Anxiety roller coaster

[Mr 5000]

So I had health anxiety for about 6 months I always been a anxious person .I ended up in the er for what I thought was a heart attack they could not find nothing wrong.My doctor put me on Zoloft and said it will help I thought it was till one night sitting in my chair my arms started burning got dissy though I was having a stroke.Went to er ekg was good the gave me adivan and I started to get better.I have had lots of tests all ok blood pressure is high and have anxiety all the time in waves.I don’t no why I have it good job happy marriage.I’m happy to have found this group because I feel it’s hard to talk to people that don’t understand what we go through.

 

[bin_tenn]

It can certainly be difficult, even seemingly impossible, to talk about these things with people who don't (or can't) understand it first hand. I understand that. I sometimes feel frustrated when a friend or family member says "you'll be fine, just ignore it." I have to remind myself that they can't possibly understand, without being in the same mind set I'm in. And that's perfectly okay, I know they mean well.

I also have it good, overall. Great career, great family / few friends, a home, etc. Still, I often find myself anxious and worried especially about my physical health. That just goes to show that it doesn't matter how good life is, anyone is still prone to the darkness. I mean, look at celebrities who battle depression and such. Everyone thinks "wow, they're so lucky, they've got it made" but that celebrity may be in a very dark place, personally.