NSTTDC2
07-07-2008, 02:04 PM
Hi everyone. I've been advised in http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?p=3636959#post3636959 to come and talk to some people in the Anxiety boards. Could anyone possibly read that thread and give me any advice? Thanks. :(
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soupermom
07-07-2008, 07:53 PM
My first suggestion would be to go to your family doctor and have a check-up, just to make sure everything is all right. Discuss your concerns and the possibility that you may be showing symptoms of an anxiety disorder. He/she should be able to offer you advise and provide you with options. If he/she determines that you have some form of GAD or related disorder, then start educating yourself and find places like this where you can get the support of others dealing with the same problems.
Good luck
Good luck
NSTTDC2
07-09-2008, 06:19 PM
Thanks soupermom. It's making me really angry and depressed in equal measures. I'm going to Toronto on vacation on Saturday. It's about a 7 hour flight from Scotland. I used to HATE flying. I would imagine everything that could go wrong and was terrified of it happening. I went to Australia three years ago and that got rid of it pretty much (mostly on a flight from Sydney - New York. That was 21 hours). Every flight I went on I would become a little more confident with it. I've flown trans-atlantic without my parents before (I'm only going with my sister and I am 18), and I have flown by myself before but only on one hour flights. When I hated flying I wouldn't be able to get the flight off my mind for about a week before I went on the flight. The other night I dreamt that I died and I've been thinking about this flight ever since then. I don't know why I'm suddenly like that again. Argh!
I realise that advice on that will be hard to come by but I just wanted to vent. My friend who I usually talk to about my problems lives in England where I used to live (450 miles away) so I can only really talk to him online and he hasn't been online in a few weeks.
I realise that advice on that will be hard to come by but I just wanted to vent. My friend who I usually talk to about my problems lives in England where I used to live (450 miles away) so I can only really talk to him online and he hasn't been online in a few weeks.
soupermom
07-09-2008, 07:38 PM
Unfortunately this is what are brain does to us. We are worriers and it is really hard to break the cycle once we start. I find when I get like this the only way I can calm myself down is to divert my thinking. Maybe try to spend time thinking about your past flights that went well. You have been on longer flights and you landed at the other end with no problem. When you start getting worked up about this flight, try to think it through and focus on how you felt when you landed on the ground after your flight to Australia.
Good luck and hang in there,
Good luck and hang in there,
NSTTDC2
07-16-2008, 06:15 PM
Well I'm back! Toronto is a great city, and I want to see more of Canada. Problem is, when I was there the flight home was constantly on my mind. I really don't get why it was; I wasn't scared at any point during the flight there or the flight home but because it was on my mind it kind of tainted the holiday which has bummed me out a bit. Grr...
soupermom
07-16-2008, 07:36 PM
Canada is a beautiful country, even if parts are a little cold in winter.
Congratulations on facing your fears. Hopefully with time, it will get easier and you will be able to enjoy yourself more while away exploring new places.
Congratulations on facing your fears. Hopefully with time, it will get easier and you will be able to enjoy yourself more while away exploring new places.
NSTTDC2
07-16-2008, 08:21 PM
That's the thing though: I'm not scared of flying. If I was then it'd be easy to explain why I was freaking about the flights but I really have no idea. Argh, I don't know what to do about it.
But yes, Canada is a great place. I'd quite happily live there I think.
But yes, Canada is a great place. I'd quite happily live there I think.
soupermom
07-17-2008, 12:06 PM
I think I do understand what you are saying. I have a fear of my car breaking down while I am in traffic. I am obsessive about keeping it well maintained and freak if it makes any kind of weird noise. It is a completely irrational fear because in past I have broken down in traffic and I dealt with it. It is the anticipation that I struggle with, not the actual event. In a crisis situation, I handle myself very well.
Same goes for travel, I get so stressed about travelling and it is not about the travel, it is the anticipation of travel. I worry about every aspect. I drive my kids nuts because I need to leave for the airport 3 hours in advance to allow for any possible problems (including my car breaking down). Once I am actually on the plane, I settle down quite a bit. It is our brains always on overdrive, we overanalyze everything and it makes life difficult for us.
Same goes for travel, I get so stressed about travelling and it is not about the travel, it is the anticipation of travel. I worry about every aspect. I drive my kids nuts because I need to leave for the airport 3 hours in advance to allow for any possible problems (including my car breaking down). Once I am actually on the plane, I settle down quite a bit. It is our brains always on overdrive, we overanalyze everything and it makes life difficult for us.
NSTTDC2
07-28-2008, 06:21 PM
I may as well post this in here.
I'm on a massive downer at the moment. I'm not usually that happy at the best of times but I feel really crap about everything today. I have a very short temper (it's short anyway but not usually this bad), I'm bored, tired, I can't sleep properly, everything gets on my nerves, and I'm despairing almost constantly about being a failure. I'm terrified for some reason that I won't be able to get a job doing what I want and that I'll end up doing something I hate.
Argh!
I'm on a massive downer at the moment. I'm not usually that happy at the best of times but I feel really crap about everything today. I have a very short temper (it's short anyway but not usually this bad), I'm bored, tired, I can't sleep properly, everything gets on my nerves, and I'm despairing almost constantly about being a failure. I'm terrified for some reason that I won't be able to get a job doing what I want and that I'll end up doing something I hate.
Argh!