Feeling Overwhelmed

[Missy]

Any responses, please?

 

[am6985]

Hi. How are you?


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[Jonathan123]

Any responses, please?

I am so sorry that you don't seem to have had any responses to your post. I have only just seen it. I would say that feeling overwhelmed by events is common in anxiety. When we are well and can cope nothing is too much bother. But in anxiety the slightest little thing can trigger an anxious response. Why do we feel overwhelmed? Because it seems that we are being carried along with the tide of events and no longer have any control over them. We can take so much, but there comes a time when we think we are no longer able to cope. We think we can't cope, but most of the time we do. The big danger in anxiety is that we blow everything up out of all proportion to the actual event. Everything that would be regarded as normal becomes of great significance. Normal feelings become greatly exaggerated.
'The man was being chased by a Tiger. He ran and ran until exhausted he turned and faced the Tiger. The Tiger began to shrink until it became the size of a mouse and scuttled off'. By facing and accepting our anxiety we bring it down to size. There is no monster out to get us. The only real monster is our own negative thinking.

 

[Missy]

I am so sorry that you don't seem to have had any responses to your post. I have only just seen it. I would say that feeling overwhelmed by events is common in anxiety. When we are well and can cope nothing is too much bother. But in anxiety the slightest little thing can trigger an anxious response. Why do we feel overwhelmed? Because it seems that we are being carried along with the tide of events and no longer have any control over them. We can take so much, but there comes a time when we think we are no longer able to cope. We think we can't cope, but most of the time we do. The big danger in anxiety is that we blow everything up out of all proportion to the actual event. Everything that would be regarded as normal becomes of great significance. Normal feelings become greatly exaggerated.
'The man was being chased by a Tiger. He ran and ran until exhausted he turned and faced the Tiger. The Tiger began to shrink until it became the size of a mouse and scuttled off'. By facing and accepting our anxiety we bring it down to size. There is no monster out to get us. The only real monster is our own negative thinking.

You have explained this exactly! I so agree with everything you have said. Negative thinking is the cause. Thank you so much.

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Still feeling overwhelmed. I went to my doctor and increased my Prozac. I have been on it for many years and it has worked very well. I am anxious about increasing the dosage, although I have increased it in the past with no problem. I know it may take awhile before I start to feel a difference. Thanks for asking.