i've been here for few weeks now.i have social anxiety as well as agoraphobia. i think mine stems from low self esteem so i generally always feel rather awkward which then makes me panicky which then makes me focus on the symptoms of my panic, which i find incredibly difficult to bear (not because i think i'm dying but because i think i am acting or looking rather silly)..imagine being more afraid of looking silly than of dying!
Hi,
i haven't done any exposure work this week. it is my first week of exposure. i feel generally 'down'. i hate the symptoms of anxiety especially the light-headedness and planning this exposure work is making me panic more because there is too much anticipation. i can't seem to calm down at all and i am distracting myself by playing computer games and listening to music. i need to move forward but i am finding it quite difficult and there is no way i will ever drink coffee because of the symptoms-quite like an actual anxiety attack. Sorry to babble so much but i need some encouragement i guess :(
hi Danielle,
hope i answer your question correctly. i am trying to challenge my fear of my actual symptoms which are triggered by the anticipation of the exposure work. As i said my main symptom is light-headedness and from the time that begins, i think i will actually faint, although you guys say it won't happen. My goal is to go out with my good friends whom i haven't seen for long, but i think they remind me of a past mistake i made several years ago, for which i cannot yet forgive myself and so they make me anxious and i fear i'll faint or freeze (not be able to get out and enter where we go)so i am avoiding it altogether, but i want so much to do it. did i answer properly?
hi all,
i am having thoughts of the past as well. my friends are here now and i've discovered that they remind me of a mistake i made so many years ago because we hung out back then and so when i'm around them now i feel very anxious and judged. they are my good friends though and i want to go out with them but i have been avoiding because of this memory. think i haven't forgiven myself even though was so long ago. does anyone have tips on how to forgive self?. also i am trying to taper off of my meds (bezodiazepines) as well mainly because it seems to affect my short-term memory? Diva, did your meds affect your memory? :(
hi again,
feel so good to get this all out. does this happen to anyone? i find that when i am angry i get very very anxious to the point of becoming silent. it is as though i feel i am not allowed to answer back the person whom i may be angry with. think it's because my family were very strict, but the anger gets bottled inside me and just for peace or for fear of losing a friend or for some other unknown reason, i remain silent and get anxious pretending everything is ok when it is not until the anxiety passes. i want to be able to express emotions that i feel.why can't i?
thankyou for your suggestions Danielle. I will try not to do so much so fast. I think i'll just invite them over to my place or go by theirs for a while until this feeling subsides, rather than an outing. i will keep you posted :)
I don't deal very well with my anger. If I'm angry with someone I go so totally silent and then when I am alone I let it all go, in the form of a big, long cry. It's the only way I know how :(
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