Chronic Stress & Anxiety
Hello everyone! I wanted to make this post to see if anyone else relates to my situation and past events. Feel free to share your stories on this thread.
I've had a panic disorder since I was 10 years old after my mom passed away. I am now almost in my mid twenties and even though my panic attacks aren't as severe as before, I still suffer from anxiety weekly, if not daily.
I used to do a lot during my undergraduate years of college which caused a lot of stress for me. The stress was severe to the point where I had to go to the doctor because it started affecting me physically. I would feel nauseous, headaches, heart palpitations, etc. Doctors kept saying I was healthy and it was due to stress, and I couldn't believe it because I knew what I was feeling and it felt like I was dying. Like there's no way. I ultimately took their word for it and tried calming techniques and my problems eventually subsided.
Fast forward to now, I am currently out of school and I am back home for the summer. So there really isn't a lot to stress about. However, I have been experiencing physical symptoms again, but it is just head pressure, nausea, and anxiety. I was sick last week (actually sick) and I had recently got back from a trip that had stressful moments for sure, but other than that I am fine. I don't know if these might be the cause of my stress or if there are real underlying problems in my health. I feel fine, and I don't feel like I'm stressed now, but sometimes it comes and goes. I am unsure what to do, but I am going to try and handle it as if it is stress, since nothing too crazy is happening physically.
I have been anxious and not sleeping as well lately, so maybe it is stress. Do any of you have any tips on relaxation or stress relief activities if you suffer from chronic stress like this? I am also looking into seeing a therapist because I need to know how to deal with my stress all the time and not just temporarily.
Thanks so much for reading. I am anxious about this, but I hope everything works out. I hope you all are doing okay as well.
Stress usually the main answer for doctors. Everything that I had in the past was stress so don’t worry probably it is really because of stress. As we all know anxiety never leaves forever. It can be gone for 10 years and one day you feel anxious and it is absolutely normal. I have been dealing with severe anxiety this year. There is a big trigger that I can’t put on a trash. So my anxiety sometimes comes really severe sometimes mild that I can control. Last week and today have been getting worse. I wake up with that feeling that makes me stay in the bed. But I have to go to school. I have final exam that is one of the lil trigger for me. I’ve been thinking “wow it came again and never gonna leave” but it’s wrong I know that. My coping mechanism is to watch youtube. But only positive ones. I’m not even able to watch a movie. Just youtube. But I don’t want to recommend it cause it leads to addiction. I try to do meditation for sleep and morning anxiety. But sometimes it’s that bad that I can’t focus on. I love doing puzzles and play sudoku or something like that keeps my mind busy.sometimes I open the windows in the dark and listen some sad songs to make me cry. I don’t think but just cry. Idk how but sometimes it helps. I’m thinking of seeing a therapist too. I know it will help for the permanent coping mechanisms. I know my answer is not helpful but I feel really bad today. I guess i needed to write something.