What is it that sets off your Anxiety?

Anxiety can appear out of nowhere and it can also creep up on you if you start stressing or thinking about something. What is that something?

Please share what it is that starts your anxiety?

Kitt

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Kitt, Moderator: Anxiety ~ Panic  ~ Crohn's

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School. Tests. Appointments. Due dates. Homework. Projects. Being in a hurry. Being surrounded by people. Being in a small space with people. Work. Traveling. Staying away from home. Driving. Riding the bus. Exams. Talking in front of people. Going places. Having to talk to someone about my anxiety/panic issues. Field trips. Doctors. Thinking about things. Anythings that could be remotely stressful. Wow...I didnt realize so many things affected my anxiety.... theres more Im sure, thats just what was on the top of my head!

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"Healing is an energy phenomenon. Hope is another word for Healing.
"Cracks in the concrete are just reminders that you fall apart no matter how strong you are"
"Sometimes it is best to forget what you feel and remember what you deserve"
"Im going to smile like nothing is wrong, talk like everything is perfect, act like its all a dream, and pretend its not hurting me."

My major ones I would have to explain! So I tried to keep it short. there are so many things that trigger my anxiety even without my knowing that I couldnt list them all! lol I just listed what first came to mind! lol

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"Healing is an energy phenomenon. Hope is another word for Healing.
"Cracks in the concrete are just reminders that you fall apart no matter how strong you are"
"Sometimes it is best to forget what you feel and remember what you deserve"
"Im going to smile like nothing is wrong, talk like everything is perfect, act like its all a dream, and pretend its not hurting me."

lol I was watching a documentary on the National Geographic channel on the Vietnam War so it took me forever to list those because I kept getting lost in it! I love the Vietnam War so... anyways, wow, your guys babling thing is rubbing off on me! Just kidding!

Umm... When I wake up, if I think about getting on the buss and going to school, I get sick from anxiety. I have to just get up and turn the music on and I CANNOT think about the rest of the day. If I think about school once, well lets not go there... anytime I start to think about all the work I have to do, like homework that sort of thing, I get super upset. If I think about report cards, grades, anything like that... If I think ahead to when Im going to FL in the summer I get anxiety because I cant wake up that early to go, I cant ride in a parked car down there for 8 hours, I cant be away from home, and while Im down there I dont get any sleep so that adds. Plus, I had a very bad experience with getting sick to my stomach there last year... it was horrible so Im dreading this year really bad already.

Hmm... When I think about going something I get super anxious. I cant spend the night at friends it freaks me out. I have to sleep in my own bed where I feel safe. I get super anxious if I was supposed to do something and I didnt, especially for school. If I forget anything I get all nervous. Anytime I start thinking about how I should tell someone I get all shaky and stuff. Just the thought of speaking up scares me so much. Mmm... Time. I am a huge time person. I always have to know what time it is. How long I have til something. Everything. Time makes me edgy, especially when I feel rushed.

I will have to think on some other things. Some things trigger my anxiety and I dont even realize it. but the thing thats the worst is simply thinking. Thinking about all of these things is enough to cause great anxiety so, obviously actually experiencing any of this is going to be very bad on my anxiety. I will add if I think of something else! Thank you guys for being interested! I feel so loved!

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"Healing is an energy phenomenon. Hope is another word for Healing.
"Cracks in the concrete are just reminders that you fall apart no matter how strong you are"
"Sometimes it is best to forget what you feel and remember what you deserve"
"Im going to smile like nothing is wrong, talk like everything is perfect, act like its all a dream, and pretend its not hurting me."

You guys are so cute!! I love how every time I come on here I just feel like I'm with people who know exactly what I'm going through because no one I know experiences these things, not to my knowledge anyway. Isn't it weird to think about that, what if someone you see every day has anxiety too and you don't know it. Its perfectly conceivable considering very few people around me know that I have anxiety. Anyway, just a random thought. Things that trigger my anxiety....well to name a few, going to class, going to work sometimes, places in general that I can't easily escape. Especially a car with other people. I have this fear of throwing up in front of people and if I feel like I wouldn't be able to escape, it freaks me out soooo bad. Whenever I get headaches, I freak out because I think I have a brain tumor or an aneurysm. If I get a chest pain or an arm pain, I think I'm having a heart attack or something. When I'm alone I get scared, especially at night when my boyfriend is asleep. I get anxious about losing someone I love. I get anxious when I'm late for work or something. I get anxious about staying the night at someone's house other than mine. Also I get anxious when I think about death in general. I can't think about anything else, but you guys are so awesome, I'm so glad I finally found people who actually know what I'm going through. Oh and I get anxious and worried that I'll go crazy and hurt someone or myself.

Thunderstorms lightning and tornado watches. I guess cause I live in a moblie home and I hate lightning. I am 22 and will start crying. Mabye a weird smell, or if im staring at something and it seems like the walls moved, weird I know, I think cause I get dizzy. Etc. etc. etc.

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ANASTASIA

Kitt,

This is a wonderful thread.  I was actually excited when I saw it as reading what causes others anxiety may make me understand and figure out my own triggers.  My main triggers are stress from work and my job to soon be eliminated and concerns about my health (any little twinge and I worry).  Of course, the physical symptoms the anxiety causes are enough but there are also other health problems.  I'm a worrier from way back when I was a kid and that will probably never change.  Like you, I also have never accepted Diane as Diane and always wonder what others are thinking about me.  My therapist keeps trying to drill into my brain "love thyself".  It's not working yet.

I would love to get on the chat with others here.  I feel at home here in just the short time I've been coming.

My new question for myself the past few weeks is "for what reason was I put on this earth".  What is God's purpose for me.  What was I meant to do.  What is my "calling".

Kitt, I've read all the posts and your responses to them and you are one of the most compassionate and articulate women I know.  I don't know you personally, but I can tell by your writing that you are a very wonderful and caring human being and I feel better just knowing you are out there.

diane

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Diane

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INSIDE IS THAT MATTERS!!!!!!

WELL SAID PANIKE.

great words !!!!

hugs
i missed ya
katy

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Worry doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.
- ' Corrie Ten Boom '

I am so like you lil sis
I dont see the ME I get told I am ........
I see the useless one that had to stop nursing and all because of a disease

I am constantly set off by family and lack of their feelings towards dad and when mom was alive ya know the story
I am so tired of them thinking I WILL say yes to everything but ya know I have learnt to say NO and that feels sooooo good .........
Guilt when I am sick and away from here and I feel I am not doing what I said I would do

JEESH you nailed them all didnt ya .........

I despise most holidays always something bad has happened on them ya know ........
I do not have self esteem at all wish I did ........
I so despise feeling helpless and out of control when I am sick or in a flare.........
I could go on and on
BUT I have learnt to do self help techniques to go along with the meds to try and overcome this DD I know I have anxiety ........that anxiety does not have me ...........

GREAT THREAD.................Hoping others do share as well ..........Luvs big sis

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Post Edited (Howlyncat) : 2/27/2008 8:13:18 AM (GMT-7)

Lyn i hate that you said you have low self esteem.Please dont feel useless just because your'e not nursing any more! Because in away you are still a nurse you and Kitt because you guys nurse us everyday! Lyn you and Kitt both have so much to offer to the world and i wish you guys could see that!So what youre not working anymore,this right here that you are doing is a job! I wouldnt want you guys to go back to work then you couldnt help us.I know that sounds selfish but it's the truth.Hw would be nothing without you guys!!

*Worrying about my children especially if they go away on a trip.
*The results of medical tests.
*Worrying about finances.
*Lack of restful sleep
*Not eating properly
* Having to perform in front of an audience
* Driving on the Freeway

*Hurrying to do something or to get somewhere....I am always late

* This is a new one for me.....the thought of leaving home to keep appointments or go to work

** I used to worry about dying but now I don't cause dying to me now would be a relief.

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Post Edited (Getting there) : 2/28/2008 9:16:53 PM (GMT-7)

Stuff they read out on The News makes me feel panicky - like outbreaks of SARS, bird flu, Satellites dropping on us from space etc. etc.  They're forever giving me more stuff to worry about.  Hearing a noise that's unexplainable - I always think the worst, like a boiler's gonna explode - a plane flying overhead, in case it drops on me! Stoopid, really.

OMG Aurora when i read your thread it brought back so many memories.I still get P/A when i'm driving but i use to get severe panic attacks when i stopped at redlights it seemed like the light couldn't change quick enough.Especially at busy intersections! Now that doesnt bother me anymore but man it use too,BIG TIME! Aslo i used to be scared to go to the mall,i'm not as scared as i use to be but i still get a littel jittery in the mall.The reason is because i've had so many panic attacks in the malls! And you're right it does effect the quanity and quality of your life.Like i said i can do the red lights and the intersections now for some reason but i still have problems with driving to far away from home and driving on the expressway! You are also right about trying to explain panic attacks to someone who hasnt had one! It absolutely sucks because like you said they think you are nuts!