In ER because I thought I was having a heart attack, and it looks like it was a panic attack instead.
Benzos are nice BTW. I can see why the docs can’t and shouldn’t prescribe them for regular use.
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I’ve been at 5 since I was 12.
It is just me or is anyone else bothered that the color scale is backwards?
Steady 4
How do you go through life like that?
Not the original commentator, but: barely
Anyone notice their is no ‘zero’ in that scale.
There’s no zero… :(
Zero anxiety and you’d never leave the couch
Most days it’s a 3 or 4. Today is a 1.
Celebrate the little victories. May you have more.
I’ve been between 3 and 4. This week I felt a greater intensity of discomfort. It’s hard for me to get out of bed. Despite that, I’ve been going to walk every day, at least 1 hour… and I’ve read a lot: in the last 30 days I’ve read about 6 books. Still, my activity beyond that is zero, so I feel certainly bad about it. The “work society” is sinking you, whether you’re part of it or not.
What does it mean when you feel 1 most of the time but occasionally instantly jump to 4/5 as stressors built up without your awareness?
Cause that’s me. Everything’s fine till it isn’t and I don’t see it coming
That’s how they describe panic attacks. If it happens enough that it affects your functioning, it could be panic disorder. It’s a form of anxiety disorder.
For me, that feeling comes from dissociating. Anxiety is so viscerally physically uncomfortable that i try to avoid it at all costs (which leads to feeling anxious about feeling anxious lmfao meta-anxiety ftw lol). Part of that avoidance entails not even mentally getting close to the triggers. So when they become unavoidable or pop up unexpectedly, it can feel pretty drastic. I feel like my avoidance of thinking about things is probably affecting my ability to understand, and the unknown is a wellspring of anxiety. Maybe it’s different for you, or maybe this helps you understand yourself better. Either way i hope things get easier for you.
6 years ago I was at 5. But I’ve slowly but surely been climbing. Today I find myself slightly above the chart, and I’ve been here for a year or two. Looking back I find it unbelievable that I lived at stage 4 for four years straight.
It gets better.
Been living in stage 3-4 for too long now. Comments like these are one of the only things giving me hope. Used to be a lot more cynical but now i’ll take anything I can get. Thank you
Been doing the same journey and want to chime in that it be better. Still have my dips but they are so fleeting.
4±1. But 5 is rare
Fucking hell, I’m tired of being dysfunctional
3 is basically my baseline, but I never truly reach 5, so I’ve got that going on for me I guess.
How do you cope with it? Or are you also just planning to get used to it?
To be fair it is more of a 2 when I’m doing good, but with the amount of shit going on lately I rarely am. So I’m planning to get used to it and maybe see a shrink to get some meds.
I hope it gets better soon! :)
But yeah, can’t hurt to talk to professional
I never got past 1.
Buspirone is a miracle drug. I used to think anxiety was just life. Now, with medication, I can stay around 1.5 or 2. For years I was way higher until my doctor said “No, that’s not normal.”
love buspar. such an interesting drug. doesn’t mess with anything, non abusive, non euphoric, non benzo anxiolytic.
oh yeah and you can fuck on it.
I get anxiety just by looking at the awful job someone did filling the title background.
1.25.
Had some mild panic attacks for some reason recently though. It was maybe a lack of sleep.
