Hi. On this forum a lot, had anxiety for years, manage my anxiety a lot better nowadays, not as scary as I know what to expect and I love sharing with others our experience and hope. Just lately though find myself getting a little down as one symptom I cannot crack and does drive me mad is my constant thinking going round and round and just will not stop and constant worrying' what if' . I've tried mindfulness etc as lovely people here sujjest as I know it is a great help to lots of us , but next minute I'm back to worrying I should be worrying about something. I ve had loads of symptoms, over years. Racing heart, muscle tension as always uptight, shaking sweating, avoiding everything that could make me anxious , the list goes on, but this just drives me mad, believe I can cope ok now and have spent some much time and effort trying to crack my anxiety, just my washing machine head?☹️. Is anybody the same, not sleeping, spending hours going over and over same thing, re some people just not susceptible to meditation and relaxation? ❤️
Have you ever tried speaking with a therapist about this? It did help me to talk to someone else in person who can help.
Thanks for reply Jan, years ago I tried a therapist and counciling, felt reasured at time but on returning home off it started again. Honestly it seems to be the one thing that I just can't crack. Your knowledge and advice on relaxation , detachment, etc on here is great . I also tried hypnotherapy but was told I was not as susceptible to it as some, my dad found it helpful. Am I just unable to switch off. Thanks for replying, sometimes just get fed up even though I feel I have come so far in general.😊❤️
I deal with muscle tension a lot and now it's been chronic pain on sides and back... I do know that worrying makes it much worse. I have had a slew of tests but still struggling with the fact the pain is from anxiety...
Try and hang in there and keep striving to get better.