I hear you Steve...we are definitely in the same boat. I can tell you that I walk around in this weird daze all day, every day and look at other people in their cars and in stores, etc. And I find myself wondering, why am I the only one who feels like this....why do they go about living a happy life and I am stuck in this rut...or whatever you want to call it. Sometimes I am working and my mind will completely go blank. Seriously, in that moment I feel like I struggle to remember my kids names. Have you ever experienced that?
But I am starting to think that reaching out to others who can understand where I am coming from is where the healing starts.....at least I hope that is true, cuz that's why I'm here. I am the type of person who never does chat type stuff online, I barely ever use e-mails. I am a hands on, go getter....or at least I used to be. Now I am stuck and looking for some answers.
Anxiety symptoms
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steve and jd,
i also went thruogh aperiod of where i felt like i was in a haze and i had the hardest time paying attention and remembering things. like my kids would be talking to me ant i would not grasp a word they said. i know the program helped me get over that because i was also dealing with depression at the time and the only thing ive done differently is this program. I dont take meds. so i think that the weird hazy dazed feeling is a symptom of anxiety. it does help to know that you can find out that others have some of the same symptoms as you so you can tell yourself its anxiety and you dont end up worrying about it so much anymore!
i also went thruogh aperiod of where i felt like i was in a haze and i had the hardest time paying attention and remembering things. like my kids would be talking to me ant i would not grasp a word they said. i know the program helped me get over that because i was also dealing with depression at the time and the only thing ive done differently is this program. I dont take meds. so i think that the weird hazy dazed feeling is a symptom of anxiety. it does help to know that you can find out that others have some of the same symptoms as you so you can tell yourself its anxiety and you dont end up worrying about it so much anymore!
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It absolutely helps a bit to discuss with others with the same problems, I guess. Someone else might struggle to understand what's going on. Like my wife, she always tells me that I don't have any serious sickness, but it's only my mind, but I don't think she can understand exactly what I am going through. Sometimes she gets fed up of it and I can understand this. Someone constantly talking and looking for symptoms of a desease must be hard to swollow sometimes. However talking to someone who actually knows how you feel is something else. If I wouldn't have had a numb toe a few weeks ago, I would never have found several other ms symptoms on myself. Even that now the toe is normal most of the times, tingling hands and feet are not tingling anymore constantly I still think of this desease all the time. Those feelings tend to get more as more as I think about them. Logically thinking this must come from my imagination, but still!!!! Blurry vision is another symptom I relate these days with a desease, even knowing I have had blurry vision for years due to staring on computer screens since 7 years for 10-12 hours a day. and , and , and , the list is long, it's just grazy. Most of times in the morning when I wake up all seems to be fine, but just aminute later it starts.
Well, hope to overcome this somehow and you guys, too.
Best
Steve
Well, hope to overcome this somehow and you guys, too.
Best
Steve
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I can relate as well , its like the worried thoughts are stuck , someone posted here once some great advice about that , something about lots of people have these thoughts ( scary thoughts ) they come in there mind and then leave out the " door ", but an anxiouse mind gets the thought and when it tries to leave the " door " is stuck so it stays longer . I no this sounds kinda silly but it made sense to me. because its like we know these thoughts are silly and irrational but the feeling it gives us makes us still keep the thought alive . Its almost like we have to say " Okay FINE WHATEVER sure I have this scary disease I am fearing I dont even care anymore , what really care about at this moment is ---------" and fill that blank with something that is anything BUT the fearful scary thought we have been obsessing . The more we think a though the more the grove in our thinking about it gets deeper , the LESS we entertain a thought the LESS the grove gets . You will get past this because at some point ALL bad anxiety episodes move on its the natural flow of all feeling good or bad , anxiety just sticks around longer cuz we are giving it attention , the attention of wanting it to leave to not be bothered by this anymore , it doesnt need good attention or bad attention to stick around, so dont let it fool you , I have been around this block more then once I promise it passes ! 