Getting better?

[Reholla]

Do any of you see improvements in your anxiety condition?


Hopefully the answer is yes.

I have seen a slow and steady improvement, but it is admittingly hard to try to be positive everday with doing simple things that any other person has no problem doing.
Anyway, I would say i've been conciously striving to help my anxiety problem for almost a year. I can say Ive definitely improved, but there is a really evident amount of underlying anxiety I have to deal with on a day to day basis.

I am still dealing with some depression, which I think will just have to heal overtime as my self esteem builds back again. But the worst are my mood swings. Prior to my anxiety i never had bad moods (or rarely) And thats probably because part of my anxiety was that I wouldnt express myself. But Now a bad mood can come on at any time. I am really irritable, and can just be looking at something at just want to cry for no reason. I still get that weird, spacey, fuzzy in the head feeling.

But i havent had big anxiety symptoms in a long time (like sweating, etc).
I am just wondering if this moodiness (but not sweating and feeling keyed up) is a sign that I'm actually getting better??

Maybe some of you have gone through this stage.

I think the whole anxiety process has a lot of stages. And sometimes you have to get worse before you get better. Even though its kind of scary, I know all my effort will be worth it.

SO, if I could say anything to you guys its just continue doing what youre doing!!! SOmetimes you wont feel like your getting better but it takes a while.

I like this quote "What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies WITHIN us"

 

[Richey]

im really glad that your improving and almsot recovered, thats brilliant news and your posts are always in depth and intelligent, umm im yet to make the first step, i feel that im still idle in many ways but i feel like i need to start now to improve myself because its not worth the hassel, i may as well go out trying instead of living this lifestyle, i just need to make a decision about my career and go with it, im desperate to move out from my parents house but i cant afford it yet so thats a goal im looking forward to achieving, and also i need to start approaching people more and talking!! because there is no other way and i almost did at soccer last week but the nerves got to me again,

 

[Reholla]

Thanks Richey! I definitely think that the first "hump" of getting over anxiety is the hardest. ANd its really possible and gives you such a sense of accomplishment, so i know you will feel much better after that.

If you are still working on this first step, maybe this website can help you understand: www.stresscenter.com

But goal setting is really important so i think saving up money for your own place will be really a great thing for you to focus on!

 

[corsa]

i don't know if i'm getting better exactly...Some days i'm really good and i think i've gotten past my anxiety, and then for no particular reason SP will come back and pay me a visit which really gets me down for days afterwards because i got my hopes up thinking that i had improved. It's so frustrating...there's only so many times you can get your hopes up, only to have them dashed again. It's a miserable, vicious cycle, that i can't seem to break out of. Sorry, i'm really glad for people who are getting better from this. I'm just in a bit of a slump at the moment

 

[thequietone]

I know how you feel corsa....that's pretty much how it's been for me the better part of this year. I'll start trusting to hope and thinking, "Yes, it's over!" and then something sets me off again and I'm back where I started. I think it gets to me because I'm a bit of a perfectionist, (so I'm told) and I expect myself to get steadily better without any slumps along the way.
Wouldn't it be nice if it really worked that way? :roll:
I guess my point is it's going to be bumpy. I mean, I remember a time when there WERE no good days, so some good and some bad really is an improvement. We just want "instant gratification" and expect ourselves to be healed faster than we are able to in reality. But the healing IS happening. I'm working on this too (the not getting your hopes so high thing). Although this is hard to do, go into your journey of healing with no expectations at all. Not negative or positive. Just let yourself experience the ups and downs and realize that you are on the right track.

 

[Waybuloo]

i would say so yes, abeit a slow and unsubstantial (correct word?)one

 

[aguppylife]

More like a rollercoaster. There are up and downs. I know its not getting better, but can't say its worse, either.

 

[Reholla]

Thanks for yalls responses....the reason for asking this is because like aguppylife said, it feels like a roller coaster, so its hard to know if youre truly getting better or not.

I have been really working at overcoming this for almost an entire year now, but I still struggle with it. I know theres not like a "time limit" or anything, but it seems like if Ive really been working at it everyday, and realy trying, I would be better off than I am right now.

I am choosing not to take medication , because I dont want to be dependent on something. But I dont know what else to do than what I am doing.

If I am getting better, and I just have to be patient then I dont want to change what I am doing, that is if its working. But if what I am doing now is not helping, I dont want to keep on trying if its not getting me anywhere. Do any of you have the same problems?