Do you think you'll ever live an anxiety free life?

[hades_leae]

I never hear people talking about this. We all talk about managing it, but don't you want all your anxiety to go away forever?

 

[redpanda]

I'm not sure it's possible for me, as much as I'd love that. I've always had a lot of anxiety, even as a kid. I'm mostly just hoping to massively reduce it at this point. My therapist believes that starting trauma therapy with my new therapist (I'm moving) will be useful. She thinks it could seriously reduce my overall anxiety. I'm not as optimistic but hey, it gives me a little bit of hope .

 

[Corzhens]

NO is my answer to this thread's title. Life is always full of ups and downs and it is not a normal life if we have no problems. I think problems are to be treated as challenges for life would be boring if there is no problem. As they say, change is the only constant thing on earth and when there is change, there is anxiety. But on the other hand, when the problem is solved, there is relief. For me, I am always filled with stress because of my job. But when I retire for good, I'm sure there will be a different anxiety for me. For now, I am trying to cope with the daily anxiety caused by my work and I'm glad that my husband is taking care of the concerns in our home so at least I am free of that responsibility.

 

[abonnen]

I do not think that is possible for me, I have tried, I have only been anxiety free once in my life and I will not be able to be able to do that again. I feel like my life is getting better as I try to reduce my anxiety but it always creeps up on me now and again. I also have other things like claustrophobia problems and ocd problems that affect my stress and anxiety. These problems come out of nowhere so I am not sure how to get a handle on them yet.

 

[Alex]

This can depend on the personality of the person. I have friends that are anxious all of the time, and they don't need to be, but that's in their nature. I have one who is lovely but anxious that they can only afford to go on holiday three times this year!


I do feel people can have anxious periods or moments, and they may or may not hide it so no one can ever be sure. I can control my anxiety in some situations like waiting for people, but not in others like waiting for a hospital appointment. We learn to cope with it, and some days are better than others. I am a natural worrier though as have been since a child, so I will always have some anxiety, it's how I let it affect me that matters, and these days I do my best to keep it under control.

 

[pwarbi]

It might not be talked about like the OP mentioned, but I think if you ask anybody that';s suffering from anxiety the one thing they do want in life is for their anxiety to simply disappear and they can then go back to how they once was. I don't think it's talked about much, simply because for a lot of people it's a reality that will never happen, and while I do think that people can learn to live with anxiety, it will always be something that's in their life to a certain degree.


That isn't me saying that people should just give up of course, but as I've said before I've suffered from depression and anxiety for a number of years now, and even though I am 100% better now than I was a couple of years ago, it's been 5 or 6 years now since I could consider myself, well...myself. Will I ever get back to the person I was back then? Probably not, but I have learned to live with the person I am now and I'm fine with that.

 

[fuzyon]

I will probably not, although I hope I reach a point in life where anxiety will not cloud my judgement in so many situations. As I've said before, I don't think we'll ever be anxiety-free because in hindsight everyone suffers from it, some on a lesser degree but still. We're humans and with that come the thoughts of fear, worry, panic, happiness and the likes. I'm trying everyday to improve myself, but I'm sure anxiety will remain a part of me in the future, hopefully just mildly.

 

[gracer]

I would really love it if all my anxieties would just go away and never come back but I have learned to accept that they will always be part of life. There are just those people who can cope easily with their anxieties and there are just those who find it hard to deal with them. I am one of those who find it hard to deal with anxieties that would usually overwhelm and take over me.

 

[djordjem87]

I found a person who is making my life as less anxious as possible. Unfortunately she is not enough because I have my family who is so intense that all of them are genuine drama queens. They cannot live without drama and only my mother is an exception to some point. They are just a miserable bunch and the are ready to bring everybody with them. I am fighting to make my own life stress free and anxiety free but it will be a long fight. The good thing is I really have somebody who shares my attitude towards life and that is very important.

 

[Pandora]

That would be awesome if I could find a magic river that toke my anxiety away. I have found some ways to cut my anxiety down a little by cutting my other family members out of my life, however, I still have anxiety due to no job and bills to pay. I am also raising two young ladies that I have anxiety attacks about their well being. I cannot cut them out of my life because they are not the cause of my anxiety. It's me causing my anxiety. Additionally, life in general is the cause of my anxiety. I have read some where that you can cut certain things out of your life to ease your anxiety but, you can't cut everything out of your life. It seems to me that once you have anxiety it's their until your last breath. We just need to find ways to cope with it more better or find a balance so your not having attacks all the time.

 

[kelden]

I hope all my anxiety will go away after coming to a very old age, that I don't even have to worry about my obvious mortality of the future and live off the consequences of my past.

 

[stephonline]

I don't think that I will. I think that I am predisposed to being a worrier. It runs in my family and my mom and grandmother have anxiety issues as well. So do my sisters and they have OCD and anxiety that makes them gag. I have panic attacks and I gag as well. I feel like I am always battling to keep my anxiety in check, but it is hard when you live with other anxious people.

 

[hades_leae]

NO is my answer to this thread's title. Life is always full of ups and downs and it is not a normal life if we have no problems. I think problems are to be treated as challenges for life would be boring if there is no problem. As they say, change is the only constant thing on earth and when there is change, there is anxiety. But on the other hand, when the problem is solved, there is relief. For me, I am always filled with stress because of my job. But when I retire for good, I'm sure there will be a different anxiety for me. For now, I am trying to cope with the daily anxiety caused by my work and I'm glad that my husband is taking care of the concerns in our home so at least I am free of that responsibility.

I have to disagree. I cannot imagine that life would be boring without problems, and it's not just about the problems, it's about the type of problems that I'd rather give up. That's like saying we shouldn't get rid of terrorism because life would be boring without that problem.


That's the way I see that statement, you may have a more deep opinion about it, but I don't want to live life with problems. That's every ones goal in life which is too eliminate problems so that they can live a happy life.

 

[It'sJaz]

Having anxiety has opened me to new perspectives. I'm not sure if I'll ever want things to be different. Sure I wonder what life is like for normal people, but at the same time I'm not sure if I can handle it. I think I've adapted to this quite well.

 

[Quirah]

I've kind of just figured that I will have anxiety for the rest of my life. I mean, I'd prefer to not have anxiety obviously, but I've come to live with it. Sure my anxiety feels like it's taking over my life at times, but I think as I grow older it'll be easier to deal with. Also, you have to look at the fact that medication is becoming more advanced every day, and hopefully in the future there'll be something that helps with anxiety.

 

[EmilyD097]

I don't think it will ever completely lift away. I'm sure I'll always be prone to anxiety and it'll always rear its ugly head every now and then. I do however, think there will be a point when I'm not completely overcome by anxiety about things. At least I hope so.

 

[djordjem87]

I am trying to. I know what I need to do to achieve that. I need to go and live life with people who are not stressing me deliberately. I need to have my own family and have the things our way. Mine and my girlfriend's. The pace where I am now, physically and mentally, is not good because I have too many of spiteful people around me. It is pure evil sometimes and they show the worst of them since we do not have enough money for everything. It has been tough in that way and my family is just showing the worst face ever. They are angry and mean and actually evil sometimes. I really do not need that and I hope I will pack my bags soon enough and in that way help myself to fight the anxiety.

 

[rootle]

Well I know for a fact that many of things I'd have had a problem with when I was younger have become easier for me to do now. I still struggle a lot but I guess my mind will adapt to things and slowly overcome my problems. I would guess that in about ten years by now I may be more or less an average person in regard to social anxiety. That's still a very long time and I'm not looking forward to the process.

 

[IcemanofOz]

I hope so. For much of my life I did, so I know it's achievable. I just need to find that damn switch in the back of my mind that turned these feelings on and switch it off again. I think there's hope for all of us if we keep working through our problems.

 

[maganmcgehee]

I would not wish Anxiety on my worst enemy. Anxiety attacks are a daily battle. No one deserves it. I wish it would stop & go away. Anxiety is sometimes a terrible thing to live with. I pray that it gets better for everyone.