How did I get here, and where do I go now?

Tracy2 · Post by **Tracy2** » Fri May 02, 2008 2:46 pm

Is there anyone out there who just had anxiety come out of nowhere, or seemingly so, and where once you were never afraid to try anything new, the thought of attempting anything new NOW just scares the heck out you? Like anxiety has just taken over ALL of the former confidence you had in yourself? Why does this happen, and how does one get over it? It's like my life has turned completely around now, and I'm never going to find my way back.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:39 pm

Hi Tracy -

I sure understand how you feel. I don't know where this comes from, but there are so many people who have anxiety in one form or another. I have bad days and good days, and you will get through this if you take time to understand it and then learn to relax whenever possible. This helps to reduce the level of anxiety you will experience, even though it may not go away completely. Fear is a natural thing and is our response to such uncertainty. Have some faith and hang in there.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:10 pm

Hi Tracy - there are a lot of us who never had it before, didn't know where it came from and honestly didn't know how to handle it. I was like you, pretty much fearless. I wasn't afraid to do just about anything. Then one day, after being on allergy medications, this intense fear came on. I started doing less, and less. I believe the chemistry changed in my brain that day, along with the environment contributing to it. Also, a few people in my family had panic attacks/anxiety so I was prone to it. I was 41 year's old when I first experienced this condition.

Although, everyone is different. The good news about our brains is that we can train them to react differently. This program helps! I do the meditation daily, exercise and eat right. I still get the anxiety from time-to-time, but have the tools to deal with it. You'll be ok. Just stay diligent to the program, be patient and things will get better.

God bless, Suz

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:18 pm

Hey Tracy, yah im one of those people that have no idea where my anxiety came from. Last year before June I was just living a normal life, traveling, being a typical mom, hanging out, shopping a lot, and living life to the fullest. But then June came a long and i was feeling so sick, dizzy, light headed, gagging, heart pounding so fast and all the symtoms u read about on anxiety. I went to the doctors and he told me i have GERD i never reacalled ever having heart burn so i knew that wasnt me. I did my research online and figured it must be depression or anxiety. I felt better from September to March of this year and i been going out shopping a lot but then I guess what we call it on the program i had a set back and now im kinda home bounded, im struggling more then i started. I am still here trying to figure out where it all came from and its just maken me depressed. i did the online program up to session 7 and canceled it cuz i thought i got better and now i just ordered the program 6 days ago so im just wainting for it. I hope and pray this program will help me because i do want my regular life back. I want to live it up and do everything i can cuz i know i only live once nd i can go ne time when god chooses.

Kath · Post by **Kath** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:08 am

Hi shelly9 you sound just like me, about a month and a half ago I was a normal human being, I loved to shop, I would stay in a store hours at a time. I loved going to the movies and out to eat. Well march 15 changed my life around, about two days before I took some nutritional pills I was fine until the 15th I had the biggest panic attack ever at walmart, and now I'm trying to get back where I was before. I'm on session 1 of the program, still skeptical, but hopefully it will get better good luck everone!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 06, 2008 1:19 pm

Hi All,

So, let's see...Trina, you noticed the change when you took nutritional pills. Suz, you noticed the change after taking allergy medications. Tea time and Shelly, you don't mention specific triggers.

Mine I think was a bunch of major life changes that all happened in a very close time span, involving problems at work which led to both me and my spouse quitting our jobs and starting a new business, my elderly parents adding an in-law apt. on to our home and me and my husband suddenly realizing that our deep need for personal privacy was pretty much out the door, and also some in-law relation problems. But that all happened five years ago, and I still have these weird, bothersome feelings that nothing is ever going to be quite right again.

I've been throught the program. While it helped me to look at some things in a different perspective, the only real thing that has helped me is to start writing poetry which is something I used to do a lot and decided to get back into, even taking some classes and such to challenge myself creatively (that really helped the most, being tied up in the creative process gives you no time to dwell on negative events) relaxation, visualization, hypnosis, exercise, and trying to think more positively. I am, however, extremely angry that this anxiety issue is, and seems to be, forever present, sometimes strongly, sometimes weakly, but always there in one form or another.

I just wish that someone could figure it out. I can only think of it in terms of circuitry overload. I was 43 years old when it first hit me.

Thanks everyone for sharing.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 06, 2008 3:14 pm

This hit me all of a sudden 6 months ago. I was fine and then after one night with a panic attack, (after an allergic reaction) I've been like this ever since. It does run in the family but I never had it. I wish I could just turn it off, but I guess it happened because I maybe I had a lot of stress and wasn't dealing with life the right way? Who knows. I know I've become self concious about a lot more things now. Some good and some bad. I have become a lot closer to God. That is the one good thing I know for sure. Best of Luck.s.P.

cthrasher75 · Post by **cthrasher75** » Wed May 07, 2008 12:15 pm

Well Tracy i dont exactly know what triggered all this. I kinda think it can be moving here to a whole new enviroment, I used to live near beaches and with wonderful weather that stayed between the 50s-80s year round. Now im living in the hot valley where the weather is above the 100s in summer and around the 30 in winter. So im just not used to the change. and in June i started fearing how hot it can get and i might get dehydrated. Or another thining i think probably triggered my anxiety and panic attacks is that i dont drive and when my brother moved here last June we suppose to take the driving test together, i guess with the pressure even doe i fear driving pushed me to a limit. I fear driving cuz about 5 years ago me and my parents got into a car accident and i was in the pasenger seat and we got hit right there and my side view mirror flew off, the roads were so slippery the car slid away from us so it wasnt bad but im sure if it didnt slide away i could probably been dead or maybe just hurt baddly. SO thats just stuck in head fearing about driving.

Or i think maybe its cuz i always over anticipate. and i always been negative. so maybe it just hit me cuz i cudnt take it n e more...

well i still have no idea what triggered my anxiety and pannic attacks. i even think it can be cuz of stress. cuz im a stay at home mom the past 5 years and not driving so im always stuck at home cuz my hubby work a lot.

Or i think maybe its all of above.... its hard trying to figure it out.

so right now im just trying to take it as is and accept it and move on