Hi I'm back after long break!!!!!!!

[scared44]

Hi All, Just letting you know I"m back. I've been in hospital for several weeks (not a pshyc unit) as I've had more major surgery. While I was in hospital my anxiety ect just about went away???? I've now been home for a few days and my anxiety is starting to come back and don't know why!!!!! Has anyone experienced this also?? Thx in advance. Beverley xxx

[tailspin]

Hi Beverley. Welcome back! Glad you got through your surgery ok. I am scared of hospitals and the idea of surgery terrifies me beyond words so I could imagine that I would have had the opposite problem, namely that my anxiety would have gone through the roof in hospital but would have improved afterwards.

But perhaps you felt well cared for and safe in hospital, and that you were in the best place should anything go wrong, in which case it makes total sense that your anxiety would diminish there and increase when you leave.

At any rate, I hope you feel better soon!

[petrified]

Hi I always feel safer when in hospital to. Like tailspin said its because I feel safe and well looked after. I assume everything is going to be ok and they won't let anything happen to me. I also get anxious at home after as I worry about my health all the time. I hope you are feeling better soon and have a speedy recovery :-)

[jessed03]

^ yeah, maybe something like this. The reassurance of knowing you're in the right place, that you've been checked over, and will get help ASAP if anything happens. That cushion can kinda go when you're back home, especially when alone.

It should give you hope though, no? That there is probably a trigger, a trigger that you can work on, and a way to ease this anxiety pretty quickly judging by your story.

I don't know if there was any distraction there, new surroundings, new people, new challenges, that caused you to get out of the anxiety loop a little. Distraction always broke my anxiety up. Even the worst of it. I'd go out in a complete mess, meet somebody asking for directions, get chatting, and walk away feeling kinda better. Another thing to think about was if you were closer to family? If you had good rapport with people in there, all these things can pump some good chemicals around you, rather than the nasty anxiety ones.

Maybe you were just enjoying being out of the cycle. Anxiety becomes like PTSD. Afraid of itself, and comes on at slightest memories of traumatic anxious times. Even though I feel good now, I can't go back to many of the places my anxiety struck. It's almost like I step back through a time warp. A change is as good as a rest sometimes.

Anyway, welcome back :) maybe you'll be able to join some things up over the coming weeks.

[Lin]

Welcome back, hope that your surgery was successful and you don't have to worry about that at all.
I find when I am in hospital or a recovery house that I get less panic and anxiety. I think it is because there are so many staff and other patients to talk to, and lots of them understand depression and anxiety.
Then when you get back home and probably got no one who understands it gets worse again.
It doesn't take much for either depression or anxiety to come back once you have had it before.
I hope you find help on the forum again this time.
Lin

[scared44]

Hi all, Just letting you know that I'm back in hospital due to golden staph,abdo abcesss and a blood clot on my lung? :((( Again Thx. For your well wishe"s and will keep you informed with my progress. xxxx

[scared44]

Welcome back, hope that your surgery was successful and you don't have to worry about that at all.
I find when I am in hospital or a recovery house that I get less panic and anxiety. I think it is because there are so many staff and other patients to talk to, and lots of them understand depression and anxiety.
Then when you get back home and probably got no one who understands it gets worse again.
It doesn't take much for either depression or anxiety to come back once you have had it before.
I hope you find help on the forum again this time.
Lin

Your spot on Lin!! Luv Bev xxx

[anthonyjbro760]

What kind of operation did you have?