Anxiety

Workplace Age related comments/feeling anxious

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Hi everyone, I work for a company, one of the workers has been making age related comments for a long time.Each time it really affected me, but I did not say anything until I reached breaking point, I just broke down and could not stop crying.. that'... View more

Hi everyone, I work for a company, one of the workers has been making age related comments for a long time.Each time it really affected me, but I did not say anything until I reached breaking point, I just broke down and could not stop crying.. that's when I thought I will take the matter further.since my breaking point I have anxiety, especially when I go into work, but I am glad I finally reported the person, I will not be silenced now.... I am so angry as I have had to take sickies because of this person as I am so anxious and when I do go to work it is a build up.Don't know how to overcome this feeling, as I have been feeling like this 24/7..broken sleep etc...Yes I have got an upcoming meeting for the first time since I have reported it which happened about 3 weeks ago, I am still having to work with this person, although not side by side..I feel like quitting

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I can’t stop feeling the bad things that may not be real , but just get in the way of the beautiful people and good things in my life of which i have many . I feel a lot of burden from the expectations of people that I can’t find an answer . I don’t ... View more

I can’t stop feeling the bad things that may not be real , but just get in the way of the beautiful people and good things in my life of which i have many . I feel a lot of burden from the expectations of people that I can’t find an answer . I don’t even know if am making any sense sorry

OCD and depression

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First of hello and thank you for your time. Its great to see some support.. I am migrant in Australia who came nearly 15 years ago. Did all my studies, worked hard..etc etc. Somehow managed to get stage 1 testicular cancer 10years ago. Perhaps I didn... View more

First of hello and thank you for your time. Its great to see some support.. I am migrant in Australia who came nearly 15 years ago. Did all my studies, worked hard..etc etc. Somehow managed to get stage 1 testicular cancer 10years ago. Perhaps I didn't get much help and was pretty isolated after being diagnosed to cancer and fell into mental issues. Wasn't married either. I just blamed myself too much for cancer and engaged in lot of self loathing. Obviously the result was I got lot of anxiety and depression out of this. Quite right to say that I didn't laugh for number of years due to my mental situation. It's been difficult to forgive mydelf. I literally punished myself by creating or manifesting intrusive thoughts and being very harsh on myself. I have seen psychologists,psychiatrists etc. with some success. Currently working on self compassion, being gengle on myself etc. but sometimes it seems too hard. Engaging in some mirror work so I can learn to accept myself without any judgements. When my OCD is bad I worry about getting addicted to drugs like ice, harming my family etc. Also doing some ERP as that's proven treatment for OCD. also taking some meds which causes lot of drowsiness. Now my questions are and if someone can answer please.. 1) How do I engage in self compassion more? I have never been gentle to myself before. Self love has been foreign suject to me.. 2) How do you manage work, career and drowsiness? Its difficult to get out of bed even sometimes. 3) I don't feel motivated towards my career anymore. How do you manage such situation? Once I was highly motivated. I am worried about career and finance/money. Tia

OCD back at it again...

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Hey all, I'm new to the forum and I thought maybe it'd be a good idea to seek some help. I'm a young adult suffering from OCD for about two years now. Recently I've been suffering from intrusive sexual thoughts, which disgust me incredibly. The worst... View more

Hey all, I'm new to the forum and I thought maybe it'd be a good idea to seek some help. I'm a young adult suffering from OCD for about two years now. Recently I've been suffering from intrusive sexual thoughts, which disgust me incredibly. The worst thing about it is that my thoughts start connecting to objects, specifically my pencils, pens and stationary. However, I'm about to start school again, which is when my anxiety starts to flare up especially. Not only are my intrusive sexual thoughts connecting to my pencils, but they're connecting to pillows, my homework, my textbooks, my cups, anything really. It is incredibly distressing and at some times I feel like I can't breathe. As I'm writing this post, I'm avoiding English homework because I feel stressed with the thought of using my pencil. Even with trying my coping techniques, such as reading, it doesn't work because my intrusive thought will get attached to that too. It's gotten through to the point where I can no longer enjoy fun times with my family and friends, study, do homework, or enjoy leisure activities I previously found pleasure in (reading, listening to music). I'm afraid that I'll have to be admitted back to a hospital soon if it gets any worse, and that place scares me to no end. Not to mention, it means I might fail school with a bunch of missed days already. Please, does anyone have any advice for me to overcome this monstrosity that's taken over my life?

Inner chatter - Wish it would go away

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I'm very new to this. But l have reached a point where my anxiety is determining my quality of life or rather my enjoyment of it. I am typically a very positive person and l don't believe in thinking otherwise. But it's like l have something inside o... View more

I'm very new to this. But l have reached a point where my anxiety is determining my quality of life or rather my enjoyment of it. I am typically a very positive person and l don't believe in thinking otherwise. But it's like l have something inside of me that is determined to think otherwise. I have so much internal dialogue. Usually all crammed in my head before l go to work.Thought's of too much to do. That l'm not got enough. That l'm not a good person. My mind goes off on so many tangents is just not funny. It's gotten to the point if l don't write lists. I can't get through a work day. And l forget easily on things l need to do. I get so caught up in these thoughts l waste time doing nothing and thus achieving nothing. Which sets me further behind. Then the snowball effect follows. I put things off that are so simple. For what reason l do not know. Then that just feeds me anxiety. I find it incredibly easy to help others and see what they need and l am able to give quite helpful advice. But l'm finding a disconnect when it comes to myself. It's like l set myself up for my own road blocks. Anyway this is just a little on how l'm feeling at the moment. Looking forward to reading what others are experiencing and finding a little comfort that l can move past this in a productive manner.

Unsure what this is and how to deal with it

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Hi everyone, I'm still learning about depression and anxiety so it would be great to hear if anyone has had a similar experience to me. I started a new job in February, and barely two weeks in I experienced a traumatic family event. I was managing ok... View more

Hi everyone, I'm still learning about depression and anxiety so it would be great to hear if anyone has had a similar experience to me. I started a new job in February, and barely two weeks in I experienced a traumatic family event. I was managing okay and was supporting my family for the first four weeks, then something seemed to 'snap'. After 10 days off, I returned to work last week (as part of a graduated return that my Psych recommended) and had barely sat down at my desk when panic (or whatever it is) hit again. The best way to describe it is feeling like you're stuck in neutral - you are aware of being inside your body and know what you need to do but just can't move or think clearly. I was sitting there completely unable to get started on a pretty familiar and straightforward task that had been spelled out for me, even though I knew what to do. After sitting there for an hour completely blank and 'cloudy' I went home. In my experience this 'cloudiness' can last several hours. Having now had three panic attacks at work over the course of a month, I am starting to lose hope of being able to return to work in a reasonable timeframe. My boss has been very supportive but I can't see a way out of this at this stage - If even the most basic of tasks is beyond me, how do I transition back to full duties? These attacks have sapped my energy and are affecting my life outside of work. I've been having recurring 'down days' where I can't get out of bed and no longer feel like doing things I used to enjoy. I've started some anxiety medication and have had a few sessions with my Psych but am worried about how long it will be until I feel better. Perhaps dealing with my family issues and working in a high pressure job is simply beyond me at this stage?

I know what’s it’s like not to have anxiety

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Hey! bit of a weird post this but here goes. I have had anxiety since day one. But only discovered I had it about 10 years ago when I was late 30’s. then about 7 years ago my circumstances changed completely. Because of this change my anxiety totally... View more

Hey! bit of a weird post this but here goes. I have had anxiety since day one. But only discovered I had it about 10 years ago when I was late 30’s. then about 7 years ago my circumstances changed completely. Because of this change my anxiety totally and utterly went away. Oh man for 5 years I know what life is really like. It was like I had been driving in the fog for all that time and now the road was totally clear. It was the most fabulous time of my life. Things were still going wrong but my ability to cope with wrong was incredible. My anxiety is now back and the fog has returned. I’m fearful of the past and future again. Sleep is non existent. But I’ll always be grateful for those 5years. It really is true what they say about anxiety. People who suffer from it ...we live in a parallel universe from non suffers. Our anxiety gives us an incorrect version of reality. I now know that for certain. As I say an odd post but it is what it is. Peace and love xx

unsure

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hey all Im confused and unsure what im feeling Ok so over the past 6 months I have been under some amounts of stress and i've been feeling different / strange (could almost say derealised). It all started with me experiencing thought blocks during co... View more

hey all Im confused and unsure what im feeling Ok so over the past 6 months I have been under some amounts of stress and i've been feeling different / strange (could almost say derealised). It all started with me experiencing thought blocks during conversations with people. Id be having a conversation then I would panic for no reason about forgetting what to say and my mind would go blank. it would come back after a few seconds from calming down. This was once bad but has now kind of passed over. But now I fear telling stories as I feel ill forgot what im going to say and this makes me panic a bit as I feel i'm not capable of conversing. Anyway then my OCD started to kick in on intrusive thoughts. id have thoughts about hurting the ones I love and then this lead to me to having thoughts that I was going crazy. by the way i've always had OCD as a kid. I had bad OCD on checking the house making sure it was locked, looking in closets, under beds to make sure it was safe lol, thats passed. then I had an OCD phase of being extremely scared to be (physically) sick so id sometimes avoid eating and id avoid people who were ill etc. I got over that ages ago. I also always think I have something wrong with me, which I still have because now its this, i'm scared of going crazy and get thoughts of hurting loved ones. Im good with letting the thoughts pass through and to not overthink this but it always triggers me to think i'm crazy because I think like this. And now this is affecting the way I think about things. i'm scared to socialise with people because i've had these thoughts and I always second guess anything I say or do to make sure I didn't just do anything crazy. And then that leads to me overthinking everything I do now which makes me feel like i'm going back to my old self (I was becoming confident and happy before this happened) Now i'm having problems socialising again and don't know what to say in conversations. I also sometimes fear hanging out with just 1 person and would prefer a group of 3. Im completely fine around my family but I do fear my dad sometimes. Anyways now I feel strange most of the time and I can get derealised where everything seems strange like my surroundings, voice, thoughts and just reality in general. well theres whats been bothering me lol, it feels good to write this out, but please let me know if you've been through anything similar or if you have any ways to move on from this as its affecting my life Thanks all in advance

Dealing with the past

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I have suffered anxiety and social phobia for 28 years now and even though I have my good days like everyone else lately it has been that debilitating I am suffering headaches every day and have little strength to get through the day , I feel I may h... View more

I have suffered anxiety and social phobia for 28 years now and even though I have my good days like everyone else lately it has been that debilitating I am suffering headaches every day and have little strength to get through the day , I feel I may have made one of the worst mistakes of my life bringing up the past , because I am what people refer to as a forgotten Australia last year I decided to seek justice for my treatment as a child and now think it was a bad mistake , I worked hard for many years to deal with my social phobia and anxiety and had it under control but now that's all out the window and I am back to that feeling like I'm dying all the time , if anyone out there has been through this and has any ideas on dealing with this and getting back on top I would very much appreciate your time to talk.

Drinking

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I drink and then I need someone to talk to on the phone

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