Living with Generalised Anxiety Disorder - Coping with Intense, Persistent Worry

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[ArtByZac]

Best thing about GAD: we’re even anxious in our sleep! No matter how comfortable my mattress is, I always wake up with intense shoulder, back, and hip pain because my entire body was tense all night, and I recently found out that I grind my teeth in my sleep.

[johnknox]

It’s horrible. At least for me it is. Feeling stressed and anxious all the time is no fun.

[vanbrewer]

Anxious about everything, all the time, but most often nothing specific that I can point to and say "I'm anxious about this thing." It's invasive and illusive.

[tracynottage]

I am absolutely 💯 percent with you on that one Orion

[raven]

Yeah. It's even more of a bummer when it's best friend is depression, and they've been hanging out with you together all your life. Then social anxiety joined in somewhere in your adolescence.

[SergioBlackDolphin]

I unfortunately grew up with this. I have my ASC assessment next month and I am pretty sure I can explain a ton of things related to living in a non ASC world that caused anxiety and burnout. My fawn response too has been ridiculous. So much to learn but also to save myself from! Luckily at my 50+ age I am finally disassembling the machine that hurt me so much.

[jimwilliams]

My anxiety was inherited from my mother, but it has been made worse by the fact that I use it as a coping strategy for lots of things. I don’t do well with surprises, so I game out what could go wrong ahead of time. And hypervigilance has helped limit the effects of ADHD inattention in my life —if I am terrified I will lock my keys in the car, I am far less likely to. But while these strategies help in some ways, they also push my anxiety ever upward.

[sunset]

I was diagnosed with GAD a while ago. I wish I was diagnosed sooner in life because it explained a lot of why I was having difficulty concentrating, living in fear, and not able to have boundaries. Therapy helped and mindfulness, using a book called 30 Days to Reduce Stress by Harper Daniels helped a lot also to detach from "self" and be free.

[alwaysyouramanda]

I can’t even drive. I get so much crap for it from family..

[Catlily]

GAD is the first thing I was diagnosed with. I am not diagnosed with it anymore but I still feel anxious most of the time.

[laurierenner]

This was me for 60 years. Thanks to what you share, I now know why that was and am taking active steps in self care.

[fatalynn]

Listening to them being listed out like you are speaking what’s in my head. It’s pretty miserable. There’s very good strategies thru CBT that really help but it is hard and constant work. Worth it. But persistent

[RatEmperor]

I am on prozac. The weight is gone for now. I feel amazing and dangerous with my new false confidence

[ismailabdelirada]

When you're not just fly, you're a GAD fly.

[KPaul]

Oh yes, most of the time for sure. Just today, I was driving and had to turn. I got so overwhelming just because someone was behind me. They were not even to close or anything. I just noticed I was getting overwhelmed. Like how important is it how hard I brake, how fast I turn or even what the person is even thinking?

[theoneandonly]

Yup that's me. The fact that I have too do 60 steps... before doing what I have to do ie: pick up heavy whipping cream for tea. I didn't sleep well, therefore, I'll get in an accident because my stupid husband didn't let me sleep. So intern, I have no tea and no sleep. 😢 F U *K

[barbaraspring]

I only have social disorder. I don’t have all the other you talk about. I guess I’m just afraid of people and have been for 70 years. Do I still have autism since I only have me thing wrong.

[katedustinrzonca]

I don't think anxiety interferes with my life. I think it is my life. 🤦