A month..
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| Sat, 12-16-2006 - 7:56pm |
A month and I am still anxious. A month and I am still scared.
I love my boyfriend more then anything, we are perfect together. He is my bestfriend, my everything. Why do I feel distant? Stress/anxiety has taken over my life.
-I am on effexor, I am trying to get off because I feel numb while I'm on it.
-I am still in school, and its driving me mad.
-I am scared of change
-I am going to go back on birthcontrol because it makes me feel normal a bit.
Why does stress/anxiety make me feel distant? I don't even feel like I am here sometimes. Like its so much stress/anxiety to deal wtih that my body completely shuts down and I am just a walking functioning human, with no emotions or sense of reality.
What do I do? I don't know how to live feeling like this - I don't want to feel like this.

Sheri Ann
Sorry to hear that you're distressed. I'm not sure what's going on. There are many components to a relationship. Perhaps you subconciosly fear letting your hair down or making a committment. You didn't say if you see a therapist or if you are able to discuss these feelings. A good therapist can offer insight into the problems & suggest ways to cope better.
For now, have you checked out the message boards where you can rely on others to give you advice? Here's a link: http://love.ivillage.com/messageboards#6qswxzp1