I am so tired of...

[fifitrixibell]

feeling sick every day!!! I know it's probably down to anxiety but it's a never ending circle. Get up, fear i may be put in uncomfortable situations that day/fear i may feel sick as per usual/fear i may not have close people to support me when feeling sick and just as i thought...the sick feeling occurs! Does anyone else have this? It's driving me crazy and i don't know how to stop it[img]smileys/smilies_06.gif[/img]

[*mandi*]

I hear ya. I feeel sick everyday also. AS soon as I wake up I think "am I going to feel sick today?" and of course low and behold I do. Probably b.c. I think about it so damn much! So I try tokeep myself busy and not think about it. I know its hard to do...but it will help to get your mind off of it. Trust me...I drive myself crazy over this everyday. its not fun

[carmagnet]

For me it's when I go to bed. I think because MOST every time I would get sick as a kid it was some time in the night not every time but most of them. I lay there for about 4 hours before I go to sleep.

[crystalmom]

Been there...I used to be that way too, plus it got worse at night, so I barely slept too. It can get better. I don't think about it very often anymore, unless someone talks about it, or if someone I was in contact with v*s.


All I can say is try to stay positive. Life can get better, and those feelings can be kept under control.


Good luck!


Crystal

[icicledreamz]

i feel sick pretty much everyday all day..it sucks!!!!....i have no frickin clue why either, i dont even really think about v* unless i am really not feeling well, then the anxiety comes and makes me start freaking out.. i wish there was no such thing as nausea or v* or any sort of stomach problems!!!!!Edited by: icicledreamz

[kate1966]

I can sympathize with you here......i don't feel sick all day every day.....but i do feel sick at some point every single day of my life.....i don't know if it's anxiety and stress or something physical...I am having an endoscopy sometime soon....i have an appt. with a gastro on Dec. 13th.....for the initial visit...and I feel sure they will set up for the other tests....i was supposed to already have this done twice and chickened out both times....but the problem just keeps getting worse and worse...and i want to confirm something either way...be it mental or physical...i just want to know. I understand your frustration with all of this...i battle myself every single day thinking....WHY I am this way. .....it makes me so mad and i beat myself up over it alot...saying why can't i just be normal.....but for some reason these things just keep happening to me....anyway best of luck to you......i hope that one day we will all be free from our fears and our minds....Kate

[*mandi*]

i feel sick pretty much everyday all day..it sucks!!!!....i have no frickin clue why either, i dont even really think about v* unless i am really not feeling well, then the anxiety comes and makes me start freaking out.. i wish there was no such thing as nausea or v* or any sort of stomach problems!!!!!

Heh..I use to go to my doctor and ask them if something in my body could be removed so I could never V* again!

[fifitrixibell]

urgggh i have felt sick the last 4 nights in a row, this is seriously taking over my life[img]smileys/smilies_12.gif[/img]

[shiningstar]

Have you been referred for any CBT or other therapy to help with this?


It certainy is a never ending circle unless you can find the courage, knowledgeand the right support to break it. Too often I think maybe us emets focus on avoiding situations where we might be/feel/see v* or we try to 'fix' the nausea feeling thinking that would thenh solve everything else. If only that could be true!I think the real problem - or rather the thing which is runining our lives - is the anxiety and the avoidence not the 'feeling sick'. Becuase its the anxiety that makes us feel we can't cope. I know it seems like the nausea comes first - and maybe in a few circumstances there is a physical cause - but l've really got tostage where I have to challenge that thinking. It is not the nausea which is the problem. It is the fear and avoidance thats built up around it that is so life-limiting. It is the avoidance which means we don't participate fully in life. Not the feeling S*ck as suich.


Does that help at all?


What l'm trying to say is you won't 'fix' the nausea. Staying home or sucking ginger or whatever elseI guess we've all tried do to 'help' maymake us feel less ick in the short term ...but only cos our anxiety reduces as wefind safety in those things.What really needs to happen - and I'm talking here from the persepective of one who's right in the middle of this kind of approach- is to challenge the avoidance.Build up slowly. choose something to aim for that you really, really want to be able to do and build up small steps. Each time you challenge the anxiety/avoidance it will lose a little of its power. Each time you survive doing something without being s* or panicking, you will build the confidence that you can do things - and do them even if you still feel sick doing them... and in time the nausea/anxiety will lessen.


i'm not saying its an overnight thing. Far from it. This is me saying this 10 years after i first 'admitted' to myself I had a problem, and its been a looong process. Still is. But there ARE ways to break the cycle and challenging the avoidance on a behavioural levelwith someone trained in this area is, in my opinion, one of the most effective ways to stop this awful phobia ruining every moment of our lives. Desensitsation therapy may be another way to start, tho possibly not the best place at the beginning. Or looking at other fear patterns in life with a therapist might be another way. Whatever. In some sense it doesn't matter where you start to break the 'fear cycle'... just really encourage you tostart somewhere!


Hope thats of some help.

[fifitrixibell]

Have you been referred for any CBT or other therapy to help with this?</font>


It certainy is a never ending circle unless you can
find the courage, knowledgeand the right support to break it. Too
often I think maybe us emets focus on avoiding situations where we
might be/feel/see v* or we try to 'fix' the nausea feeling thinking
that would thenh solve everything else. If only that could be
true!I think the real problem - or rather the thing which is
runining our lives - is the anxiety and the avoidence
not the 'feeling sick'. Becuase its the anxiety that makes us feel we
can't cope. I know it seems like the nausea comes first - and
maybe in a few circumstances there is a physical cause - but l've
really got tostage where I have to challenge that thinking. It is
not the nausea which is the problem. It is the fear and
avoidance thats built up around it that is so life-limiting. It is the
avoidance which means we don't participate fully in life. Not the
feeling S*ck as suich.</font>


Does that help at all? </font>


What l'm trying to say is you won't 'fix' the nausea.
Staying home or sucking ginger or whatever elseI guess we've all
tried do to 'help' maymake us feel less ick in the short term
...but only cos our anxiety reduces as wefind safety in
those things.What really needs to happen - and I'm talking here
from the persepective of one who's right in the middle of this kind of
approach- is to challenge the avoidance.Build up
slowly. choose something to aim for that you really, really want to be
able to do and build up small steps. Each time you challenge the
anxiety/avoidance it will lose a little of its power. Each time you
survive doing something without being s* or panicking, you will build
the confidence that you can do things - and do them even if you still feel sick doing them... and in time the nausea/anxiety will lessen.</font>


i'm not saying its an overnight thing. Far from it.
This is me saying this 10 years after i first 'admitted' to myself I
had a problem, and its been a looong process. Still is. But there ARE
ways to break the cycle and challenging the avoidance on a behavioural
levelwith someone trained in this area is, in my opinion, one of
the most effective ways to stop this awful phobia ruining every moment
of our lives. Desensitsation therapy may be another way to start, tho
possibly not the best place at the beginning. Or looking at other fear
patterns in life with a therapist might be another way. Whatever. In
some sense it doesn't matter where you start to break the 'fear
cycle'... just really encourage you tostart somewhere!</font>


Hope thats of some help.</font>

I
completly and utterly agree with you! I was trying to explain it this
evening to my friend after he suggest i go and see a doctor. However, i
told him i am alsmot 100% certain that it is not a medical condition,
and that it is all down to anxiety. Deep rooted anxiety that has been
with me for as long as i can remember! There was a period in my life
though when i felt clear of all the anxiety, so i know it is (or i hope
it is) possible for me to get rid of it again. I have already taken
small steps such as forcing myself to attend lectures and seminars,
it's just the avodiance of social situations that i find a problem as i
know if i dont turn up to them then there is no consequence, as there
would be if i let my education go down the drain! A lot of the time i
want to go out, but i know its more hassle than its worth! But after
reading what you've written i think i will make more of an effort, stop
worrying about what may or may not happen, and just get on with it.
Speaking to my counsiller the other day we came to the conslusion that
my fear of v* is related to my fear of not be