Does anyone actually recover from anxiety?

Question:

I've suffered from Anxiety for most of my 20's, going on 8 years now since my first anxiety attack. Now I am to a point where I worry about anything and everything, I wonder what the purpose of life is, I obsess about sex being bad, I feel guilty for looking at women and desiring them, I worry about getting old and how I will feel when I am older, I wonder what the purpose of life is, how I would feel if I had kids down the road and had a girl that grew up to become a women and she would have sex, I worry about anxiety and everything. I feel I've tried everything, I workout all the time, I eat right, I try to sleep 8 hours a day, medication I just can't get over these fears and my mind never stops racing....what can I do that I haven't tried yet? I am in my 30's now and I don't want to waiste my 30's as I did my 20's. Any advise?

Answers:
Push and push your GP for help. I am getting it now through cognative behavioural therapy after suffering to the point of almost losing my job and home. It is possible to get better but it requires work on your part to accept that many of your anxieties are created by your own thought processes and you need to re-learn them. Once you have been in an anxious state for a period of time your sub-concious mind learns that this is the norm and leaves you there all the time even when you have nothing to feel anxious about. When something trivial comes along you over-react wildly because you are already in a state of hightened anxiety and on it goes. Push for help for a counsellor through your GP it really does help but it is not a quick fix. Good Luck

You say you were on medication, but I'll bet you've never had the right dose. Also, you haven't said whether you were really diagnosed with anxiety or whether you're just using the term conveniently.

I think it's great that you're asking the question, and I appreciate your desire to make your 30s better than your 20s. I suggest getting new medical and psychological advice.

You might also look into Buddhism or something very different from your upbringing. You never know what will help.

Good luck!

You have a chemical imbalance in your brain.(Diabetes is another example of a chemical imbalance).

You need to talk to a psychiatrist, who can help you work your way through each component of your anxiety. Anti-anxiety medication will probably be part of the treatment.

You already have a good head start with your diet, exercize, and sleep habits. Good luck on your journey the rest of the way. You can do it!!

i went through 5 yrs. of what you are talking about, including attempts at suicide, if it were not for christian friends ,the bible, and god and knowing jesus christ as my own personal savior i would not have made it. one day as i was going through one of my attacks i was crying and i told the lord that i loved him and faster than you could snap your fingers he reached down in a still soft voice and said that he could not use me the way i was and i went from tears of crying and suffering to tears of joy and i was healed. i was on a sucidide watch and seeing a dr.

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