I am going to be honest; I am at my breaking point. I have suffered from depression and anxiety since my teen years into adulthood. There was a time when my anxiety was almost non-existent and now its back and suffocating me daily. I have sought professional help, tried medication and made lifestyle changes to improve my health. I feel like a failure because nothing is working for me. I am at a point where I just want to give up entirely. I know this is not the answer, but I am so lost and afraid. It feels like anxiety is one of the most misunderstood illnesses because everyone I discuss my fears cannot grasp the severity of it. They try to reassure me everything is going to be ok and there is nothing to fear, but it doesn’t help. I am exhausted trying to fight my way out of this mental prison. I am desperate to find solutions or some guidance to help me move forward.
Hi, I suffer from anxiety to and understand how you feel. What symptoms are you having with anxiety?
Hi Ally,
Sorry to hear you’re having such a bad time. Nobody can understand what anxiety feels like unless the have had it.
You say “I’m exhausted trying to fight my way…” and there lies the problem and what keeps the anxiety going, when you try to fight your anxiety your “fight or flight” mode is activated therefore keeping you in the anxiety cycle. What you have to try to do (which is not easy at all) is accept your anxiety.
I would recommend to read a C laire W eekes book.
Good luck x