Does anyone else suffer from anxiety?

malikdagoat said:
If you're constantly thinking about how some tragedy might happen is that considered anxiety?

Like I'll be on the subway thinking it's gonna crash, or see a plane flying over a building and think it's gonna run into it, driving on the freeway and start thinking about my tire's gonna randomly explode and i'll run off the road.

None of these things have ever happened to me, but I think about stuff like that ALL the time.
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I do the same thing at times and how I'm going to escape the situation lol...
 
I do, all the time basically. Gets worse at night before bed. My anxiety is based off "pending doom" , even though no heart history in family, I still think I am going to have a heart attack. Between my step father dying due to one 2.5 years ago and than my mother less than 4months ago due to one, its been on my mind a lot lately. I have been taking Alprazolam .5 MG is what DR prescribed me. Anxiety sucks and def ruins a lot of my social life.
 
AyZee said:
I'm the same way. I'm sometimes self-conscious of my interactions and first impressions, wanting others to like me and think highly of me. Other times I'm the complete opposite.
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Same..
 
Mine mostly comes from girls and driving cars. I can talk to dudes no problem, but as soon as a girl is near i start actting funny. can't look them in the eyes, dont say more than two words to them and overall just odd around them. Don't get me started on how i act around girl whom i like. I always make sure what comes out of my mouth it's dumb to where i look dumb so i end up saying nothing at all trying to come up with the best lines.  My attacks last for 1 or 2 secs, but happen about 100 times a day. The worst part is i know where my anxiety came from...and it's so hard to stop it.
 
Slowly breathing deeply in and out helps out a lot when it gets bad.

If I'm anxious about say for example: making a speech or asking a girl out. I've found that changing my perspective helps tremendously. Instead of thinking about the risk of failure, view it as a challenge and something that will be exciting. Might sound a bit odd but its been really helpful for me.

Social anxiety more specifically is something I have a harder time with. Still working the kinks out.
 
Picasso Swerve said:
 
Im a (self diagnosed) hypochondriac...

Which leads to anxiety. Sucks.
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Not to poke fun at your condition but that's so ironic 
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Staying on subject.. I wouldn't say I 'suffered' from anxiety, but I used to worry about stupid things all the time. I hated the feeling so I started to just not give a ****. 
 
self diagnosed myself with anxiety, thank you skateboarding.

use to go to bars all the time, if I go to one now, I get some sort of social anxiety going on. pretty much any big place with a crowd of people I get a little uneasy.

I need candy or cigarettes to chill me out.
 
who ever said overanalyzing stuff hit it right on the head. That's what I do, I'll take a situation or upcoming event and look into it too deeply in all different ways of how this or that outcome could be. The good or the bad, sort of like picturing the future of what's going to happen and that can get me to be nervous or worry too much sometimes preventing me to attend or do  things just based on my "prediction" fantasy which is usually feeling pessimistic  lol.  I'm always thinking of what could go wrong before it even happening and for whats it worth it always goes fine and i just make a big deal of nothing in my head beforehand.
 
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It comes from a lack of self confidence.

Their is no cure. Their is nothing you can do besides force yourself to do it.

Find friends and hang out with them in public. It will improve.

As time goes by you'll get better.

Its tough and it sucks really bad.

I get it around people I don't really know. I might've met you, but if I don't know you I'll probably get it sometimes.
 
switch up your routine, but not dramatically.

Work out, SLEEP, eat healthy, drink water..cut the caffeine out. and especially cut the negatively out of ya life; contagious
 
I have social anxiety at times...started exercising again in January and it's gotten a lot better. Went 2-3 years w/o being active so I kinda lost my edge....exercising just makes me feel better overall.
 
I have developed really bad anxiety during tests. While i'm actually taking them, I get mini anxiety attacks that scare the heck outta me 
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definitely had real bad anxiety the last year of high school and going into college, I had to transfer schools which led me from a healthy social life to being borderline agoraphobic. I was able to meet a good group of friends in college that snapped me out of it.

I was to the point where I was only really comfortable at home, even family that weren't immediate would cause me anxiety.

I definitely consider myself an introvert, though social situations or huge crowds don't bother me.
 
I saw a therapist for awhile but it didn't do anything. Had anxiety problems most my life and started dealing with depression when I went to high school, even though I was pretty sociable/had a decent amount of friends. Was put on Prozac but it really killed my creativity and I stopped doing music for awhile because of it so I cut it off. Sucks because I get waves randomly.
 
I've been officially diagnosed as having Dysthymia with bouts of Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder.  I DEFINITELY have Seasonal Affective Disorder too.  Can't seem to find the motivation to do anything other than work, go to school, and study in the winter.  

I've been dealing with it for the past 8 years.  I was seeing a psychologist during my first serious episode of depression because I was shook and didn't know what the hell was wrong with me, but I've been able to deal without going to him ever since.  I took Zoloft and Xanax for about 18 months and decided to ween myself off.  Haven't taken any meds since.  Just a fairly regular marijuana user now.  

I'm definitely a lot better than I was 8 years ago, but I've still had my ups and downs since then.  I've had only one other major depressive episode since, but I felt a lot better equipped to deal with it now that I know myself a little better.  I regret not going back on antidepressants during that time, but now I know better the next time it happens.

When I don't have periods of major depression I'm okay for the most part, but I tend to get moody or melancholic from time to time.  I've always been a somewhat nervous/cautious/careful person, so the anxiety is always there.  I don't really have much social anxiety, though.  I can go out and meet new people fairly easily.  I just tend to not like most people 
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.  These days I'll choose solitude or hanging out with one or two close friends over big social gatherings.  

The biggest things that have helped me over the years are: 1. Weeding out the individuals in my life that were bringing me down, 2. Finding new interests/getting more involved in old ones (for me it's been skateboarding, cycling, music, and reading/researching topics of interest), and 3. Changing my perspective from "woe is me" to "do something about your problems because no one else will do it for you."  This might sound silly, but I actually got a lot of inspiration to change my mindset from listening the Adam Carolla Podcast and old clips of him on Loveline.  I don't agree with the guy a lot of times, but he definitely encourages self-empowerment/determination and is a living example of it.  

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
 
Something is wrong with me, but I'm not sure if it's exactly anxiety. I think it's more neurological damage from stressing.
 
shake said:
My girl suffers from anxiety. She started working out in the mornings and some of her symptoms went away.
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The gym works wonders..best time to work out is in the morning to start ur day
 
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