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BlueDays

BlueDays

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Opaline said:
I don't know how it happened, but my anxiety is definitely getting worse. It had been getting progressively better for the longest time, and now I'm going backwards.

I have a thyroid problem and I'm not on medication at the moment, so I'm wondering if that's what it is. Or hypoglycemia - I feel terrible when I wait too long to eat, and my grandmother was diabetic (sister is hypoglycemic too). Or something else. Or combination.

Need to go to doctor. Maybe it's nothing but my own fears just getting worse. I'm becoming afraid of even going to class at all now. I just feel so anxious all of the time, and often on the verge of panic. I never used to be like this. I'm scared :(
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^It sounds like you definitely need to go get some help from a doctor, Opal. An untreated thyroid problem is the last thing you need.
I find that stress just magnifies my anxiety to no end. If going to class is causing you so much stress, it will just be compounding the build up of your anxiety each day.:sad:
Visit your doctor as soon as you can. Tell him/her everything you just wrote here. I hope your doctor is a good one and can offer some help.:)
In the meantime, I know you have a lot to do atm with study and everything else, but the benefits of putting everything out of your mind and chilling out for even 1 hour (music, tv series, relaxing walk) will be worth the hour spent having a break. Just to get an hour or 2 with time to do something that sets off the serotonin in your brain, can give you some energy you need to keep going.:thumbup:
 
Opaline

Opaline

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BlueDays said:
^It sounds like you definitely need to go get some help from a doctor, Opal. An untreated thyroid problem is the last thing you need.
I find that stress just magnifies my anxiety to no end. If going to class is causing you so much stress, it will just be compounding the build up of your anxiety each day.:sad:
Visit your doctor as soon as you can. Tell him/her everything you just wrote here. I hope your doctor is a good one and can offer some help.:)
In the meantime, I know you have a lot to do atm with study and everything else, but the benefits of putting everything out of your mind and chilling out for even 1 hour (music, tv series, relaxing walk) will be worth the hour spent having a break. Just to get an hour or 2 with time to do something that sets off the serotonin in your brain, can give you some energy you need to keep going.:thumbup:
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Classes are over, thank goodness. Made it through my last really difficult day. Now I just have two more finals and I'm free! ...until next semester.

I definitely do make time for relaxation and fun when I can.

Thanks, Blue :)
 
DeadmanWalking

DeadmanWalking

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I had it all. I thought I was doing a good job. I honestly thought I could be a good person. I even began to challenge my negativity and believe that I was worth something. But pride goeth before the fall. Now I have nothing. Everything's in shambles. I learned my lesson. I won't believe highly of myself again. I'm a villain, a monster. That's the role I've been given and I won't stray from it again. I know my place. All I can do is try to undo what I've done. I've screwed up before, but never like this. I leveled up, it seems.
 
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Lavinialuna

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Opaline said:
I don't know how it happened, but my anxiety is definitely getting worse. It had been getting progressively better for the longest time, and now I'm going backwards.

I have a thyroid problem and I'm not on medication at the moment, so I'm wondering if that's what it is. Or hypoglycemia - I feel terrible when I wait too long to eat, and my grandmother was diabetic (sister is hypoglycemic too). Or something else. Or combination.

Need to go to doctor. Maybe it's nothing but my own fears just getting worse. I'm becoming afraid of even going to class at all now. I just feel so anxious all of the time, and often on the verge of panic. I never used to be like this. I'm scared :(
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I have thyroid issues too, and yes, if it is low (or high) it def causes anxiety. I would get it checked. And having low blood sugar also increases anxiety. I have found, for myself anyway, that there are a lot of physical things that can cause anxiety symptoms. For me, heartburn causes anxiety. I have reflux, and it can wash up into where your lungs are and cause trouble breathing. It can actually cause asthma and they are now linking asthma and heartburn with anxiety. I personally have a hiatal hernia and if I eat too fast and it gets full, it pushes up against the main artery that goes from your heart to your gut and the result is palpatations and sensation of your heart pounding. That feels like anxiety, and can set a person off.
Make sure you are okay on iron, low iron can cause anxiety symptoms. Make sure you take magnesium, that too can cause anxiety. I take D3 and also a probiotic (as they are saying that your gut is your "second brain" and has more seratonin in it than your brain does.) I hope you figure it out because I really believe that for some of us, part of what is wrong is physical.
(sorry for the delayed response, I have been so busy!)
I had to edit and add that I have been feeling less anxious since starting the probiotic.
Also, I just read there is a link between people with anxiety and inflamed intestinal tracts. Cause or effect? I don't know.
 
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LoyalXenite

LoyalXenite

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MikeyC said:
I Googled Zig Zag and I couldn't find it. Where is that? You should take a trip to El Dorado. :)
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Zig Zag
Address: Access track off Inch St, Lithgow
Telephone: 6353 9565

Lines serviced:
Blue Mountains LineBlue Mountains Line
Zig Zag is not wheelchair accessible.

Courtesy of City (shitty) Rail :bigsmile:

I've never been there but I always see it on the ticket machines at the train stations.

I totally plan to go to El dorado and find my fortune :D
 
BlackPuma

BlackPuma

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Aw yeah, lasagne for lunch.

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hoddesdon

hoddesdon

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To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong
To be better far than you are
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest, to follow that star
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To be willing to give when there's no more to give
To be willing to die so that honor and justice may live
And I know if I'll only be true to this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm when I'm laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star
 
Srijita52

Srijita52

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Is part of the reason why we're afraid of social situations is because we put people on a pedestal? We value their judgements more than our own?
 
Kiwong

Kiwong

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LoyalXenite said:
Zig Zag
Address: Access track off Inch St, Lithgow
Telephone: 6353 9565

Lines serviced:
Blue Mountains LineBlue Mountains Line
Zig Zag is not wheelchair accessible.

Courtesy of City (shitty) Rail :bigsmile:

I've never been there but I always see it on the ticket machines at the train stations.

I totally plan to go to El dorado and find my fortune :D
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The Zig Zag railway. I went for a train ride there once.

I like the place name Bergen - op - Zoom
 
MikeyC

MikeyC

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LoyalXenite said:
Zig Zag
Address: Access track off Inch St, Lithgow
Telephone: 6353 9565

Lines serviced:
Blue Mountains LineBlue Mountains Line
Zig Zag is not wheelchair accessible.

Courtesy of City (shitty) Rail :bigsmile:

I've never been there but I always see it on the ticket machines at the train stations.

I totally plan to go to El dorado and find my fortune :D
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Lithgow. Never been there but I have been nearby in Katoomba, Blackheath, and Mt. Victoria. Nice area and I would love to return.

Zig Zag would have to be on my to-go list. :)

BlackPuma said:
Aw yeah, lasagne for lunch.

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That doesn't look as nice as it could be. Did it taste okay?
 
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Lavinialuna

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Srijita52 said:
Is part of the reason why we're afraid of social situations is because we put people on a pedestal? We value their judgements more than our own?
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I don't really think so. I always think of myself disliking people (which isn't true, but I do dislike a large portion of them.) Like for instance, my MIL was here today. She is so calm and not intimidating in any way. I don't find her intimidating at all, sadly I find her sort of annoying (I feel so bad about it, but it's true. After dinner she kept burping and it was driving me insane. and I should really be more tolerant, she is so kind and would do anything for us.) So, as much as I really don't think I could do any wrong in her eyes, at least she has never said anything to make me think she is judgmental of me, by the time she left I felt like crying.
I know I really truly DO fear judgement, and I really do put some on a pedastal, in this case it was the fact that she was living and breathing in my space, that is all it takes.
Maybe it just takes too much energy to be the person I think I should be? Maybe I feel I have to put on an act? I know my mother always puts on an act for people, did I learn it from her? Or is it that there are just some people I can't get comfortable around? It's an interesting point Srijita. It's a thinker ;)
 
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