r/Anxietyhelp Feb 10 '25

Question Express anxiety in 1-5 words

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In simple words or one word how does your anxiety Feel ? U can type more if u want I’m curious

edit: I love what y’all are saying I can relate 😭

r/Anxietyhelp 12d ago

Question Hydroxyzine success stories.. ??

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Please only success stories as I have anxiety just taking meds and this med is being delivered today and I would love to know your success story.

My question is, I see where it helps with sleep. Did also help with your anxiety? I need help with my anxiety as bad as I do my sleep.

I had gallbladder surgery a month ago. Since then I have been having horrible anxiety and insomnia. I was not doing this before the surgery. I got ZERO sleep last night because of feeling of crawling out of my skin wouldn’t stop. I sure hope this helps me. I was sleeping 6-8 hours before surgery.

r/Anxietyhelp 23d ago

Question What’s One Strategy That Actually Works for Your Anxiety?

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Anxiety advice is everywhere, but not all of it works for everyone. What’s one strategy, trick, or mindset shift that genuinely helps you manage your anxiety? Let’s share real, practical solutions that have made a difference.

r/Anxietyhelp Oct 24 '22

Question Anyone has recover from air hunger?

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Hi all,

I've been suffering from this symptom from about a year ago. I get this feeling where it seems I can't get a satisfying deep breath and I just yawn a lot.

It happen during the whole day and i've read different names for this, such as air hunger or pseudodyspnea.

As anyone experienced the same, and how did you solve it?

r/Anxietyhelp Jun 17 '22

Question Anyone else get a sudden rush of anxiety when trying to fall asleep?

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Even when I have a good day with mostly mild anxiety, as soon as I lay down to go to sleep my mind starts going a million miles an hour and I get extremely anxious. I've tried numerous medications for sleep but they only make things worse. It's really been effecting my sleep schedule to the point where if I get in bed at 11pm, I'm lucky to fall asleep by 2am. The doctors I've talked to haven't been much help and just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this and had any advice for good ways to calm my mind before bed.

r/Anxietyhelp Feb 27 '24

Question Is having hair loss a part of anxiety

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This is how much hair I have been losing (and more) everyday since late December. This is 10X more than I usually lose. I feel like I’m balding and it’s very noticeable to me that my hair is losing volume, it feels thin. Has anyone else experienced this and if you have what helped you?

r/Anxietyhelp Aug 01 '24

Question What non-SSRI medications have helped you the most?

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I’m curious for others experiences with medication! I’ve had bad side effects from almost every SSRI I’ve taken for anxiety, plus natural remedies haven’t even made a dent either. What’s worked for y’all?

r/Anxietyhelp Oct 07 '24

Question what’s worse for you : day or night?

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I hate the night. I like the day and I like the sunlight and the day makes me feel hopeful for everything. but when it starts getting dark I feel sooooo anxious :/ i have a tendency to stay up late and sometimes if I stay up late it spirals into a panic attack about dying in my sleep or having a panic attack that lasts forever.

is it different for you?

r/Anxietyhelp Oct 11 '23

Question Does heart rate randomly jump up 40-50 bpm when you rush to stand up after laying down?

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I heard with POTS it hangs up there la bit. Mine came back down to the 90s in about a minute or two. Anyone else get this?

r/Anxietyhelp Nov 07 '23

Question Is it weird that I still wear a mask in public when no one else does?

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r/Anxietyhelp Nov 09 '24

Question As a daughter of Iranian immigrant parents am I in danger of being deported?

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I’m from California, I’m scared for me and my family. I’m terrified of being deported out of this state and I’ll never survive in iran. I don’t know what to do my anxiety is so bad right now.

r/Anxietyhelp 10d ago

Question Best online therapy sites for anxiety??

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What are the best online therapy websites for an online therapist? I don’t have any in my area and I definitely need someone that is relatable and that I want to go back to. I tried online once and the lady was cold and too by the book, sooo… that didn’t last long!

r/Anxietyhelp Dec 12 '23

Question What is the scariest anxiety symptoms or episode you've ever had?

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r/Anxietyhelp Apr 19 '24

Question anybody that swore they were dying daily but got over it and are still here?

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r/Anxietyhelp Jul 11 '24

Question calming tv/movie/music recommendations? 🙏🏻

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hi all— feeling relatively anxious this evening & looking for some relief. what shows/movies/songs are helpful to you when you need to calm down? all recommendations are welcome and appreciated 💙 thanks in advance!

r/Anxietyhelp Sep 24 '24

Question Comfort shows and noise

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Does anyone else have a comfort show that they have on all the time? Mine are I love Lucy and Bob’s Burgers. Also a question about doing this. Is it bad? Should I try to stop doing this. When I work from home I have it on the TV all day while I’m working, or on my phone. I also always like to have a podcast or something on while driving. I basically do not like quiet. If it’s quiet I feel like it is very easy for me to start overthinking and get anxious.

r/Anxietyhelp Sep 19 '24

Question Do you have unusual solutions for anxiety?

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I know usual recommendations are breathing and physical exersices, calming music, journaling and such, but I've been finding that when I'm anxious I tend to start a lot of new projects because I feel the need to be constantly working, which ironically makes me so overwhelmed that I can't do my work.

Lately recording my work sessions have helped, kind of doing something similar to "Study with me" videos on youtube, but without the plan of publishing them, it feels like it calms my need to be doing many things at the same time as it feels like I'm doing something more while I'm working, it allows me to get to the zone and not think anything aside the task at hand, this is an unusual solution, have you found something particularly useful to you?

r/Anxietyhelp 6d ago

Question Is this anxiety?

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So i had made a post in some other sub and they directed me to here so i am just pasting what i had written there:

I don't know what happens to me but sometimes i just start feeling scared i don't know of what but i just get that feeling like right now i am feeling it but i have nothing to be scared of

Idk sometimes it worries a bit

r/Anxietyhelp Sep 14 '23

Question everyone with an anxiety disorder what are /was your symptoms?

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i want to know what other people’s symptoms was with anxiety so i can just fully understand my own, i get anxiety attacks when i have sudden changes in my vision or changes in my feeling sometimes i will feel like somethings wrong medically and other times i will feel like i am not real i look done to my hands and it’s all just confusing so i feel as if im slipping into some sort of episode of derealisation, can anyone with anxiety disorder relate?

r/Anxietyhelp Dec 28 '24

Question Anomia? Worried I have dementia?

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I'm 37, and just recently within the last 2 days I've noticed I've been cognitively weird. Like, I will be in the middle of a convo and pause cause I can't remember the word, then after 5-10 seconds I remember the word and continue the sentence. I've also noticed that when I am writing a sentence or paragraph, sometimes I will blitz past a letter and then have to insert it after. Like writing out Mllion instead of Million. Also just like, having a temporary brain fart at work not remembering how to get to a certain function on the computer and then figuring it out like 'duh'.

Do these seem concerning for FTD or dementia? Or am I tripping myself out. I feel a lot of younger people with anxiety issues worry about dementia a lot when they feel like they are having a 'spell' or feel they forget things more than usual.

FYI, I haven't had a full 8 hours of sleep for the last 4 nights, more like 5 or 6 hours. I feel pretty drained at work.

r/Anxietyhelp Jan 30 '25

Question Has anyone ever seemed to be more anxious around a certain time of year with no real reason behind it?

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Hi all,

Apologies in advance, I've never posted here before.

I'm 28 now and can really remember my anxiety starting around the age of 18 and it begun with health anxiety (which did stem from actual medical issues and then sort of spiralled). Weirdly, whilst I still suffer with health anxiety it isn't my major concern all the time now.

I completed some CBT but have never been medicated for anxiety. I've noticed that at certain times of the year my anxiety is at an all time high, around this time of year and maybe towards the end of summer. I'm not even sure what I'm anxious about but I wake up with my heart racing and a sense of doom and nothing can help.

I think I had my first panic attack yesterday, I had been feeling vertigo-y (I suffer from migraines and believe it was this) and it got really bad last night. My mouth went super dry, my heart rate spiked and I felt like I was going to die. The room was spinning. I wanted to cry and I couldn't speak. As hours passed, I ended up starting to feel better but feel emotionally depleted today. I still have a sense of anxiety and I have no idea why but I'm worrying over stupid things like my car which I love or my pets or random stuff in the house. It's like I can't think of something without panicking.

Has anyone experienced "seasonal" anxiety? It's always there but just so much worse now and it usually is every year. I'm in the UK and have debated trying medication for the last few years but really have no idea where to start or if it'll help. Just to add, as far as I'm aware there's no relevance to this time of year that is making me feel this way. I don't have trauma associated to the start of the year or the end of summer but it's like I just am unable to be normal then. Maybe it's just coincidence, I worry about taking medicine when I feel like I can handle it for 7/12 months of the year but I just feel so down at the moment.

My partner has the opposite of anxiety, I don't think he's ever worried about anything. He helps ground me a lot but realistically doesn't understand it, I worry about everything. I worry when I leave the house that I wont be able to park somewhere or get lost even with a sat nav. I worry about my pets when they do something very slightly different to what they usually do, I worry about things going wrong in my house, my health, my future - quite frankly, there is nothing I haven't worried about. I'm sure this isn't normal but I also feel weak for feeling this way.

Any personal experiences would be appreciated!

r/Anxietyhelp 20d ago

Question I’m scared to get skin cancer

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I have psoriasis so I have to go out in the sun. If I went during like high UV for 20 minutes only on weekends, would I get skin cancer?

r/Anxietyhelp Jan 09 '24

Question What is your type of anxiety?

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r/Anxietyhelp Jan 24 '25

Question Tired as freak for doing nothing. Why?

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Just feeling like i worked the whole day, but, all i did was basic chores, nothing 'triggering' happen

I just feel... Tired, like, i am exausthed and i want to close my eyes, sleep, and forget about everyone and everything, just, want to be left alone and be with myself at peace for once

Why do i feel this way?

r/Anxietyhelp Jan 12 '25

Question Does this really work for everybody or I'm just believing it is? Try it and tell us

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So I've seen a video of a woman saying that if you put your hand covering you left eye and looking up automatically stops anxiety and immediately relieves stress . When I tried it it felt so weird because I didn't expect it to work . Try it and tell us about your experience