having trouble making it through the day

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Registered: 10-16-2005
having trouble making it through the day
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Thu, 01-12-2006 - 7:57pm
Has anyone out there felt as if they just couldn't make it through the day? What I mean is, do you take in what you have to do for the whole day and then freak out and think to yourself that you'll never make it through? I am doing this with everything and it is driving me crazy and preventing me from doing a lot of things. For example, my birthday is coming up and a couple of my girlfriends asked me to go out to dinner with them on Saturday. I want to go, but then I start wondering..."what if I don't feel well physically? What if I need to leave because of my anxiety? what if it is really crowded in the restaurant?" and then I start to become anxious. How can I stop this? I try and tell myself that if I need to leave a situation I can, but it is difficult for me to say it to others. I am embarrassed about how I have been feeling, and don't know how to handle it. And then there is work. I am always dizzy and tired, and I am even moreso now because I have been started on xanax and buspar. I know I am not alone, and could use some advice. I have received nothing but positive feedback on this board and am so grateful. Thanks. Susan
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Registered: 03-11-2004
Thu, 01-12-2006 - 8:19pm

It sounds alot like what I have problems with, Susan. Borrowing trouble as my gramma called it. Always thinking the worst long before the situation

 

 


 



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Registered: 12-28-2003
Fri, 01-13-2006 - 9:13am

Wow, I totally feel for you.

Jennifer

"Oh, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evi

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Registered: 03-22-2003
Fri, 01-13-2006 - 8:47pm

Susan, what you have described is a part of my anxiety.

Sheri Ann

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Registered: 11-09-2004
Sat, 01-14-2006 - 12:03am
I feel like that a lot - I wonder how I'll eat, get my schoolwork done, attend classes and put up with life. I tend to relax with the few hours that come before bedtime, knowing I have made it through the day. I tend to save my favourite activities for nighttime so I look forward to those last few hours before I go to sleep.