9 consecutive days. It is still hard for me but i know i am making progress. And how are you doing now with the tub and shower thing?
Anyway, once again thank you so much for sharing it made me feel very much undertood :)
-Diva
I personnally have no idea if a panic attack can lead to a nervous breakdown. But what i would suggest to you is if you are very worried or if you feel you might be having a nervous breakdown, just either talk to your doctor about since they know all sort of things or if you are to shy to do that you can call a local healthline and they can give you more answers. If not i am sure one of our specialist on here will be able to give you better answers and advice then i can :) Till then, hang in there!
-Diva
Thanks so much :) And i think all the steps you are taking to help yourself are really great and i am sure they will yeild great results! Thanks so much for your encouragement and for sharing with me. One day we will both come oh here and write to each other how great it felt to laze around in a nice hot bath!
-Diva
Thanks for posting the name of that book, I know it wasnt meant for me but i think i will look for it lol. I am surprised at how many of us are scared of exercising. At first i thought i was a lone in this! Anyway, i will try to do like wholesale5 and do it one little step at a time. Thanks everyone for sharing it makes me feel like i am not alone :)
-Diva
You must understand that on top of panic disorder with agoraphobia i also suffer from GAD (generalized anxiety disorder). Well anyway, those are the diagnostics that pertain to this post anyway.
Anyway, so in a way because of the GAD i am use to a certain level of anxiety and anxiety symptoms at well almost all times. So it makes it hard form me to figure out the threshold between an anxiety attack and a panic attack.
For example. If i suddenly feel hot and shaky and my hands are sweaty and my heart beat just goes up really fast and all that and then it just beats at 110 per minute for hours i don't count that as a apanic attack unless i feel the need to lie down because i think i am dying or because i am freaking out of my mind and needing to just be left alone. If i mange to go about my activity even tho my heart is pounding 110 per minute (ihave counted it lol i am a heart rate checker >.<) for hours on end and i sweat and have pain and i shake and have all other symptoms of a panic attack, i don't count it as a panic attack i count it as more of an anxiety feeling or anxiety attack.
The only thing i consider a panic attack is when it immobilizes me. When it causes me to flee or go lie down, when it obliges me to deal with that and just that for an extended period.
Now, my question is am I off or not in my assessment of a panic attack versus just normal anxiety? I find this all very confusing!
And because of that my weekly diary that i just filled in today for my step two in the program just kind of makes no sense at all! Now if anybody could help me clear this up i would surely appreciate it so that next time i fill out stuff like today i might get something that makes sense lol, Plus, i would like to know just for myself :)
Thanks a bunch guys!
-Diva
I am not sure i have filled in my week two panic thingy correctly. It seems to make no sense. But then again i have trouble differentiating a panic attack from just anxiety. I think i might mistake milder forms of anxiety attacks for just anxiety and that i only count the BIG ones like the 9 or 10 on 10 ones as panic attacks. And such my form made no sens after i was done. So my question is, do i get to fill another one later in the program and theother one is , if i figure this all out is there anyway to edit the one i have filled?
Anyway, whatever the answrs are thanks!
-Diva
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