Stress Center Peer Support

Lately i've been feeling really on edge 24/7. I don't know the particular reason for it but I just don't feel quite right. I also feel as if all my experiences and memories of people, places, etc. do not feel the same. Maybe it's the derealization/depersonalization that is causing it. It's like I was born again as an anxious scared person. It drives me nuts to feel so afraid of everything and not know the reason behind it. Can anyone relate? If so, what made it better?

I forgot to add this in but it seems like all my obsessive thoughts changed me as a person. I don't know how to enjoy and think of other stuff because everything seems to come back to my panic/anxiety disorder. I feel as if I can't think like a normal person anymore.

Have you started the program yet ? I started it about 12 days ago and it is really helping me realize a lot about my anxiety. Start by observing yourself and your inner voice.

I often feel exactly like you. Where is the real me. Don't worry YOU will get better. Trust the program and be patient to yourself. I already see a difference in me. Learn to be good to yourself and give yourself time.

You are a normal person with a panic/anxiety disorder.

I wish you the best

The worrying and obsessive thoughts will start to go away, just learn to float through them and they will lose their power. You will not feel like your old self while going through the program, you old self was anxious. You will become a stronger person, a more calm person, a confident person. Your pre-anxiety self was setting yourself up for anxiety. I viewed this program as an opportunity to change me to a new person, not the old pre-anxiety person. Hang in there. I agree with goldeng, you are a normal person who has anxiety and that's okay.

LisaLisa