another hypchondria post...

lennalu · Post by **lennalu** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:51 pm

I turn 39 this month and since about my mid-thirites have had severe worry over my health. In my 20's when I started having problems with anxiety it was all about...being in crowded room, or walking in the mall, or driving my car...but at least I had my 'safe" places and person to make me feel better. Now, its like I'm over the worrying about freaking out in the crowd and my anxiety has taken on this new form of constant worrying that something is horribly wrong with me and with this , there is no safe place or person...to get away from it. I just need some encouragement, I can't seem to get past this particular aspect of having an anxiety disorder. I did so well with the other when I went through the program...but not with this. I can't get relief from myself.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:21 am

Lennalu...You're not alone. I'm 38 as well and have been dealing with anxiety/panic since I was 12. My biggest problem is stressing over my health also. Now I have an 8 month old and I stress over him too. I get stuck into a vicious cycle of not sleeping well and feeling tired/exhausted and then go into somethings wrong with me why do I feel this way. I race 100 miles and hour and can't slow down. What has helped me is to distract myself with chores around the house or a hobby. It's hard. But in time, it passes. It always does. I just have to stay focused and allow myself to feel the anxiety and say that it's just that. Don't be so hard on yourself. If you need to go through the program again, do it. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. You may even learn something new that you may have missed the first time through....