Hey guys,
I last wrote on here about a year ago regarding my anxiety. I seem to have good and bad days with my anxiety and have done for the best part of the last 10 years I would say. I am generally a pretty confident person but this year I've had a tough year and my anxiety seems to have got worse, I'm guessing this is due to feeling more stress in my life.
It's strange because I feel more confident as a person but I also find myself overthinking things a lot whether it is been at work and having a deadline to work to and I feel completely panicked until the deadline is over or whether I am out in a public place and I can't relax because I'm worried I might be put on the spot or out under pressure. I mainly feel anxiety at work but I do spend most of my time there. My work is a quiet place of work but I feel pressure a lot and panic over the smallest things even though deep down I know it's nothing to worry about. I get hot and sweaty really easily, feel my face and neck go red if under what I feel to be too much pressure. it's like something takes over me and I go into panic mode. Then after I feel like I may have embarrassed myself or messed up I think about it over and over in my head until there is something else to think or worry about. It's almost like I always have something to worry about in the back of my head.
Another issue recently is sleep, I struggle to nod off and find myself fidgeting a lot even though I feel mentally drained. I seem to struggle to panic more if I know I have to get up earlier.
I want to be able to control my anxiety more and not let stress take over, I also feel like a good balance between work / sleep / exercise might help but I'm struggling to get all 3 in at once. please can anyone who has gone through symilar symptoms advise? Thanks, Ad