Hi there,
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this.
Basically I have suffered from GAD since I was 15 (now 22). It has become increasingly worse over the past 8 months. I thought I could cope with it by myself and hoped for a long time that over time it would get better but obviously this isn't the case.
I begin thinking of the most stupid scenarios which turn into made up situations in my mind.. From these I then get angry and upset, wondering why i'm thinking things like that when in reality I have no need to. But the anxiety takes over and I end up having panic attacks, the worst one being the other night I began getting chest pains, dizziness and my apple watch notified me that it had detected a resting heart rate of 120bpm. But i'm having pretty much 2 panic attacks a day and getting mad with myself because I know I don't want to feel this way but I cant control it. I cry every day and today was probably one of the worst for it as I broke down at work, which is one thing I definitely didn't want to do!
I find it hard to talk to people about what's going on as I have always felt that I don't want to burden people and put my anxiety/depressive thoughts onto someone else. I often speak to my mum about how anxiety actually makes me feel but even with her I cannot yet open up about the root of the cause for all of this anxiety.
I have a doctors appointment tomorrow to see what they say, but even now the anxiety is creeping in because I hate going.. I get the sweaty palms, racing heart and dizziness feeling..
I'm at a loose end and I just need something that really will help..
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this.
Basically I have suffered from GAD since I was 15 (now 22). It has become increasingly worse over the past 8 months. I thought I could cope with it by myself and hoped for a long time that over time it would get better but obviously this isn't the case.
I begin thinking of the most stupid scenarios which turn into made up situations in my mind.. From these I then get angry and upset, wondering why i'm thinking things like that when in reality I have no need to. But the anxiety takes over and I end up having panic attacks, the worst one being the other night I began getting chest pains, dizziness and my apple watch notified me that it had detected a resting heart rate of 120bpm. But i'm having pretty much 2 panic attacks a day and getting mad with myself because I know I don't want to feel this way but I cant control it. I cry every day and today was probably one of the worst for it as I broke down at work, which is one thing I definitely didn't want to do!
I find it hard to talk to people about what's going on as I have always felt that I don't want to burden people and put my anxiety/depressive thoughts onto someone else. I often speak to my mum about how anxiety actually makes me feel but even with her I cannot yet open up about the root of the cause for all of this anxiety.
I have a doctors appointment tomorrow to see what they say, but even now the anxiety is creeping in because I hate going.. I get the sweaty palms, racing heart and dizziness feeling..
I'm at a loose end and I just need something that really will help..
