Hey ladies, how are you all doing? I’ve been feeling a bit off these past few days and I’m scared of ending up back at square one with the anxiety I had 2 years ago. This morning I woke up and instantly thought about how I was feeling, which I haven’t done in a long time because I was doing so much better. TMI but I’ve had my period for almost a month now and I’m going to the doctor this week to check my iron and vitamin levels because I’ve been showing symptoms of deficiencies, especially anemia. I watched something the other day and accidentally triggered the anxiety and it had sort of calmed down, but now I feel a bit anxious again. I think it’s more me overthinking my thoughts. I’m wondering if its these deficiencies/hormonal issues that are making me feel like this again, because I was doing fine for a while. I hope once my body sorts everything out I start to feel better :(
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Hey ladies, I am also at around my 3 year mark. I unfortunately ended up spiraling and I’m slowly picking up the pieces again! It sucks to feel like all my progress just went out the window, but I’m hopeful still. I started some extremely light exercising this past week, nothing major but I’m hoping to keep it up and to see some progress. I must say although I hate that you guys are going through this it is very comforting to hear that you guys are closer to my time frame I was starting to get scared that I was the only one having an off time after this long. Thanks for sharing your stories you’ve got no idea how much you’re helping me too so thank you, hoping you all are having better days! Also happy early birthday! I do hope you get to enjoy your day!!!! -Kay
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Same here!! I was doing so well for months and now I feel like an anxious wreck again. Whenever this happens it makes me scared that I’m going to be like this forever :( I just need to remind myself of the months I felt fine.
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I am so sorry, I completely sympathize with you. The thoughts are the absolute worst, I just wish I didn’t allow my mind to even go there anymore! hang in there my friend, I am here if you need to talk. I am also open to any suggestions as to what you feel helps you during these tough times
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Thank you so much! I wish I wouldn’t let my mind go there anymore either, I just overthink every little thing 24/7. I wasn’t posting on here for months and barely even looking at the site, and now since last week it’s like I’ve gone downhill. I’m hoping it clears up soon. I definitely feel like walking helps me a lot so I should probably start taking walks more often
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Same here, I feel like I’m not allowing myself to get over this. Definitely going to try to take more walks I’m not much of an active person. When I wrote to you earlier I woke up in the middle of the night crying. Not even sure how I made it to work today. I feel terrible for my boyfriend this isn’t fair to him but he’s literally the most understanding person like I don’t know how he does it.
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Me too I think we really really have to retrain our minds to overcome it. I’m sorry you woke up crying :( but I’m glad your boyfriend is so understanding. I wish we could just delete this whole experience from our memory lol it’s awful
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We will do it! One day this will all be a distant memory! I hope you had a good day today, our conversation motivated me today and I did a bit of skating. Thanks for coming on here I appreciate being able to talk to someone who understands the madness in my head, I will say I truly never understood the power of the mind until this experience.
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Amen!! Aww yay being active is so helpful! I went to sleep so late last night I ended up sleeping in lol I’m gonna try to move around more tomorrow. The feeling is mutual! I know it’s so hard dealing with our minds like this and especially with fluctuating hormones ugh but at least we know we’re not alone
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Hope you were able to get a better nights sleep, I intend to skate again today after work! I am currently fighting ROCD thoughts and I literally don’t know what to do. I don’t want to think about this anymore, ever again really.
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Thank you!! Unfortunately once again I went to slept late lol I really have to work on my sleeping patterns. Some posts back I mentioned possibly having anemia now so that’s probably why I’ve been sleeping all crazy. I’m so sorry you’re dealing with those thoughts :( I’ve never had them before because I’m single but I’ve actually had them towards my family and it was scary because I know for a fact that I love them. Those thoughts went away but I‘ve had other themes that make me feel so ashamed and I just try to remind myself that I’m still healing
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Anyone else deal with completely irrational intrusive thoughts? I had a moment of severe anxiety today where I worried about the possibility of losing my mind and hurting someone. I know it’s such a crazy thought. I’m a vegan, I don’t even like to squish bugs, and the thought of anything happening to someone I love paralyzes me. But I just got so in my head feeling like I was losing it that I really scared myself. I often spin myself into turmoil over crazy hypotheticals. I just wish I could stop.
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Absolutely! I’m the exact same way, I get anxious over irrational scenarios and then I get anxious about that anxiety if that makes sense. That was actually my first symptom after coming off the pill, and I was doing great for months now but I think since my hormones are all out of whack right now I’m having a setback
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How are you all coming along today? I’ve been feeling quite anxious and it worries me because I was doing so well and now I’m pretty much back to square one. I’m hoping that once I go to the doctor I can get my hormones in check and maybe that’ll make me feel better. At this point I barely have like severe intrusive thoughts like I did at the beginning of all this, it’s more like just anxiety/guilt about those thoughts that I had and questioning if I’ll be like this forever. Do any of you have the same issue?
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I definitely relate! The naturopath helped me a lot and put me on some supplements that greatly improved my anxiety! I also just started seeing a new therapist who I love so far! It might take longer than we hoped for, but we’ll definitely make it through. And don’t forget: recovery isn’t linear! Bad days are part of being human.
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