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Posted by worrycubed on March 30, 2000, at 8:36:29
Does anxiety cause one to try to interpret every feeling emotion or lack thereof (LOL) that they are experiencing at the moment? Does it cause you to worry incessantly about everything or "why don't I feel as good as I did yesterday or last week?"? Does it cause you to be irrational in examining "why"--why did he look at me with that funny look, do I REALLY look okay in this dress or is everyone just trying to be nice, what did he REALLY mean by that? Does it cause you to temporarily forget how to shut down these thoughts and try to think like a "rational" person? If this goes on almost everyday, all day, is this considered GAD? I know none of you out there can diagnose me but your experience in invaluable right now!
Thanks you all!!
Posted by KarenK on March 30, 2000, at 9:09:58
In reply to Anxiety=psychoanalyzing EVERYTHING?????, posted by worrycubed on March 30, 2000, at 8:36:29
I have GAD and my best friend says I think too much. I'll give you the advice she gave me:) Pretend you're like a senile old dog. You get up every morning with no past so everything is new. As she says, he sniffs everyone and says, And you might be? Now if you can try to think that you have no past and no future, I find it helps my mind from becoming a runaway train with no brakes. Of course, the Prozac and the valium helps too:)
Karen
> Does anxiety cause one to try to interpret every feeling emotion or lack thereof (LOL) that they are experiencing at the moment
Posted by kazoo on March 30, 2000, at 9:15:46
In reply to Anxiety=psychoanalyzing EVERYTHING?????, posted by worrycubed on March 30, 2000, at 8:36:29
> Does it cause you to be irrational in examining "why" ... //snip//
^^^^^^^^^^^
Though it's ill form to answer a question by asking one, I'll make an exception here: Why? NOT!Tell me how you will feel when people STOP noticing you, STOP attending to your needs, STOP treating
you like someone "special." I'll tell you how it made me feel: worse!What? Me Worry? No way! No how! Life's way too short for that.
Greetings to the WorryCube.
kazoo
Posted by DC on March 30, 2000, at 14:41:55
In reply to Anxiety=psychoanalyzing EVERYTHING?????, posted by worrycubed on March 30, 2000, at 8:36:29
I don't think anxiety "causes" one to think these worrisome thoughts. I think the thoughts cause the anxiety. That, atleast, is the theory behind cognitive therapy, which seems to help many people. But the problem is not that people with anxiety "think too much". It's rather that we think certain kinds of thoughts habitually. I have found that when I really think--for instance, when I write in my journal with the intention of looking for solutions--it is a positive thing. The advice to avoid thinking seems rather shallow to me.
> Does anxiety cause one to try to interpret every feeling emotion or lack thereof (LOL) that they are experiencing at the moment? Does it cause you to worry incessantly about everything or "why don't I feel as good as I did yesterday or last week?"? Does it cause you to be irrational in examining "why"--why did he look at me with that funny look, do I REALLY look okay in this dress or is everyone just trying to be nice, what did he REALLY mean by that? Does it cause you to temporarily forget how to shut down these thoughts and try to think like a "rational" person? If this goes on almost everyday, all day, is this considered GAD? I know none of you out there can diagnose me but your experience in invaluable right now!
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> Thanks you all!!
Posted by gail on March 30, 2000, at 18:24:07
In reply to Re: Anxiety=psychoanalyzing EVERYTHING?????, posted by DC on March 30, 2000, at 14:41:55
> I don't think anxiety "causes" one to think these worrisome thoughts. I think the thoughts cause the anxiety. That, atleast, is the theory behind cognitive therapy, which seems to help many people. But the problem is not that people with anxiety "think too much". It's rather that we think certain kinds of thoughts habitually. I have found that when I really think--for instance, when I write in my journal with the intention of looking for solutions--it is a positive thing. The advice to avoid thinking seems rather shallow to me.
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> > Does anxiety cause one to try to interpret every feeling emotion or lack thereof (LOL) that they are experiencing at the moment? Does it cause you to worry incessantly about everything or "why don't I feel as good as I did yesterday or last week?"? Does it cause you to be irrational in examining "why"--why did he look at me with that funny look, do I REALLY look okay in this dress or is everyone just trying to be nice, what did he REALLY mean by that? Does it cause you to temporarily forget how to shut down these thoughts and try to think like a "rational" person? If this goes on almost everyday, all day, is this considered GAD? I know none of you out there can diagnose me but your experience in invaluable right now!
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> > Thanks you all!!I love the name. I agree with DC that it is the thoughts that cause the anxiety. If you're like me you can get yourself so worked up you ruin the evening and after I realize just how dumb I was. Since on the miracle celexa I am much more in control. I've been reading Mind Over Mood and find it very helpful. Good thoughts for you!
gail
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