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- DX FIBRO
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- 01/2008
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I just watched an item on tv about anxiety.
I honestly didn't realize so many people didn't know how anxiety felt....I kind of assumed if you had been dumped or gone through a bad relationship break up or faced other even tougher times like getting a chronic illness or many other things like I know many people on here talk about you would have suffered bad feelings that would cause anxiety.
I was a confident child but my anxiety first loomed when i was a teenager and had a skin condition on my face.
I was shown pictures of how it would progress if i didnt try and control it by avoiding certain things and situations.
The list was so long and i ended up with anxiety when faced with normal things.
I was told to avoid heat....sitting in hot rooms or near a fire......the sun....being out in cold or windy weather.
Avoid hot drinks...caffeine...alcohol...spicy food and anything that made my skin flush....haha so stress and embarrassment that get you hot and bothered now became a source of stress.
This all set me off on the path of anxiety and although my skin eventually cleared up after two years my anxiety in these situations remained as i would get all flushed with sunny or cold weather and hot food or drinks.
I have had two more long periods of what turned out to be seborrheic dermatitis in my life both after major stressful events but you never know if its going to go again and it affects your confidence a lot.
Anyway after that ramble.....my point is after getting fibromyalgia do any of you manage your life with out experiencing anxiety over the pain when its really bad and because you are so severely limited you can't really keep up with what you or your loved ones expect or want to do?
Like internal pressure and worry because you have years ahead like this. Is it just me because I am already prone to anxiety?
I have to say my fibro got this bad when my partner showed dissatisfaction over our life because of how this illness restricted us.....and true to my personality i took the things he said so badly my anxiety went through the roof as his approval and feeling i was still good enough meant so much to me.
I honestly didn't realize so many people didn't know how anxiety felt....I kind of assumed if you had been dumped or gone through a bad relationship break up or faced other even tougher times like getting a chronic illness or many other things like I know many people on here talk about you would have suffered bad feelings that would cause anxiety.
I was a confident child but my anxiety first loomed when i was a teenager and had a skin condition on my face.
I was shown pictures of how it would progress if i didnt try and control it by avoiding certain things and situations.
The list was so long and i ended up with anxiety when faced with normal things.
I was told to avoid heat....sitting in hot rooms or near a fire......the sun....being out in cold or windy weather.
Avoid hot drinks...caffeine...alcohol...spicy food and anything that made my skin flush....haha so stress and embarrassment that get you hot and bothered now became a source of stress.
This all set me off on the path of anxiety and although my skin eventually cleared up after two years my anxiety in these situations remained as i would get all flushed with sunny or cold weather and hot food or drinks.
I have had two more long periods of what turned out to be seborrheic dermatitis in my life both after major stressful events but you never know if its going to go again and it affects your confidence a lot.
Anyway after that ramble.....my point is after getting fibromyalgia do any of you manage your life with out experiencing anxiety over the pain when its really bad and because you are so severely limited you can't really keep up with what you or your loved ones expect or want to do?
Like internal pressure and worry because you have years ahead like this. Is it just me because I am already prone to anxiety?
I have to say my fibro got this bad when my partner showed dissatisfaction over our life because of how this illness restricted us.....and true to my personality i took the things he said so badly my anxiety went through the roof as his approval and feeling i was still good enough meant so much to me.
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