Can feeling poorly set off anxiety?

[jon mike]

So I've been fine for weeks and weeks following the guidance from my pyhchologist, I've had a really off stomach today and before I know it it's setting off all the depersonalisation/derealisation madness again, it's fine, i can cope with it all but just curious if everyday illnesses set off anybody elses weirdness/anxiety I'm getting all the craziness but can't remember getting my usual anxiety feelings, I feel like it's waited all month until I'm most vulnerable and then pounced me

[gaara]

Hey Forwells,

I've been meaning to ask you for a while. Do you continue to post here soley because you want to help people with their anxiety or because yours isn't fully gone yet or both?

Just always been curious.

[jon mike]

Cheers man most appreciated

[gaara]

Garra .

Good Question .

Bit of both .

I still have a bit of anxiety but nothing that someone that was in my place wouldn't have . I don't have any silly anxiety. I still get depressed at times but i think its more i get overwhelmed at dealing with crap all the time .

But in all honesty i do it because , i know this is corny to some but it is a promise i made to god that if he helped me then i would help others . I also believe that it is something that others should do . There is so much out there about anxiety and alot is crap from people that have never been there . I believe that one short sentence from someone saying that they were there and that it will pass does more good than talking to some shrink that read it in a book and is charging you a mint and adding to your stress .

It is something i also enjoy . I like helping people and as i said to my doctor the other day i believe that a large part of the increase in anxiety is because as humans we dont talk any more . Years ago if we had a problem we went to the pub and spoke with mates or went and spoke to that auntie down the road . But now we bottle it all up and that can not be good for any one .

cheers kev

That's good and I really appreciate what you're doing because to be completely honest when I joined here in september, i remember reading your posts and thinking "yea, whatever i know he's right but it won't help me" but later on like a few days later, your posts would appear in my head and it'd make the situation better until i was literally my old self again...that is until this january when everything that used to work in the past just doesn't work anymore and here i am lol

but yea, appreciate you posting here