Hi everyone, this is my first time posting and I'd really like to to get others opinions on what I've been experiencing lately.
For the past 3 months, but the last 4 weeks in particular, I have been feeling incredibly anxious. It's this feeling of dread and nervousness in my stomach that I cant shake, no matter what I try. It's as though I'm waiting for something awful to happen, and I have horrible butterflies all the time. I've tried changing my diet, exercising and meditating but these only seem to help temporarily, and the feeling always comes back. Lately the anxiousness has increased to the point where I feel like I might cry, I can't catch my breath or I feel faint, and I can't draw my mind back from this overwhelming feeling in my stomach, even though I can't figure out what is causing it. Uni, work and my relationship are all stressful, but I don't feel as though there has been a dramatic change in any of these areas that would warrant the feelings that I have, and when I try and locate a direct cause I struggle to find it.
Another issue is this anxiety is causing me to become seriously unmotivated. Now whenever I think about anything even slightly stressful such as uni, work or driving lessons it makes me feel so sick that I can't bring myself to attend class or go to work and I'll spend hours just laying around at home.
What I want to know is does this sound like an anxiety disorder, or just usual stress that I need to work harder at overcoming? It doesn't feel normal to me, but I also don't feel like I'm experiencing overly dramatic symptoms such as panic attacks, and I am fine (almost better) when I'm socialising.
Thank you!
