Anxiety stopping me from leaving the house, some days ...

[krystalramone]

Hello all,

I wanted to reach out and discuss this. I find my anxiety so debilitating that I find it hard on particular days to leave the house. I feel a sense that I don't want to be around people and feel safe/secure in my own home.

I know this is not healthy and have been given some tips from my ongoing support worker. However I wanted some advice from those of you who suffer from this situation/feelings and what you do to overcome them/or help you?

krystalramone

[blondguy]

Hi Krystalramone

Thanks heaps for asking...and not too bad...just had a couple of days off 🙂

The anticipatory anxiety of an upcoming event or appointment can be a real pain in early recovery. Even now I still have to say to myself "I will worry and get super anxious but it wont help in any way as my appointment is x days away...." It took me ages to learn and accept that I was making myself worse and there was nothing I could really do until the morning of the appointment

You have a great thread here Krystal 🙂

Be 'Gentle' to yourself

Paul