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03-11-2013, 03:12 PM
I am fresh out of recovering from what seemed like "the never ending nightmare". A month ago I got a stomach virus in which after it was gone, ignited my anxiety. I suffered from severe anxiety for 2 weeks after the stomach bug was gone. I kept thinking to myself that the stomach virus would come back and I'd end up in the ER again. Those thoughts would lead to other thoughts and by the time I knew it, it was becoming an obsessive cycle of negative thoughts, thoughts I could not control. Anxiety had taken over my body...
-What if my stomach pain comes back?
-Do I have stomach cancer?
-I missing too many days of work
-My medical bills are going to pile up
-Night time is coming again and I won't be able to sleep
-What if I get addicted to the sleeping aid?
-Will I ever feel normal again?
-Am I going crazy?
-Whats happening to me?
-Why now?
These were the thoughts and questions that kept circling in my head for what seemed like an eternity but it was really two weeks.
What did I do that my anxiety went away? I accepted it, and welcomed it into my body. Even though the anxiety was breaking me down , I was determined to remember and go back to those days when I felt normal. I went back to work, with the stomach pains, forced myself to go to the gym, read books, went out with friends, anything that would help my mind not feed the anxiety. What helped the most was when I decided to spend the weekend at my cousins house. Just the feeling of being in a different room, sleeping in a different bed, made a HUGE difference and it kind of snapped the anxiety out of me. I also prayed a lot to the man upstairs and got in touch with my spiritual side.
Remember, nothing is wrong with you. You are just like any other human on this earth. You just so happened to severely stress yourself out over something that you didn't even know of, but your body sure did and its telling you to wake up! There are some changes you need to make in your life, so do it!
If any one of you ever need to talk, please message me. Even though my anxiety didn't last long, I know what it felt like to have it...
-What if my stomach pain comes back?
-Do I have stomach cancer?
-I missing too many days of work
-My medical bills are going to pile up
-Night time is coming again and I won't be able to sleep
-What if I get addicted to the sleeping aid?
-Will I ever feel normal again?
-Am I going crazy?
-Whats happening to me?
-Why now?
These were the thoughts and questions that kept circling in my head for what seemed like an eternity but it was really two weeks.
What did I do that my anxiety went away? I accepted it, and welcomed it into my body. Even though the anxiety was breaking me down , I was determined to remember and go back to those days when I felt normal. I went back to work, with the stomach pains, forced myself to go to the gym, read books, went out with friends, anything that would help my mind not feed the anxiety. What helped the most was when I decided to spend the weekend at my cousins house. Just the feeling of being in a different room, sleeping in a different bed, made a HUGE difference and it kind of snapped the anxiety out of me. I also prayed a lot to the man upstairs and got in touch with my spiritual side.
Remember, nothing is wrong with you. You are just like any other human on this earth. You just so happened to severely stress yourself out over something that you didn't even know of, but your body sure did and its telling you to wake up! There are some changes you need to make in your life, so do it!
If any one of you ever need to talk, please message me. Even though my anxiety didn't last long, I know what it felt like to have it...