Somebody Please Help!!!!!!!!!!

[silver]

Hello, I am having a crisis day again...well, actually a crisis week. The sv is going around so bad here and I don't feel like I can mentally take it anymore. I am still so scared no matter what I tell myself. It has gone through everyone's kids here at work as well as their spouses. My husband's office has had it too. I am literally freaking out. My husband and I are suppossed to go out of town tonight for a "relaxing" night and I don't know how I am going to manage to relax and enjoy myself. My husband also made plans for us to drive back to his home town (another 3 hours) without consulting me. My anxiety is really high right now becauseI am so worried about getting sick on the trip. I know that this is irrational, but it feels like so much stress and such a nightmare that I just want to cry right now. Please help if oyu have any insight, I feel like I am losing my mind right now.

[Babydoll]

well, the good news is that you haven't caught it. And if everyone else has had it, that means it should be dying off VERY soon. You should go out, get your mind on other things. I know your worried but you are very strong and you will be okay no matter what.


you are not loosing your mind, I know sometimes I feel that way too. start telling yourself postitve things, say them outloud, that might make you feel better. or make a funny joke about V'ing, that always helps me realize its not as scarey as it seems.


whenever Im having a panic attack, I ask my boyfriend to do something really funny, ot stupid, and it always helps me feel better. maybe you should put a funny movie on, or put the radio on, and start dancing and singing around. get rid of all this built up energy somehow. maybe go for a jog, or walk.


you will be okay. ground yourself and deffinetly go to this spa thing! I would give my right arm for that!

[sienna]

I really understand how it feels to think you're losing your mind over this.
But you're not. It's just the pain of terrible anxiety.

Besides trying to stay healthy the only thing you can do is to try to control
your state of mind. We have more power over that than we think, although
for me it's still a BIG challenge to calm myself down.

Hang in there!

[dord]

Silver,


I'm so sorry you are feeling this way - believe me when I say I've been there. Just try and think ahead to next week when you're back from the trips with hubby and how you'll think "see, I worried for nothing, nobody got sick". Do you have any anti-anxiety meds? What about having a glass of wine to help take the edge off? I will almost bet that you will not get sick and you'll look back and wish you hadn't wasted the time worrying. I have done this so many times and nothing has happened but me worrying

[silver]

Thank you everyone,


You help to put things in perspective. I get so worked up sometimes and feel so drained from the emotional stress this week with everyone being sick. Its like a huge weight that sits on your shoulders. Its so awful to spend so much time and energy worrying about it. I am so tired of being so afraid of things. I can honestly say that I am not worried about too many things in life besides the fear of v*.


Lets start something positive here... I was thinking of making a list of the things that we enjoying doing and that help take our minds off of our fear when it is at its worst. The thing that enjoy doing the most is talking with friends and my husband and reading books when I am so stressed about this. What do you guys do to help you through the anxiety???

[redapple]

silver, i have to say that you are SO AWESOME for turning a thread
describing an extremely painful time for you into a positive one!
This is great, i LOVE that idea. because, especially this time of
year, we forget.



well, your post made me think of one thing that helps me when i'm in
the grip of panic: when i feel the tears coming, i let them. it
doesn't happen terribly often, and i don't know why, but it is an
amazing release for me. I'm not much of a "crier", perhaps that's
why.



i agree that talking to loved ones helps to relieve stress.



when i'm panicky at night, i park myself in front of the television and
remove from my mind the stress of " you HAVE to get some sleep"
and just tell myself "you're going to watch something amusing on
TV" i sit down in front of nick@nite or something funny......and
sooner or later, i'm into it and it distracts me.



keep the faith, silver, it'll pass. [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]



what do the rest of you do?

[mommyof3]

redapple, I am addicted to nick at nite. Everything on there requires such little concentration and attention, it's good for a distraction lol.


Now that I have a laptop, I play a lot of word games online like at yahoo games. Usually after I've calmed down a bit after watching TV.


I wish I could do more constructive things to keep my mind off it like cleaning out my kitchen cupboards or dusting the light fixtures lol. But usually I just feel frozen to the couch.