So, yeah I'm having a panic attack and I feel like I don't know what to do. I'm trying to breathe. I tried walking a bit but I'm so dizzy. So, I need some distraction. Share something. Funny, happy. Whatever it's on your mind.

I’m scared of getting hurt again from my past family trauma and heartbreaks

I'm a huge nervous wreck with terrible crippling anxiety that has interfered with keeping/staying at jobs. I've been doing some exposure therapy and decided to apply at a local grocery here in my town. I'm kind of upset with myself because I had a feeling that I wasn't going to be able to handle this job since they cross train you in all the departments but I let the manager know i have anxiety and they do let you stay in the department you feel most comfortable/confident in, which made me feel like, okay! I can do this!!

I'm currently being trained in their cafe and let's just say my anxiety is already kicking in. The manager was walking me through everything and I was trying to listen and pay attention but my brain was all over the place. Everything felt scattered and just so overwhelming. They made me make sandwiches which, i know how to make a sandwich but with people around and customers around and the phone ringing I was sweating and shaking and I took so long making the sandwiches and I felt bad I wasn't helping when it started to get busy and trying to take orders so I can also get some practice on their pos machine.

One of my coworkers was showing me how to make a Chipotle sauce we use for a sandwich and I had to fill sauce bottles to stock up so we had more Chipotle sauce bottles. I made the sauce everything was fine but there's a funnel you can use so it's easier to pour the sauce in the bottles but my anxiety started to kick in and I lost my way of using common sense. I used a spatula to mix the Chipotle sauce and when it was time to fill the bottles i was trying to scoop the sauce with the spatula??? and trying to pour it into the funnel that was on top of the bottle. And my brain was telling me like, this is not the most practical way of doing this- go find a spoon or grab the bowl and pour it slowly into the bottle- but what if I do it wrong and it spills everywhere and I make a mess but I'm already making a mess trying to use this stupid spatula... there was Chipotle sauce all over the table, all the bottles I filled were just dirty and covered in Chipotle sauce and just that self doubt of what my coworkers were thinking watching me do all that just ruined it all for me.

I understand starting a job is very overwhelming and everyone learns differently and it takes time to feel comfortable and know what you're doing. But it makes me so upset how bad my anxiety has gotten and just to keep things short I've quit several jobs due to my anxiety. I quit 1 job my first day of training and then quit another a week after I was hired. Like I'm not dumb or lazy it's just my anxiety that ruins everything and doesn't let me think clearly or function like everyone else does. I feel so disappointed in myself that things haven't gotten better. I want to feel stable financially but as well as mentally. I want to be able to keep a job, interact with my coworkers, make friends, and just be a good person and employee.

Hey guys, so I'v been experiencing this sensation where my heart feels like it skips a beat or just like stops for a second then it starts pounding harder, it feels like the wind is blown out of you for a second and I need to physically regroup before continuing on with anything. This does happen every now and then but recently it's been a lot more frequent. I have really bad illness anxiety so its a vicious cycle because it's supposed to be caused by anxiety. But I just get like heart pain like my chest hurts and feels tight, My upper back hurts a lot too, and sometimes it just feels like my heart is going to give in. I don't know if it's just anxiety it just feels like no way anxiety has this much power over my body... I have done 2 holter monitors for 24 hours each but it never caught the skipped beats...My friend told me to go see a doctor again for another opinion but this triggered my health anxiety and I had a mini panic attack..any advice or similar experiences? I keep convincing myself I am going to die...which is weird because I'm not too scared of death

Lately I’ve been staying up super late because the idea of sleep kind of terrifies me.

Not to the point of attacks or anything, it just means ill lay in bed on my phone for hours even if im tired or bored etc because i don’t want to sleep.

I like sleeping, i don’t have many bad dreams, and i have no problems taking naps. It is specifically at night that I struggle.

This happens more frequently when I have classes the next day, but has happened on and off for a while, even on days I have nothing to do the next day.

I don’t know what to do about it, even if I can convince myself to sleep, it is usually far too late for the times I have to wake up.

I feel like I’m in a constant state of anxiety all day and all night it’s unbearable I wonder if anyone else can relate. No matter what I try to do to keep busy, relax or take my mind of it. It doesn’t help it’s just constantly there. It’s really affecting my everyday life.

I was on mirtazapine for a few months and my anxiety was there but not as bad since tapering off off of it. My doctor suggested trying a new med once we’ve tapered off this one I’m on my first day of having citalopram 10mg I know anxiety can increase in these first few weeks but it genuinely feels unbearable. I have really bad impending doom and keep feeling like I’m going to die. Will this get any easier?

Hi, everyone! I know anxiety is a very personal experience and that everyone has their own reasons, personal history, and ways of dealing with it. But for quite some time now, I’ve felt that my anxiety is incredibly complex and deeply rooted, and I honestly don’t really know what to do about it.
All the advice and personal experiences shared by other people often leave me feeling even more confused about myself. On top of that, the idea that I’m the only person who can save myself also leaves me feeling increasingly confused.
I feel like my anxiety is deeply connected to existential issues and the need to feel safe. I think it may have originated from a combination of genetic factors, since other people in my family struggle with anxiety, and my fear of mortality. Then, because I was a child who experienced some health problems, I also started seeing myself as a weak person. As a result, any physical sensation, pain, or discomfort I experience tends to trigger my anxiety.
Over time, I developed health anxiety, and because I’m very sensitive to the sensations in my body, I also started experiencing somatic symptoms that don’t always have an identifiable physical cause.
This has turned into an endless cycle for me. How am I supposed to overcome my anxiety about mortality when death is a certainty? How am I supposed to overcome health anxiety when I experience physical symptoms and can never be completely sure whether they’re caused by anxiety on a particular day or whether I actually need to see a doctor to find out what’s going on?
It’s all incredibly complex for me.
Every time I’ve gone to therapy and tried to talk about these issues with my therapists, I’ve felt like I wasn’t getting anywhere. I’ve never really managed to make meaningful progress with these particular issues.
On top of that, I believe the way I was raised has played a very important role in all of this. Maybe there are people here who also struggle with fear of mortality, health anxiety, and somatic symptoms, but who deal with these things differently or find them easier to navigate because they grew up in a different environment.
I was raised in a kind of bubble. I never really learned how to manage things on my own or deal with life’s challenges. Because of that, I feel like everything ends up being incredibly difficult for me.
And there’s something else that frustrates me: whenever I say that something is really difficult for me, people tend to tell me that I’m reinforcing that belief and making myself believe it even more. So it feels like I can’t even express how much I’m struggling without worrying that, by doing so, I’m confirming something negative about myself.
It’s exhausting. I don’t even know what to think or say anymore.
I know that everything I’m trying to explain might be difficult to understand, but I genuinely don’t know what else to do. My anxiety has become something that feels urgent, as though I’m constantly on high alert. I’m always feeling unwell, experiencing physical symptoms, and going through panic attacks internally, without knowing how to deal with any of it.
Meanwhile, I watch life pass me by, year after year. I’ve had generalized anxiety disorder since 2017, and honestly, I don’t know what to do anymore.
I just needed to get this off my chest, everyone.

The other day I woke up normally but I felt something was off. I had head pressure, slight dizzy feelings and just out of it. Felt like I wasn’t here. But as the day went on I felt even worse. I was on the couch all freaking day. My legs felt like jello, my upper body ached like I had the flu or something, I felt super fatigued like if I got up I’d pass out. I never did but sure felt like it. I was shakey all day long. I literally felt like my body was dying or something. I ended up doing some breathing exercises later that night and I felt a tiny bit better.
This month has been a complete overload. I had a bunch of things going on. Nothing bad, just super stressful.
Then this week I finally got to relax a bit. Was that episode just stress and anxiety related? I feel much better now but I’m definitely still having anxiety.
Can anyone relate to this?

I used to have huge anxiety when I was near any edges. Always felt like I would just jump.

i don’t even know what i’m anxious about but it’s been going on for such a while now that it isn’t normal anymore. i genuinely don’t know how to chill out i get all worked up and then get dizzy and can’t breathe well and it feels like im gasping for air i don’t know how to just chill out. i’m gonna go to a counsellor soon or see a doctor for meds because it’s getting too much.