tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post596461903865506067..comments2024-03-29T03:53:25.372-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: What Anxiety Feels Like To One Person, At LeastMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-71399321557586999402015-12-13T02:36:47.766-05:002015-12-13T02:36:47.766-05:00I've been gone for a few days, Mary, so I didn...I've been gone for a few days, Mary, so I didn't see this post until just now. You know I deal with this too, and I just want to say that you explain it so well and so true. I don't want you to have to go through it, and I'm sorry to hear that this was such a heavy episode. Be well.livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-64681217351768628792015-12-11T17:51:08.517-05:002015-12-11T17:51:08.517-05:00What the hell age is that baby already, how is he ...What the hell age is that baby already, how is he so upright? Isn't he like, 8 weeks old or something?Agh!<br /><br />I took myself off my Cipramil a couple months ago. I'm taking magnesium (actually, I'm not, I'm forgetting to take it) Vitamin D and a B complex instead, and while I'm not perfect, I'm tolerable. I guess. I've just weathered two months of pms without having a breakdown (or resorting t o the pills), so that's a big change. I feel like I need the break. <br /><br />But.. maybe you need a little booster to get you through this episode? Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-27983959937972841112015-12-09T11:23:39.535-05:002015-12-09T11:23:39.535-05:00I am so sorry you are going through this and I hop...I am so sorry you are going through this and I hope it lifts soon. You have a confluence of memories to deal with too now which might have tipped the emotional scales...Kathleen and so on. Keeping you in my thoughts.Georgia sewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616985395902513854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-42178619667994802682015-12-09T11:05:09.092-05:002015-12-09T11:05:09.092-05:00I hope you are well today, Mary. If you are still ...I hope you are well today, Mary. If you are still feeling the darkness, please keep writing. Take pictures of all the beauty and post them with the dark hard thoughts. Thinking of you.Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-55636135860404300762015-12-09T10:58:05.730-05:002015-12-09T10:58:05.730-05:00You describe the panic so perfectly. I know I have...You describe the panic so perfectly. I know I have some triggers and sometimes it comes out of nowhere. GailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-36930278472107432942015-12-09T10:40:11.258-05:002015-12-09T10:40:11.258-05:00Oh sweet Mary, so sorry for the anxiety. You expla...Oh sweet Mary, so sorry for the anxiety. You explain it very well, and it is so frustrating to experience when others don't understand. I'm learning how frustrating it is to watch my younger sister go through many of the same problems and knowing that I can't help her, and telling her I have the same symptoms does little to ease her stress but it's all I've got to offer. <br /><br />I think ours are a brutal mixture of menopause hormone imbalances and brain chemistry issues, too much cortisol, not enough serotonin, but I'm done messing around with prescriptions drugs that worsen the symptoms, cause new ones or do nothing. Doctors just don't know enough yet, do they?<br /><br />Your strategy of looking at those happy baby pictures and snuggling Maurice is as good a prescription as any a doctor has given. May this shit pass soon for us all.....<br /><br />xxooMelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114884092474969555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-38166695580738849092015-12-09T10:38:08.720-05:002015-12-09T10:38:08.720-05:00finally stumbling back in to find you stumbling. ...finally stumbling back in to find you stumbling. this too shall pass. hopefully sooner rather than later.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-27409290137478883992015-12-09T10:06:39.763-05:002015-12-09T10:06:39.763-05:00Ashley- Yes. Exactly. That is how it is. It is all...Ashley- Yes. Exactly. That is how it is. It is all so mysterious to me. And I hate it for me and I hate it for all of us.<br /><br />Jenny_o- Yes. Marvelous and ominous. As imaginary as can be, as real as life. <br /><br />Catrina- The compulsive thoughts. The loop that will not quit. I know.<br /><br />Birdie- I call that my morning existential angst. Yes. I have that too.<br /><br />Ramona- I get hives too. Ugh. This is NOT an army I would voluntarily join nor would anyone but here we are, and solidarity helps. <br /><br />Joanne- We all do what we can to comfort ourselves when it happens, don't we? I am so glad I can share my grand babies. I, too, love the image of Angela's hand reaching out. <br /><br />A- It seems to be a cycle that has to run its course. Ugh. Ugh. For all of us.<br /><br />Leisha- I wonder if our culture with all of its choices and distractions has something to do with it. And the constant barrage of news. None of which we can do anything about. We cannot take it in. We are not evolved enough, physically, to deal with all of this. <br /><br />Steve Reed- Absolutely age has had something to do with it in my case.<br /><br />Jill- Thank you!Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-62805576710886342312015-12-09T07:39:06.742-05:002015-12-09T07:39:06.742-05:00I am hear listening. And reading this helps me. ...I am hear listening. And reading this helps me. thank youJillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671446238805535547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-58599253223034892672015-12-09T06:59:56.485-05:002015-12-09T06:59:56.485-05:00If it helps to write and talk about it, then write...If it helps to write and talk about it, then write and talk all you want! I'm glad you described it. I've often been mystified by generalized anxiety, but I've recently felt it myself a few times -- weird fearful feelings with no discernible cause -- so I can maybe appreciate a tiny fraction of what you're talking about. I think maybe it comes with age. (Hate to say it!)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-25405454905878392992015-12-09T01:34:55.654-05:002015-12-09T01:34:55.654-05:00I suffered depression many years ago s d have occa...I suffered depression many years ago s d have occasional bouts of anxiety. It is great that you have described how anxiety feels. As a social worker I see that anxiety and depression seems to be increasingly common and in very young people. I wish you peace from it all, anxiety and panic are awfully debilitating. Leishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550858502158736036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-58112692891011003022015-12-09T00:35:58.361-05:002015-12-09T00:35:58.361-05:00August is amazing. And I hope the terrible anxiety...August is amazing. And I hope the terrible anxiety (wish I didn't know how painful and overwhelming it can be) will let go as abruptly as it grabbed you. Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318174928862120631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-15054909022037714342015-12-08T22:37:36.192-05:002015-12-08T22:37:36.192-05:00I suffer from anxiety as well. Mine is more const...I suffer from anxiety as well. Mine is more constant, less overwhelming. I feel it is like a well-worn coat by now. When it hits hard, I take to bed like I need safety. It feels pretty shitty. I know that the recent violence in the world has really impacted me negatively. It's combined with a feeling of helplessness. We sort of have to hang on together and let it pass. Children and animals help me a lot. I have a cat but not nearly the kind of access to children as you do. You are providing a public service in your blog by posting pictures of your grand kids. Tell Lily and Jesse I thank them for sharing their children with us too! You seem to be calm when you garden in addition to cooking, which is great. Art does that for me, when I do it. I love when Angella holds out her hand to you. I imagine we are all doing that for each other here. I send you soothing comfort.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015888228309968515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-59423106007275677282015-12-08T22:26:43.913-05:002015-12-08T22:26:43.913-05:00Yeah. It's an ugly black dog, anxiety. I know ...Yeah. It's an ugly black dog, anxiety. I know mine is coming when I start breaking out into hives for no reason (I am currently breaking out in hives for no apparent reason). But we are all here bearing witness with you. I know it will go away, and when it passes it seems so thin, so weird a thing. But while it's here (and when it's gone) we're all of us here sitting with you, and we are an army.<br /><br />Love.Ramona Quimbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01308882206677929003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-38968402089919457972015-12-08T21:59:04.821-05:002015-12-08T21:59:04.821-05:00You explain it so well but I think for both of us ...You explain it so well but I think for both of us there are no words. Mine sneaks up on me every morning when I have to get out of bed and face my day. This overwhelming all-consuming feeling of dread and fear and sadness and hopelessness. I curl myself into a ball in my bed and wait for it to pass. It usually doesn't. More than one doctor has told me that I need to stop working and go on disability but right now I forge on. <br />Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-15429529084104024572015-12-08T20:19:26.752-05:002015-12-08T20:19:26.752-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Catrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17408495829569772826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-54874336375625378662015-12-08T20:12:58.745-05:002015-12-08T20:12:58.745-05:00P. S. May your heart lighten very soon, Mary.P. S. May your heart lighten very soon, Mary.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-54349500166148037182015-12-08T20:12:12.785-05:002015-12-08T20:12:12.785-05:00While I don't have the free-floating anxiety (...While I don't have the free-floating anxiety (mine had a cause I could define - intrusive and compulsive dark thoughts), my daughter does. And while mine was very limited in duration, hers has been a frequent companion. I think your explanation is superb. The brain is marvellous and ominous. I hope science can figure out so much more about it in my lifetime because it's just as mysterious to me as outer space.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-9210107124737341642015-12-08T20:05:56.527-05:002015-12-08T20:05:56.527-05:00Thank you for writing about it. I explain mine, wh...Thank you for writing about it. I explain mine, which is a recent development of unknown cause, like this: "it's like my body senses an intruder rushing in my home, guns blazing" when I am sitting there, on the couch, surrounded by family. It's so physical in nature-chest pain, palpitations, and fear fear fear. I imagine all those circuits in my brain, haywire. I fear the medication that stops it:Ativan, just take as you need it which is a low dose, most days. The worst? What is the cause of all this? Why now? I see the look on my husband's face, taken aback, like, "how is this causing anxiety?" and I wonder the same thing. And I actually cut tomatoes and avocados with my dinner, but I threw in some green chile :) Ashleynoreply@blogger.com