It all started in August a few years ago, I was laying down, relaxing reading a book when I got my first major panic attack. At the time, I thought it was just a fluke or because I was hungry but it was the beginning of the end of my life as I knew it. Things became really hard. My mother (i was 21 at the time) urged me to ask our doctor for medication and I did which resulted in the worst experience of my life. I was in the ER 2 times that night and was utterly sick for 3 weeks after. I had a promising life. I had graduated college with honors and had many offers for jobs in the fashion industry. I tried to get my life back in order a year later and accepted a job at a prominent fashion house. I started out with a lot of steam but after a few weeks I felt the anxiety looming so I quit and became even worse of an agoraphobic than before. Then all of the obsessive thoughts began kicking in. scared of germs, scared to eat meat, scared to eat anything due to fear of contamination, health concerns etc. My list of friends began to dwindle as did my social life (I am lucky that my loyal boyfriend has stuck with me). Then I was diagnosed with cervical cancer and had to undergo surgery and the fear of possibly dying. My mother got lymphoma and my grandma and my dog died. My anxieties manifested into severe stomach problems which made me even more apprehensive about leaving the house. I started to really hate myself and still do. I feel like what is the sense in trying? I have tried everything to get better but everything just keeps getting worse. It sucks even more when everyone keeps telling me how talented I am and how I am getting older and I don't do anything with my life. I know I am capable of doing amazing things in my life and career but living like this is hell. I got another job on September, a really good one and my best friend stole it from right under me. So in a week I lost someone who I thought was like family and a job. My life just seems ever changing for the worst. I really do know what to do anymore. I am just wasting away, lonely and scared. | |
Regards
There is truth out here that you are perfect and you can heal when you learn slowly to parent yourself, to see that and to begin to adjust those beliefs. The anxiety will pass as you do this work but you will become what you feed yourself with. Review a day in your life and ask how you are feeding your soul.
That is the emptiness to fill. You are not alone.
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