Overwhelmed

[Lennie1]

Hello, I’m struggling at the moment. It feels like I never seem to catch a break.
Just when I get anxiety under control and get back up to fight another day something major goes wrong or another big expense pops up.
There’s never enough hours in the day, even when I have the time I’m physically and mentally exhausted so don’t achieve much.
I get very little help and hate asking anyway.
I often wonder what the point is.

[Sophie_M]

Hi Lennie,

Welcome to our forums, though I'm sorry to hear that you're feeling so overwhelmed and exhausted right now. It sounds like that you have a lot on your plate, and it's been hard to try and get support and help right now for all these different things. It can also be so frustrating whenever we do feel like we are on the mend, but then something external happens that tests our coping skills all over again. You mentioned that because of all these things, it makes you wonder what the point is, so something I'd like to ask if do these thoughts ever lead to anything more? 

Regardless, I'm glad that you've decided to reach out today, and I hope that you can recognise this achievement as well, especially since you've said you find it really hard to ask for help.

Please know that the forums are a safe space for you to talk about whatever you feel like you need to, and that our community is here to try and help however we can. You might also find it helpful to have a browse around our other threads here as I think there are a lot of people here who can relate to what you are saying, and who have also talked about what has helped get them through these times (like the thread on self-managing anxiety in the 'anxiety' section). If it feels like you need to talk to someone right now, you can also give our 24/7 Support Service a ring at 1300 22 4636.

I will leave this reply so that the rest of our community can chime in as well, but I hope that you can get some rest today and please keep checking in with us. 

[Croix]

Dear Lennie:)~

I'll join Sophie_M in welcoming you here and agree with what she says including suggesting the 24/7 Support Service .

I've an anxiety condition, and you mention you have anxiety too. May I ask if your are under medical care for it? The reason I ask is I never improved until I had the correct help, now I'm much recovered.

I can understand being overwhelmed and that constant stream of problems that keeps on coming. For me there are two elements, the problems themselves, and my ability to cope and see them in proportion

I have the fault of always expecting the worst, with everything turning into a disaster, a symptom of anxiety, and need to get things into proper proportion. Sometimes I even rely upon some whose opinion I respect, in my case my partner, to lend perspective.

Trying to deal with things when you are in an anxious state is mentally and physically exhausting all by itself, so getting overwhelmed is to be expected. If, as I asked before, you are under medical care I would suggest you go back and say your current regime is not working.

If on the other hand you have been trying to deal with all this yourself (which is what I did for far too long) I would very much suggest you see your doctor in an extended consultation and say haw you life has been and your feelings. You may well be diagnosed with anxiety, like, me, or some other condition, and then steps can be take to help you recover and cope.

Trying to go without help is not good, you would not do so for a broken leg, getting overwhelmed is similar, though not visible.

Apart from medical support is there in fact someone in your life who you could talk with and have them just listen and care? Isolation makes things worse, as I found.

Early on I too wondered at the point of it all, as I improved that no longer was there, there were too many hopes and to much enjoyment in my life.

Please let us know what you think

Croix