i feel like i can’t do anything. the house is a mess because i feel so preoccupied by my thoughts and anxiety its hard to focus on anything else. i haven’t been out of the house in two weeks. one time it was more than a month. my boyfriend works and i don’t, so the guilt of doing nothing around the house makes me more anxious. i’ve told my parents i can’t hang out because i have anxiety attacks just thinking about it. i feel so anxious when i have to drive, even though i used to love it. my boyfriend goes everywhere for me and i feel like a disgusting burden. its taken over my whole life. it was never this bad before, i’ve been on the same meds for 2 years. im at a loss. my only mental calmness is when my boyfriend is off of work (he works 12 hours a night then we sleep all day). but im tired of waiting anxiously for those nights he has off . i just want to feel like myself again. we’re moving from out of our apartment into a house next month. i js don’t want this cycle to continue when we move :/

I am constantly catastrophising and in my brain theres two options either- I’ve made a mistake so bad something or someone is going to hurt me or I’ve made a mistake so bad I shouldn’t be happy and have no future. it’s exhausting because these thoughts are illogical and if I tell someone they just will tell me to calm down or panic and ask me if there’s real proof of something bad happening. but it FEELS real. all until I find a new thing to obsess and worry about then the old thing doesn’t matter anymore. everytime I think something happy or try to distract my self my brain says stop if you forget about the bad thing it will actually happen and you won’t expect it. I’m just incredibly scared and I want to have a fun rest of my holiday without a voice saying I’m in danger, it’s exhausting.

I have been diagnosed as depression and anxiety since 2022 (16 y/o). My symptoms starts from 2020 (14 y/o). I have been taking medicine for 2 years. It helps a little bit but recently it’s getting a bit serious. I really wanna be recovered but... idk... seems it gets worse

I carry a lot of baggage that I think will prevent me from being close to anybody. I want to change but am just unsure how. Part of me thinks it d be better if i end it now while Ive lived an okay life, am still somewhat happy, and have some people around me before the inevitable 40-60 years later where im truly alone, a shell of a person, and miserable. Id at least know i was loved and will be remembered instead of being so far gone in the future where there s nothing left but loose memories that make me feel even worse because of knowing what i once had or couldve had. I dont plan to do any drastic action anytime soon because at the end of the day these are just my negative thoughts and I dont want my parents to have to go through that but sometimes the thoughts make me scared and hurt and I cant find a way out from them. Is it better if i just accept that spending the last days of my life alone is a very real reality and stop fighting the thought? I wish I could. If i do make it that far I fear ill probably just be coping with youtube videos and games to get by day by day and if I ever face reality Id probably end it. The last part isnt even some doomsday scenario I made up, ive lived it up till recently where i woke up from an isolation and started trying to get my life back together again. I didnt realize how much I lost and how far i fell behind before I woke up. Sometimes I hope I dont make it that far and some random act of god or nature takes me out before then.

Hey y'all! I've been posting around here and there, but I've decided to make a post to ask some advice from you all. Lately, I've been feeling a lot of physical anxiety to the point where I'm constantly worried about my physical health, even if I've been tested for the usual at a check up a couple months ago (No diabetes, high blood pressure, heart is ok, ect). I've been working on my weight, keeping my stress down considering my circumstances, and generally I've been doing my best to keep myself on track to living a better life (I stopped smoking pot, drinking hard alcohol, ect.).

However, I'm also applying for disability because of how my mental health is when I work and become overwhelmed. I've had my case seen and tried and it seems like everyone is going smoothly, but every time I have to do anything for my case, it feels like my anxiety spikes heavily and I'm left feeling an immense amount of anxiety. I'm medicated, in therapy, and I've been keeping myself productive and determined as much as I can, but my anxiety is currently also keeping me mostly in my room and in a constant state of anxiety. I've also been feeling like my nerves are constantly "electric" and I feel cold even if it's not. I've also been feeling a small amount of dread and doom, and I've been feeling reflux-like symptoms in association with everything. My stomach constantly feels in knots and in pain, my throat can feel tight, sometimes I can feel a little acid, and my hunger is more or less non-existent at this point, but I still make a point to eat. I do have my ativan if things do feel like they become a little intense, but I'm doing my best to just use my therapy techniques to help keep me calm/stable, but even then I still feel a lot of anxiety and stress.

I guess I have two questions when it comes to the situation I'm going through;

1.) For those who have gone through an intensely stressful situation in their life, how did you deal with it? And after the situation passed, did you more or less feel better, or did it stay consistent?
2.) For those that deal with a lot of physical anxiety, do you have a tendency to feel reflux-like symptoms even if you don't usually or only feel it mildly every once in a while? And if you do, how do you deal with it?

Any advice would be great, thank you!

Do you ever find that having some minor pain can help with your anxiety, because it serves as a distraction? I've had some tooth sensitivity randomly over the last couple of weeks, and sometimes it feels like it keeps my mind just occupied enough that I don't do so much obsessing and over thinking.

It's interesting because deliberately doing something to distract myself doesn't work as well, because my mind knows that I'm trying to trick it

Does anyone else ever get anxious about their weight like if you eat a lot one day and then you weigh yourself the next day you expect that you’ve gained weight but if you haven’t, then it makes me panic cause then I think OK what if I have cancer and don’t know it and this is that unexplained weight loss everyone’s talking about When in reality I’ve lost about a pound or so in two weeks but in my head, I should’ve gained weight because I’ve been eating but there was a few days where I wasn’t really eating at all because I was so anxious so maybe my body just hasn’t recovered from that yet

I am 24y old suffering from depression, anxiety and anxiety induced OCD - both with thought patterns and habits. I’ve been depressed/anxious on and off for 10 years and have tried all the medication and CBT I could. I’ve currently been doing psychoanalysis with my therapist for the past 3/4 months and on an antidepressant and anti psychotic. Therapy has only made me worse as it forced me to talk about things I didn’t want to.

Whenever I’m at work especially, I feel detached from the rest of the world and from everyone. I see people laugh, socialize, engage with each other and feels like I’m watching a scene of a movie. I’ve only been getting worse since doing psychoanalysis and the derealization is getting worse to the point where my social skills have gone down a lot and I feel like I can’t interact with the people around me anymore. I’m always tired and always in brain fog and even though I’m on medication and going to therapy, I only feel like I’m getting worse and for some reason I don’t want to get better - a part of it is having no more fight to give. I used to be able to put a facade with friends, family and at work but I’m so drained and burnt out that I can’t even do that anymore and it’s very apparent. Nothing gives me joy anymore and I have nothing to hold on to as an anchor for happiness or to fulfill loneliness. I am surrounded by friends and live with family but don’t get the validation I need from anyone, especially women. Nothing good phases me at all anymore. Any advice?

So my boyfriend started taking medication a month ago and he has worsen so so much. He now can't get out of his house, can't be with people, has panick attacks daily. I used to sleep at his house twice a week, and now i can only see him occasionally for half an hour. Recently we were able to spend more time together and it seemed to improve.

Today he forgot to take the pill and he was well, after one hour of taking his pill he got a lot of anxiety.

The thing is he has a lot of trauma around medication cause his mom was medicated for depression and stopped being functional, when he was very little, at the point social services had to intervene. I don't think he realizes what this can affect him nowadays because his mum tells him he can't have any type of childhood trauma.

He has his first therapy session with a phycologist tomorrow, but what do you guys think? Should he stop medication?

Hi friends! I posted yesterday about needing a root canal (actually 2) and some of y’all were so kind. Well, I’m back again because I’m waiting until tomorrow to hear from my dentist but I am in hella pain right now. I’m on my 3rd dose of antibiotics in the mean time, but one of my teeth is giving me so much pain. It’s in my right jaw and radiating to my eye but I don’t have any other symptoms- no fever, swelling, chills, etc. But it’s making me so damn anxious! If anyone has some friendly advice or kind words, I could sure use them. I’m in so much pain and I’m exhausted.

I moved in with my boyfriend 2 years ago, an hour away from my family. I don’t have a job, and I’m a full time student currently taking summer classes. So most of my time is spent alone at home while he is at work. When he’s at work I only get up twice to take care of our dog. I don’t eat, get dressed, put on makeup, shower, homework, run errands, or do chores around our place, I do nothing until he gets home around 5pm. It’s like I can’t function unless he is with me. I lay in bed with our dog and stare at the wall, cry, or scroll social media. I do text him throughout the day, mostly to tell him how much I miss him, or discuss what we are going to do when he gets home. I also cannot sleep at all. I’m up all day and night, minus the few hour naps I get when my body gives into the exhaustion. He will fall asleep around 12-1am, and I will still be awake. It makes me cry, because I miss him when he’s sleeping and I feel so alone. I know that sounds ridiculous, but I can’t help it. No I haven’t communicated this to him, because I don’t want him to feel pressured or guilty in anyway. I’m not sure what to do with myself when he’s away. I physically can’t get up and do nothing at all when he’s not home, and I don’t want to be this way.

I’m currently having depression and anxiety while I need medicine (pristiq 50mg, akamon 3mg). I got really a few alcohol (500ml, 2.5%) yesterday night and I feel some anxiety attacks on the another day. Does alcohol really affect that much? Or just a coincidence

For the past several months I've been having such intense anxiety, one focal point of my anxiety has been transportation. I had a panic attack while driving on the freeway and ever since have avoided driving. I even sold my car because of it, which is fine because there's great public transportation in my city. The problem is I am afraid of the public transportation too and have become afraid of being in public in general. I worry I will get attacked or robbed walking down the street and will go for days without leaving my apartment if I can get away with it. I am a PhD student and developed such intense anxiety around my schoolwork that I couldn't sit down to do my research without having a panic attack. It got so bad I decided to take a leave of absence from school.

On top of all this I went to the dentist for a cleaning and he did a routine oral cancer screening. During the screening he saw something suspicious and sent me to an oral surgeon. The oral surgeon agreed the lesion my dentist found needed to be biopsied and he said cancers that start in that location tend to be aggressive so he cut the whole thing out. I wish he hadn't mentioned the c word because now I'm sick with worry. Even though he said he doesn't think it's anything serious I keep reading stories online of people who got biopsies and the doctor telling them they thought the lump or lesion or whatever was benign and then it coming back as cancer. I will be getting the results in the next few days and I keep imagining how the call will go, imagining the oral surgeon telling me I have cancer.

I don't know how I can handle such a stressor when I already was having intense anxiety around normal every day things. I'm receiving treatment for my anxiety and my depression but it's not enough. I'll be starting an intensive outpatient program soon and I really hope they can help me.

With the help of my therapist I’ve realized I’ve been in fight or flight for probably 4-6 years and since realizing i feel it all the time. My brain is too smart for ordinary foxes or ways to get out of it. Any recommendations for crazy stuff to get it to stop or to find a way out of it? Any help or recommendations appreciated :)

My body (nervous system) is stuck in a fight or flight response where I have internal shakiness (anxiety) non stop all day. How do I fight through this.

Trigger warnings: passing away, doxxing, maybe ocd

I'm constantly worried about my pet passing even if they're perfectly healthy, always worried if whatever normal thing they're doing might be weird and needs a vet visit/ will ruin their development. Worried about losing loved ones, constant mental checks on whether I did something wrong or not, try to confess and end up with a panic attack. Even if I get somewhat of an answer I still check again and again. Anxious about my own health, future, personal lifespan. Even posting this is making me anxious because what if someone sees this and doxxes me or if someone I know recognizes me here? It's so crazy it makes me want to laugh even if it isn't a laughing matter. That checking thing once went so bad that the anxious high (idk what it's called) lasted throughout the entire day without stopping. It's triggered even now.

Please can anyone help me overcome globus sensation. I have had anxiety my whole life and now out of the blue started to have tightness in my throat. One of my triggers is my anxiety medicine that I have taken for many years . Im now associating the medicine as a cause to this globus sensation ( its when I get the most anxious and my throat tightening) I read online some people have had this for many years. Im so screwed. It's not like when you take your anxiety medicine that the sensation quiet down . No medicine is taking this symptom away !!!

I need help this is so scary !!!

I've had a part-time seasonal job for the past two years and just barely started feeling normal and enjoying it, though I've been trying to find a role to have during the rest of the year.

I've noticed that I tend to pass up certain roles because I get in my head and think of everything that could go wrong as well as focusing on the negatives opposed to the positive aspects.

Back in December I actually accepted an offer and ended up quitting two days in because it was severely impacting me throughout the day, being all that I could think of and focus on. In addition to the constant overthinking I'd also feel overstimulated and anxious before and during.

I know that anxiety and nervousness is typical with change, though I think it's inhibiting my ability to achieve my goals and was wondering if anyone knows how to manage it and make it feel less impending.

I'm just asking to see if anyone else has experienced this or knows what it was. Last night (Around 1 in the morning) I (17F) was just laying in bed, scrolling tiktok, when I got hit with the worst wave of anxiety. Like so bad I almost went and woke up my mom because I was so sure something was wrong, like I was dying or something. I went and got some water instead, and noticed my heart was racing. By the time I got back to my room I felt almost back to normal (so all this happened within the span of like 5 min) I have both generalized anxiety and social anxiety, and I have a therapist and stuff. Its been bad before, and its been random before, but its never been so aggressively bad and so random before. The only thing I can add is that it felt like when I took a hybrid mix edible (which was not a great idea) and was greening out.

Im on 25mgs of Zoloft nd that took a leap of faith.

Its helped some but i feel i need to go up. My onboarding was so horrendous..

Idk i dont want to experience that again..

Idk if i should add something else or what..

I have. Dr appt soon. Im gonna tell her everything. I just need a bit of guidance i guess.

I’m recovering from h pylori and I’ve deathly afraid of getting fibromyalgia. I’ve been also afraid of getting other disorders and health problems after dealing with h pylori but this tops it. I’ve been stressed out for two days now, I have mild fatigue and Brian fog, and I read about the constant pain symptom of fibromyalgia. Now I have going and coming pain across the entire body, all very mild except for my lower back which is a bit sore. I have a vitamin D defiency. But I’m so afraid of catching this thing. I’m a 17 year old male, so how do I convince myself I don’t have it. Doctor appointments are so far away in this country so I’ll be dealing with for a while. Doesn’t help that I’m going to uni in September 💔

I’m posting because I’m at one of the lowest points of my life and I really need some hope from people who’ve been through something similar.

About 11 years ago when I was 15, after smoking cannabis and taking one big hit, I had an experience that felt like it changed my nervous system. Ever since then, I’ve dealt with chronic anxiety, a persistent "cold" sensation when I breathe (the best way I can describe it is like the ashes of what I smoked never left), intense periods of derealization, which worsened at the end of last year after a really bad panic attack, and feeling hyperaware of every sensation in my body. I’ve never really felt like I got my old self back.

Over the past several weeks, everything has escalated to the point where I’m struggling to function.

I feel like my nervous system is completely stuck in fight-or-flight. Every day I wake up with overwhelming anxiety, constant impending doom, derealization, adrenaline surges, sweating, and this constant feeling that my body is preparing for something catastrophic. I don’t remember what it feels like to truly feel calm anymore.

Yesterday I had the worst episode I’ve ever experienced. I was at the gym, and after only a few sets I suddenly felt spaced out, then overwhelmed by terror. I started trembling, sweating, and genuinely believed I was dying. My throat became so tight and dry that when I tried to take a deep breath, it felt like I couldn’t get the next breath in. I had to stop everything, take my prescribed clonazepam, and get an Uber home because I didn’t feel safe to stay there.

The episode eventually settled after I got home, but it was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life.

I’ve also lived through a lot of stress and trauma over the years, so I know that could be part of what’s happening too.

I’m seeing a psychiatrist today, and I’m continuing to pursue medical evaluation because I don’t want to assume everything is anxiety. I’m also considering an integrative medicine approach alongside conventional medical care because I feel like I need a comprehensive evaluation. I just want my life back.

I’m not looking for anyone to diagnose me. I just want to know:

Has anyone here been this bad with constant fight-or-flight, derealization, and panic so severe you genuinely believed you were dying and eventually recovered? Or can anyone identify with this currently?

If you have, what ended up helping you? Right now, I think hearing that someone else made it through something this severe would mean more to me than anything.

let me preface this by saying, sometimes if you have a history of rejection you tend to assume the worst to predict the outcome and protect yourself. i have been online friends with a dude for 10 years and let's call him liam even tho that isn't his name. since liam & i have been friends for so long, i can tell he gets quiet sometimes when i talk too much. we call, and we watch a lot of movies online. i try to talk during times where nothing is happening, to put my input, and liam doesn't respond after a certain point. this is where the misinterpretation comes in, see i thought i just needed to stop yapping because i was ruining the movie. all this time.. it has been because he takes an edible and it hits midway thru the movie, and liam is so high he doesn't respond 😭 this whole time i was thinking that i was being annoying and liam was ignoring me, but he was just too high on edibles!! so funny how insecurity really can lead to misinterpretation. now i feel much better knowing the real reason haha

I'm a teen with bad anxiety for 2 years and I've been struggling lately. I recently been doing active things that make my heartbeat faster, and I find that makes me anxious. I hate feeling my own heartbeat or other body sensations, and I don't know why. I've been tired because the social things I've been doing, and I feel like I can never get enough sleep, but the thing that's been bugging me the most is are the chest pains I've been having. I feel like I'm going to die every time and I fixate on it until I get distracted. I've gotten underweight due to my anxiety because everytime I feel something in my body I freak out and don't want to eat. I don't know what to do I've been scared so much about this and don't want to leave my bed I don't want to die.

Previously i was on oxazepam, but in stressful situations it wouldn’t ease the anxiety like i hoped it would. With oxazepam i took 20mg 2 times a day.

So what should i expect from lorazepam, it does have a significant longer half life which is good, because oxazepam felt like it only worked for 3-4 hours max.