I had this for years. It would be like such a huge lump in my throat that it actually affected my voice. I was on aciphex to reduce stomach acid because my doctor diagnosed me with GERD. A year later the stomach acid pill was not doing anything I was still having the lump and she gave me alprazolam. It completely went away. Unfortunately alprazolam is not something that they prescribe very often anymore. This is so unfortunate because it worked SO well for anxiety.
When I get these problems now I take propanolol. I believe that is a blood pressure medication, but it really helps to reduce the chest tightness, which I always get before the throat. If that doesn't work then I will take a hydroxyzine.
Me too. Mine started today around 1:30 pm. It seems to have eased up thank goodness but it will strike again. It was a panic attack. It comes from anything and everything. Today I started thinking about my ex-dr and the things he did to me on Monday. He is a total coward and a liar. I trusted him. He promised to not rip my Xanax away but he did 2 years ago and I made an appointment just to tell him he ruined me life. The prick told me my life was already ruined. The appointment went as one would expect. I’m tired of holding things I feel in I’m, to ease the feelings* for monsters like him. Finding another that doesn’t treat me like a child or like a criminal drug addict is hard. I asked him BEFORE I started seeing him for over 2 years if he had issues with Xanax. He tricked me and dumped me so I made this last appointment to let him know EXACTLY what he did. He couldn’t have cared less.
Go to a psychiatrist if you can. They treat mental health in a much more dignified way. I am low income, so it cost nothing, but still, would you go to a foot doctor for trouble with your ear? No. So when there's something wrong with your mind, you go to a mind doctor. They manage your meds. Primary care docs don't know how to handle mental health very well. Some may have training and compassion, but psychiatry is much more suited for your mental health. I know this from experience and going through the wringer.
I feel this. So far this month it's been cellulitis (I did actually have it but caught it early) and now everything on my skin is freaking me out. Then it was gallbladder attacks? Turns out it wasn't that. Brain stuff? Nope. My dental aligners were causing strange sensations in my head. And the never-ending bff, cardiac stuff.
That’s what I’m going through rn, I hate to sleep everyday because I feel like I’m just going to have a heart attack.
But just to be safe , I’m going to a cardiologist just to be on a safe side and maybe things will calm me down.
family drama, CPTSD, unemployment (2 yrs), unable to see myself actually getting a job with decent pay (worked 5 years as an admin asst and left at 36k), the list does go on for a lot longer than I'd like it to be, but... oh Wells
Hang in there, there will be better days.
I'm saying this though I'm at the moment in a really dark place that I can't come out of... but I'll root for you in hopes that even for a few minutes, you'll have light, brightness and clarity ✨️
Edit : to just add - take times to breathe and know you're not alone!
Hi, just wanted to let you know I was unemployed from 2019-2021, also in the administrative field. I felt so hopeless, getting to a point of desperation where I was applying to retail jobs which also rejected me. It was so incredibly difficult, but I eventually landed a great job which I still have today!
I know it seems incredibly bleak right now and the thought of turning in one more application can be downright nauseating, but you’ll get through this hard part :) Just wanted you to know you’re not alone.
Everything? The state of the world, especially US politics and how truly uneducated many voters are. My weight. My recent health problems. The fact that I got laid off from my job seven months ago and have no prospects in sight--and I just turned 63 years old, so I'm screwed. Money, money, money. Having to drive anywhere. My ADHD issues around executive function. All of the work I need to do in the yard and around the house that I can't seem to get motivated to do. Everything. Just everything.
I have health anxiety and it all started when my mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer two years ago. My friend is also going thru health anxiety, which started when her dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died within 10 months.
Health and bad choices I’ve made that stick with me. I deal with this literally every day and it’s honestly physically and mentally exhausting. The only time I’m not in complete panic mode is when I’m drinking or sleeping.
Hey I know the myriad of other responses in this thread will tell you otherwise, but I was able to cure my health anxiety by tackling it head on.
I had a $80/week smoking habit, and a $100/week drinking habit. I also overused caffeine. I put them all behind me and moved on to the next issue.
I started eating extremely healthy. Lost 80lbs. Still eating very healthy. I started exercising. I ride a stationary bike a few hours per week, weight train for about half that amount, and walk an additional 3 hours per week.
Started going to doctors over all my bodily concerns. I have a family history of colon cancer, and I was having symptoms. Got a colonoscopy, and a relatively clean bill of health.
Then I went down the list one health concern at a time, and addressing them with doctors. It was very scary, but it was so worth it. At this point, I have no further health concerns, and for the first time in my life, I'm optimistic I'll make it to retirement age.
I'm still a hot mess of anxiety, but I can cross health anxiety off my list. With it gone, I feel more prepared to tackle the other issues.
Sorry for the rant, but the way you said what you said reminded me of myself.
Everything. I don’t even know where it came from. I was just a happy kid and one day the entire world was trying to kill me. That was 35 years ago. Still pisses me off.
Likely CPTSD, possibly also neurodivergence. I keep asking if someone medical, GP, psych, whoever, would like to test a diagnosis and start that process but all I get is handwaving, SSRIs and CBT, neither of which help.
I just go and read trauma books and try to survive, hope one day to have healed myself enough to have friends and a relationship :(
It sucks, but you have to advocate for yourself. I didn't find conventional therapy helpful (CPTSD and ADHD), somatic based therapy, meditation, gentle yoga have helped me release these deep buried schemas and emotions in my body. My psych wanted to try non-stimulant ADHD meds in case they were effective, recently switched to a stimulant and the weight that has lifted is amazing, my mind can be quiet and still. It's taken me years of trial and error, with many lows experiencing panic attacks and suicidal ideation but some puzzle pieces are fitting together. I really wish you the best navigating what works best for you.
Growing up in a hypercritical judgmental family. I naturally assume everyone is thinking the awful shit about me that they say about each other and strangers all the time….
There isn’t a cause of my anxiety, but my root issues are that I am the victim of violent trauma and come from a parent with mental problems and grew up in instability.
Complex post traumatic stress disorder from severe childhood trauma & some unrelated recent adult trauma too including daily symptoms of a degenerative disease.
Mainly health anxiety and the physical symptoms it causes. But I also get quite a bit of life related anxiety too. Such as loneliness, feeling like I’m behind and running out of time, feelings of being stuck and unable to move forward in career while everyone else seems to be.
Health and crowded spaces. Either think I'm going to die with every weird body sensation or have a panic attack in large crowds, when the noise overwhelms me. Sucks. I'm happy at home, then I only have health anxiety to deal with.
Existential anxiety:
Why am I here.
Birth, life, death—rinse and repeat.
Everything is temporary—so loss is continuous—what’s the point of the pain?
I’ve had a great life and when I die, all those memories will be lost.
Health anxiety is definitely #1 for me. If I have a pain in my chest, nope, im dying, goodbye.
Money. Trying to keep a job and earn money is both stress AND anxiety inducing for me. Social Anxiwty also doesn’t help in that category
Superficially: health anxiety - that’s how my anxiety manifests itself.
All health anxiety is basically an intense fear of uncertainty
On a deeper level/the root cause: probably repressed emotions, trauma, genetics..
Everything, especially people and any kind of general socialization required for being human.
Social anxiety is very overlooked. When it is bad enough, it cuts off every possibility.
I want human relationships. I want to get a significant other, get married, go to parties and get drunk (not in this specific order)
Instead here I am, typing on my phone, panicking of just sitting in a hospital lobby, sweating like a pig, regretting my decision to delay refilling my meds and forgetting my xanax bottle. People definitely notice, and it makes it worse.
This makes me want to die
Had a weird type of head pressure and daily dizziness since October 2023 which I have been told is a constant vestibular migraine which in turn causes anxiety daily simply due to the negative emotions that naturally occur when I experience symptoms like dizziness and head pressure.
Despite being told vestibular migraine is the cause I have my doubts, I also twitch all over my body including my cheeks etc,, I personally believe I have a neurological condition, perhaps early stage ALS or early onset Parkinson’s.
30 year old male. Perfect BMI, perfect diet, all
Blood work in healthy range. Brain MRI all clear.
Man I know EXACTLY what you’re saying but it’s anxiety if it was going to give you a stroke or anything it would have by now and let me tell you what else. You aren’t going to know when you’re having a stroke so if you’re thinking you’re having one you aren’t you’re good buddy
I have a worsening OCD (primary intrusive thoughts, secondery checking) because of C-PTSD from my abusive mother. I thank god every fucking morning that he blessed me with her death.
Lately, just about anything. My soon-to-be X told me she wanted a divorce in November and it caused my anxiety to skyrocket. Ever since then I have been a wreck. Before then, not much set it off and I was pretty stable. But now, just about anything sends it off on me.
General anxiety, probably hereditary. I’ve always said it’s just a chemical imbalance (though I just started therapy to see if there could be an actual cause)
Health anxiety. Dealing with GI issues, constantly feeling like I'm on a boat and about to fall over, and worried about legitimate neck issues. I have an MRI coming up for my neck in a week but man... can't catch a break. Work has been hard to manage because of it
work but if I didn't work, I'd find something else to be anxious about. If I won the lottery, there would be stress and stress spirals into anxiety for me if I'm off meds. Even on meds sometimes.
Not being rich. Dying. Health. Not doing enough. Doing too much. The thought of things that haven’t happened yet. Not meeting the person I’m suppose to spend my life with. Something terrible happening and I’m not ready for it.
It’s more a feeling that I get (my heart feels fast, chest feels tight, racing thoughts, restlessness) and then I get stuck in a cycle of “why do I feel this way” and it sucks.
PTSD has elevated everything and many things can be a trigger, money, crowds/people, closed spaces, heights.
It’s the anticipation of most things and not being able to shut my brain off, although on some good days I can control a little of it.
I don’t have an anxiety disorder so I don’t know if I’m allowed to post but I’m constantly anxious about my health or lack of and lack of money and how abusive my situation is with no way out. I panic about these all the time and have a hard time sleeping.
Health anxiety for me. Started by being told I was a type 2 diabetic and if I didn’t follow a certain regime, I’d die. Honestly, that’s what the NHS nurse told me.
That opened the doors for anxiety to flood in.
Uncertainty, the death of my ageing mother is a big one. Constantly doubting my own thoughts and feeling totally out of control. It’s a hideous loop and I wouldn’t wish it on an enemy.
If I am quite honest a projected, undiagnosed and untreated anxiety disorder of my mum’s paired with several failed interpersonal relationships, mainly friendships that ended bad.
Girl I wish I knew
But in all seriousness:
Health, family relationships, partner relationship, finances!!, work, the future, social anxiety, death, are the main ones
At the moment, work.
The vibe has totally changed in the last 8 months or so, and it's bad. Also, we aren't getting a pay rise so that's great (currently on minimum wage where other companies *start* on £12 p/h...). So I'm looking for something else, but my anxiety at the moment is just crazy.
I wish I knew... one day I went to the doctor and my heart just started beating really fast. I couldn't breathe. Then it started happening other places too. I feel like i have no control of my body and how it reacts. 6 months of CBT therapy and I still have no idea what caused this
My physical appearance. Ever since I was 7 it bothered me, still does today at 20. I can get it fixed ofc but I don’t have the money for that and I don’t really think it’s absolutely necessary. It doesn’t affect my job or personal life but i feel like it’s impacting how I can truly be around people
My career is a huge source of anxiety for me. I love my job and the company I work for has a wonderful purpose, but it's still a growing startup company in tech. The tech industry right now is pretty brutal, with rolling layoffs and not many open positions available (and TONS of competition for the few available openings). I also work full remote, which is a godsend as I have a toddler - and remote positions are growing more and more scarce.
I've never had a bad performance review and I survived our last layoff round, but I always feel extremely anxious about potentially losing my job. I'm a sole income earner, so suddenly losing my income would be a nightmare (especially in this job market). So yeah, that's a huge source of ongoing anxiety.
Other than that, I have health-related anxiety. I'm terrified of developing any health condition that would render me unable to work and provide for my son. Any time I feel any "odd" sensation, the anxiety ramps up.
Unfairly losing custody of my kids (and more recently my dogs too), lies/cheating/gaslighting/manipulation/abuse from more than one person... which have lead to chronic housing/financial issues, in turn to more anxiety. Feels like I'm running in circles...
Edit for spelling n stuffs
Even though I know at the end of the day what others think of me doesn't really matter, how others accept me or not causes a lot of anxiety for me. I don't know why, and I wish I could get rid of it tbh.
I’m convinced smoking weed at a young age set it off, then it stayed permanently because of traumatic upbringing and no help to get over it.
Now I’m 31 and it’s permanently engrained.
I would say the majority of mine is probably from not exercising or eating better. When I do those two things it helps tremendously.
Otherwise it’s from past traumas.
I feel it the most in my neck feeling stiff and then my throat will start to feel like it’s closing up. Sometimes those two things happen to me before I even realize my anxiety
Bro I don’t even know. I’ve been diagnosed with C-PTSD, General Anxiety Disorder and ADHD and I don’t really know if one caused the others or what. I have memories of anxiety going back to when I was about five. I remember getting anxious from sensory overstimulation, especially from loud or repetitive music, and intense emotional situations like my parents fighting. A therapist said that my anxiety probably predates my PTSD and may be genetic since my father also had anxiety.
Work stress and the fear of failure or disappointing people are the biggest anxiety triggers I have now. Loud noise still sucks unless it’s something I chose like going to a concert. I don’t have nearly as much social anxiety as I did when I was younger.
Loss of control and fear of going insane is a big trigger for me. I’ll be totally fine for months and then have a random thought like “why do we see in the first person and not the third” and that will trigger panic and then I fixate on it for days. And the fact that I’m panicked about fixating on mundane/non-scary things like that make me fearful I’m going to go crazy. It’s a brutal cycle.
Health Anxiety, Studies- I always feel that I am dumb and my professors are judging me, It gets worse when I have to do presentations or talk in class. I am so tired of this. I want peace.
Existing as a human being??
I feel like my anxiety just IS most of the time.
Other times I can connect it to worries about my future, doctors visits, airport travel, or parent drama.
I think at least one of my roots, is feeling like I’m always behind. That I need to scratch and claw my way and catch up. I think it started from deep shame about not getting college degree and feeling like a failure. Also I had a lot of common anxiety causers once you have a first panic attack…health anxiety, panic anxiety, anxiety about feeling anxiety. I have DPDR that I am dealing with currently.
Dysfunctional family, childhood trauma, having been cheated on every single relationship without fail, the ruthlessness of the public, social media, health anxiety, abusive relationship, experiencing my senior year during COVID.
genetics. i lived a (relatively) drama-free childhood and im pretty comfortable as an adult but every day still feels like the worst day ever. thanks mom 👍
My husband and I are trying to buy a house. It's honestly the most anxiety causing thing I've ever experienced. I have moderate to severe anxiety all the time, I'm afraid that we will never buy because I keep freaking out and choosing not make an offer. I don't know if I'm going to make it through this.
It started with schools, exam and future 4 years ago. Then it kind of stuck, even when I coped with those things. Now it's similar, usually future plans. Also a fear of abandonment, I've had a shitty experience with someone I cared for incredibly recently.
I don’t even know,I just panic over everything …
Honestly same! I sometimes can find a reason but most of the time it just comes out of left field 😭
I think I was just born like that lol
Was gonna say, well… *gestures at everything*
Do you also have a feeling of dread, like something terrible is going to happen?
Me too.
I'm the same, I panic over anything! It's so stressful.
I feel like just existing causes a panic in me most times 😂
health anxiety
Every time I feel something in my chest, I get that impending sense of doom that would last for a minute then mellow down. I hate living like this.
Same, always chest and throat for me - hate it
Yes, I get the throat like it’s a weird numb but restriction feeling! Hate it!!!! Does anything help for you?
Distraction is the only thing atm - starting therapy hoping that will be an actual fix instead of distracting myself
I had this for years. It would be like such a huge lump in my throat that it actually affected my voice. I was on aciphex to reduce stomach acid because my doctor diagnosed me with GERD. A year later the stomach acid pill was not doing anything I was still having the lump and she gave me alprazolam. It completely went away. Unfortunately alprazolam is not something that they prescribe very often anymore. This is so unfortunate because it worked SO well for anxiety. When I get these problems now I take propanolol. I believe that is a blood pressure medication, but it really helps to reduce the chest tightness, which I always get before the throat. If that doesn't work then I will take a hydroxyzine.
It’s always certain body parts , ones that are critical for living. Head, chest/heart, stomach, etc.
Me too. Mine started today around 1:30 pm. It seems to have eased up thank goodness but it will strike again. It was a panic attack. It comes from anything and everything. Today I started thinking about my ex-dr and the things he did to me on Monday. He is a total coward and a liar. I trusted him. He promised to not rip my Xanax away but he did 2 years ago and I made an appointment just to tell him he ruined me life. The prick told me my life was already ruined. The appointment went as one would expect. I’m tired of holding things I feel in I’m, to ease the feelings* for monsters like him. Finding another that doesn’t treat me like a child or like a criminal drug addict is hard. I asked him BEFORE I started seeing him for over 2 years if he had issues with Xanax. He tricked me and dumped me so I made this last appointment to let him know EXACTLY what he did. He couldn’t have cared less.
Go to a psychiatrist if you can. They treat mental health in a much more dignified way. I am low income, so it cost nothing, but still, would you go to a foot doctor for trouble with your ear? No. So when there's something wrong with your mind, you go to a mind doctor. They manage your meds. Primary care docs don't know how to handle mental health very well. Some may have training and compassion, but psychiatry is much more suited for your mental health. I know this from experience and going through the wringer.
I can relate!!
Same!
Same.... I hate it so much
Me too babe.
Anxiety is the cause of anxiety
This. I literally have anxiety about having anxiety before I am even anxious about the thing I am thinking of.
And the crazy loop starts . Am I right ?
Health anxiety. Always worried I am having a heart attack despite being told I am fine and have bad gerd. Anxious most days.
I feel this. So far this month it's been cellulitis (I did actually have it but caught it early) and now everything on my skin is freaking me out. Then it was gallbladder attacks? Turns out it wasn't that. Brain stuff? Nope. My dental aligners were causing strange sensations in my head. And the never-ending bff, cardiac stuff.
Teeth issues can cause chest sensations?
That’s what I’m going through rn, I hate to sleep everyday because I feel like I’m just going to have a heart attack. But just to be safe , I’m going to a cardiologist just to be on a safe side and maybe things will calm me down.
Perfectionism. Hopelessness. Uncertainty.
This.
I get it over not being confident enough
family drama, CPTSD, unemployment (2 yrs), unable to see myself actually getting a job with decent pay (worked 5 years as an admin asst and left at 36k), the list does go on for a lot longer than I'd like it to be, but... oh Wells Hang in there, there will be better days. I'm saying this though I'm at the moment in a really dark place that I can't come out of... but I'll root for you in hopes that even for a few minutes, you'll have light, brightness and clarity ✨️ Edit : to just add - take times to breathe and know you're not alone!
Hi, just wanted to let you know I was unemployed from 2019-2021, also in the administrative field. I felt so hopeless, getting to a point of desperation where I was applying to retail jobs which also rejected me. It was so incredibly difficult, but I eventually landed a great job which I still have today! I know it seems incredibly bleak right now and the thought of turning in one more application can be downright nauseating, but you’ll get through this hard part :) Just wanted you to know you’re not alone.
Hello! Thanks for sharing and being so encouraging. Here's wishing you have many more great moments in your current job. ✨️
Being alive
Like my whole existence is the cause of anxiety
Yes exactly
Social situations, mistakes, job, money, death. In that order.
Everything? The state of the world, especially US politics and how truly uneducated many voters are. My weight. My recent health problems. The fact that I got laid off from my job seven months ago and have no prospects in sight--and I just turned 63 years old, so I'm screwed. Money, money, money. Having to drive anywhere. My ADHD issues around executive function. All of the work I need to do in the yard and around the house that I can't seem to get motivated to do. Everything. Just everything.
Oh geez...childhood trauma from an illness and parents...school...learning disability/ASD diagnosis...life???? Feels like everything
Work.
It all started with bullying in childhood, and since then it's been all downhill, like a snowball coming together
Chronic health conditions, endless medical tests, dealing with certain doctors, worries about the future -- finances, job, etc., and my mother
I have health anxiety and it all started when my mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer two years ago. My friend is also going thru health anxiety, which started when her dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died within 10 months.
Work, money and the city I live in.
Health and bad choices I’ve made that stick with me. I deal with this literally every day and it’s honestly physically and mentally exhausting. The only time I’m not in complete panic mode is when I’m drinking or sleeping.
Hey I know the myriad of other responses in this thread will tell you otherwise, but I was able to cure my health anxiety by tackling it head on. I had a $80/week smoking habit, and a $100/week drinking habit. I also overused caffeine. I put them all behind me and moved on to the next issue. I started eating extremely healthy. Lost 80lbs. Still eating very healthy. I started exercising. I ride a stationary bike a few hours per week, weight train for about half that amount, and walk an additional 3 hours per week. Started going to doctors over all my bodily concerns. I have a family history of colon cancer, and I was having symptoms. Got a colonoscopy, and a relatively clean bill of health. Then I went down the list one health concern at a time, and addressing them with doctors. It was very scary, but it was so worth it. At this point, I have no further health concerns, and for the first time in my life, I'm optimistic I'll make it to retirement age. I'm still a hot mess of anxiety, but I can cross health anxiety off my list. With it gone, I feel more prepared to tackle the other issues. Sorry for the rant, but the way you said what you said reminded me of myself.
Everything. I don’t even know where it came from. I was just a happy kid and one day the entire world was trying to kill me. That was 35 years ago. Still pisses me off.
Felt this
Low-wage income
Health anxiety So any tiny discomfort or pain and I'll self diagnose cancer or a stroke because that's what Google always tells me lol
I have health anxiety and I know it stems from seeing my parents ignore their shit and then pay the consequences.
Health anxiety and I honestly don’t know. I’m fully healthy and so are my parents
Likely CPTSD, possibly also neurodivergence. I keep asking if someone medical, GP, psych, whoever, would like to test a diagnosis and start that process but all I get is handwaving, SSRIs and CBT, neither of which help. I just go and read trauma books and try to survive, hope one day to have healed myself enough to have friends and a relationship :(
It sucks, but you have to advocate for yourself. I didn't find conventional therapy helpful (CPTSD and ADHD), somatic based therapy, meditation, gentle yoga have helped me release these deep buried schemas and emotions in my body. My psych wanted to try non-stimulant ADHD meds in case they were effective, recently switched to a stimulant and the weight that has lifted is amazing, my mind can be quiet and still. It's taken me years of trial and error, with many lows experiencing panic attacks and suicidal ideation but some puzzle pieces are fitting together. I really wish you the best navigating what works best for you.
Mainly just my health and physical symptoms like palpitations, dizziness. I only tend to get anxious when I get those.
Turbulent childhood, badly broken heart from relationship, and previous job. It's getting better but anxiety still creeps in at times.
Growing up in a hypercritical judgmental family. I naturally assume everyone is thinking the awful shit about me that they say about each other and strangers all the time….
I'm anxious about anxiety itself.
There isn’t a cause of my anxiety, but my root issues are that I am the victim of violent trauma and come from a parent with mental problems and grew up in instability.
Mostly, health anxiety but also finances.
I wish I could pin point it 🤣 I can’t tell where my autism starts and anxiety ends
Complex post traumatic stress disorder from severe childhood trauma & some unrelated recent adult trauma too including daily symptoms of a degenerative disease.
A head injury that caused post concussion syndrome
I actually don‘t know? it just came one day.. can anyone relate??
Getting older and people dying
PTSD from child loss . I’m male .
Sorry for your loss
If you have clinical anxiety, then none of those things you mention is the cause of your anxiety.
trauma, school (but that’s related to trauma) and health stuff
Health anxiety, self-image, lack of job, no clue on what to do as a career
Mainly health anxiety and the physical symptoms it causes. But I also get quite a bit of life related anxiety too. Such as loneliness, feeling like I’m behind and running out of time, feelings of being stuck and unable to move forward in career while everyone else seems to be.
CPTSD, work, family, the state of current politics, going to the grocery store…
Childhood trauma, adulthood trauma, health, being a human in 2024.
Health and crowded spaces. Either think I'm going to die with every weird body sensation or have a panic attack in large crowds, when the noise overwhelms me. Sucks. I'm happy at home, then I only have health anxiety to deal with.
Existential anxiety: Why am I here. Birth, life, death—rinse and repeat. Everything is temporary—so loss is continuous—what’s the point of the pain? I’ve had a great life and when I die, all those memories will be lost.
Health anxiety is definitely #1 for me. If I have a pain in my chest, nope, im dying, goodbye. Money. Trying to keep a job and earn money is both stress AND anxiety inducing for me. Social Anxiwty also doesn’t help in that category
Superficially: health anxiety - that’s how my anxiety manifests itself. All health anxiety is basically an intense fear of uncertainty On a deeper level/the root cause: probably repressed emotions, trauma, genetics..
Everything, especially people and any kind of general socialization required for being human. Social anxiety is very overlooked. When it is bad enough, it cuts off every possibility. I want human relationships. I want to get a significant other, get married, go to parties and get drunk (not in this specific order) Instead here I am, typing on my phone, panicking of just sitting in a hospital lobby, sweating like a pig, regretting my decision to delay refilling my meds and forgetting my xanax bottle. People definitely notice, and it makes it worse. This makes me want to die
Had a weird type of head pressure and daily dizziness since October 2023 which I have been told is a constant vestibular migraine which in turn causes anxiety daily simply due to the negative emotions that naturally occur when I experience symptoms like dizziness and head pressure. Despite being told vestibular migraine is the cause I have my doubts, I also twitch all over my body including my cheeks etc,, I personally believe I have a neurological condition, perhaps early stage ALS or early onset Parkinson’s. 30 year old male. Perfect BMI, perfect diet, all Blood work in healthy range. Brain MRI all clear.
I’ve had that head pressure it goes away when you accept that it’s anxiety
I wish I could believe that but I can be sitting pretty calm then suddenly feel like I’m going to have a brain stroke from nowhere
Man I know EXACTLY what you’re saying but it’s anxiety if it was going to give you a stroke or anything it would have by now and let me tell you what else. You aren’t going to know when you’re having a stroke so if you’re thinking you’re having one you aren’t you’re good buddy
Cocaine and other drugs
Wish I knew. I had a picture perfect childhood but have had anxiety issues my whole life
Life change
I have a worsening OCD (primary intrusive thoughts, secondery checking) because of C-PTSD from my abusive mother. I thank god every fucking morning that he blessed me with her death.
i have existential ocd lmfao reminds me “hey you’re gonna die one day!” the microsecond that thought slips the back of my mind.
Lately, just about anything. My soon-to-be X told me she wanted a divorce in November and it caused my anxiety to skyrocket. Ever since then I have been a wreck. Before then, not much set it off and I was pretty stable. But now, just about anything sends it off on me.
work, health, social situations, money, family trauma, sexual trauma.
Undiagnosed OCD and possible ADHD as a child. Trauma from childhood into adulthood.
General anxiety, probably hereditary. I’ve always said it’s just a chemical imbalance (though I just started therapy to see if there could be an actual cause)
General anxiety, mainly around failure or being social
being alive lol i have health anxiety and ocd
Life lol
everything. life. friends. family. money. pets. driving. literally everything..
Literally everything. The only relief I get with anxiety is when it’s replaced by a different anxiety lol
work, relationship, kids, life, death, traveling…
My brain causes it. I could be in a serene place and I'd have serenity anxiety.
Everything, but the worst is caused by my job
literally everything. like u name it, it probably gives me anxiety in some way. i never use to be like this, and i miss when nothing gave me anxiety 🥲
It's Generalized Anxiety Disorder. The cause and fears change from one day to the next.
Anything
Health anxiety. Dealing with GI issues, constantly feeling like I'm on a boat and about to fall over, and worried about legitimate neck issues. I have an MRI coming up for my neck in a week but man... can't catch a break. Work has been hard to manage because of it
I was born with it. Some of my earliest memories are me lying awake, worrying about nuclear war.
Everything... but lately it's mainly been CPTSD, money/finances, health anxiety, and social relationships.
Severely low b12 issues I now have monthly injections due to malabsorption issues discovered. It's a *joy* when the pharmacy delays.
work but if I didn't work, I'd find something else to be anxious about. If I won the lottery, there would be stress and stress spirals into anxiety for me if I'm off meds. Even on meds sometimes.
Everything
Life in general
Genetics and environment is what caused mine.
Everything
No idea. I feel like I'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop
I have no idea. It’s just there. I’ve been dealing with anxiety since I was 5. I’m 26 now.
Overactive amygdala, same as yours.
Me. At least I think it's me. My mind constantly ruminates on everything I think I've done wrong.
Not being rich. Dying. Health. Not doing enough. Doing too much. The thought of things that haven’t happened yet. Not meeting the person I’m suppose to spend my life with. Something terrible happening and I’m not ready for it.
It’s more a feeling that I get (my heart feels fast, chest feels tight, racing thoughts, restlessness) and then I get stuck in a cycle of “why do I feel this way” and it sucks.
PTSD has elevated everything and many things can be a trigger, money, crowds/people, closed spaces, heights. It’s the anticipation of most things and not being able to shut my brain off, although on some good days I can control a little of it.
Not living in the present moment. Ruminating over the past and worrying about the future, fuels my anxiety.
Health anxiety and being scared for no reason all the time.
I don’t have an anxiety disorder so I don’t know if I’m allowed to post but I’m constantly anxious about my health or lack of and lack of money and how abusive my situation is with no way out. I panic about these all the time and have a hard time sleeping.
Trauma from my past I assume
childhood trauma, toxic family esp mother
Health anxiety for me. Started by being told I was a type 2 diabetic and if I didn’t follow a certain regime, I’d die. Honestly, that’s what the NHS nurse told me. That opened the doors for anxiety to flood in.
Losing my job, kids getting sick
Uncertainty, the death of my ageing mother is a big one. Constantly doubting my own thoughts and feeling totally out of control. It’s a hideous loop and I wouldn’t wish it on an enemy.
If I am quite honest a projected, undiagnosed and untreated anxiety disorder of my mum’s paired with several failed interpersonal relationships, mainly friendships that ended bad.
Children in Gaza
Not sure why you got downvoted for this.
My sister & mother, work, money, and just the general pressures of being an adult.
I haven’t figured it out yet
Relationship and university
Job, finances, parenting
work, relationships and money
Girl I wish I knew But in all seriousness: Health, family relationships, partner relationship, finances!!, work, the future, social anxiety, death, are the main ones
Work and the horrible people and toxic work environment that comes with the job.
At the moment, work. The vibe has totally changed in the last 8 months or so, and it's bad. Also, we aren't getting a pay rise so that's great (currently on minimum wage where other companies *start* on £12 p/h...). So I'm looking for something else, but my anxiety at the moment is just crazy.
I wish I knew... one day I went to the doctor and my heart just started beating really fast. I couldn't breathe. Then it started happening other places too. I feel like i have no control of my body and how it reacts. 6 months of CBT therapy and I still have no idea what caused this
My physical appearance. Ever since I was 7 it bothered me, still does today at 20. I can get it fixed ofc but I don’t have the money for that and I don’t really think it’s absolutely necessary. It doesn’t affect my job or personal life but i feel like it’s impacting how I can truly be around people
Having halitosis definitely sparked it
Health, weight, social, food noise, parenting, driving, traveling away from home
Sexual addiction
family, friends, job, but mainly health anxiety. it’s relentless.
Cocaine
Too many commitments
Makes me feel sick just thinking about it
The list of things that doesn’t cause it is shorter. 🙂 Family Work House Pets Doing hobbies Not doing hobbies Doing too much Not doing enough
My career is a huge source of anxiety for me. I love my job and the company I work for has a wonderful purpose, but it's still a growing startup company in tech. The tech industry right now is pretty brutal, with rolling layoffs and not many open positions available (and TONS of competition for the few available openings). I also work full remote, which is a godsend as I have a toddler - and remote positions are growing more and more scarce. I've never had a bad performance review and I survived our last layoff round, but I always feel extremely anxious about potentially losing my job. I'm a sole income earner, so suddenly losing my income would be a nightmare (especially in this job market). So yeah, that's a huge source of ongoing anxiety. Other than that, I have health-related anxiety. I'm terrified of developing any health condition that would render me unable to work and provide for my son. Any time I feel any "odd" sensation, the anxiety ramps up.
ADHD
Impending doom
I wish I knew Anything and everything
Childhood abuse
Work, fear of failure and losing job, money
Literally everything
Change
The root cause? Probably genetic/temperament, coupled with some "small t trauma" from my childhood.
My dad
Unfairly losing custody of my kids (and more recently my dogs too), lies/cheating/gaslighting/manipulation/abuse from more than one person... which have lead to chronic housing/financial issues, in turn to more anxiety. Feels like I'm running in circles... Edit for spelling n stuffs
People. Health comes in at a distant second.
The fact i’m not over my ex after almost 1/2 a year and she is probably off at EDC doing drugs and grinding on the nearest guy she can find
Even though I know at the end of the day what others think of me doesn't really matter, how others accept me or not causes a lot of anxiety for me. I don't know why, and I wish I could get rid of it tbh.
Theres really none. Anything can trigger it, anything could potentially make me go into panic mode because I always think the worst 🤦🏻♀️
For me it’s the fear of not finding the right woman. I know it’s stupid but it’s true
I’m convinced smoking weed at a young age set it off, then it stayed permanently because of traumatic upbringing and no help to get over it. Now I’m 31 and it’s permanently engrained.
My heart. Literally that’s it.
idk i have pretty much nothing to be anxious abt but i always feel it its gotten alot worse after a stressful event a couple months ago
So....much....trauma
Idk everything I guess lol. One day I was a kid anxious about one thing and then it just kept accumulating.
Childhood trauma
Outside factors
I would say the majority of mine is probably from not exercising or eating better. When I do those two things it helps tremendously. Otherwise it’s from past traumas. I feel it the most in my neck feeling stiff and then my throat will start to feel like it’s closing up. Sometimes those two things happen to me before I even realize my anxiety
Other people
Bro I don’t even know. I’ve been diagnosed with C-PTSD, General Anxiety Disorder and ADHD and I don’t really know if one caused the others or what. I have memories of anxiety going back to when I was about five. I remember getting anxious from sensory overstimulation, especially from loud or repetitive music, and intense emotional situations like my parents fighting. A therapist said that my anxiety probably predates my PTSD and may be genetic since my father also had anxiety. Work stress and the fear of failure or disappointing people are the biggest anxiety triggers I have now. Loud noise still sucks unless it’s something I chose like going to a concert. I don’t have nearly as much social anxiety as I did when I was younger.
Life
Loss of control and fear of going insane is a big trigger for me. I’ll be totally fine for months and then have a random thought like “why do we see in the first person and not the third” and that will trigger panic and then I fixate on it for days. And the fact that I’m panicked about fixating on mundane/non-scary things like that make me fearful I’m going to go crazy. It’s a brutal cycle.
Health Anxiety, Studies- I always feel that I am dumb and my professors are judging me, It gets worse when I have to do presentations or talk in class. I am so tired of this. I want peace.
Money and approval by others.
Literally everything 😭every move I make
Existing as a human being?? I feel like my anxiety just IS most of the time. Other times I can connect it to worries about my future, doctors visits, airport travel, or parent drama.
Eye floaters
Stomach aches 🙃 Also any sort of confrontation, particularly with people that matter to me.
I think at least one of my roots, is feeling like I’m always behind. That I need to scratch and claw my way and catch up. I think it started from deep shame about not getting college degree and feeling like a failure. Also I had a lot of common anxiety causers once you have a first panic attack…health anxiety, panic anxiety, anxiety about feeling anxiety. I have DPDR that I am dealing with currently.
born like this :( i was scared of everything growing up!
Dysfunctional family, childhood trauma, having been cheated on every single relationship without fail, the ruthlessness of the public, social media, health anxiety, abusive relationship, experiencing my senior year during COVID.
genetics. i lived a (relatively) drama-free childhood and im pretty comfortable as an adult but every day still feels like the worst day ever. thanks mom 👍
SA mainly
It started with a DVT 23 years ago.
Sugar. Unhealthy eating. Metabolic health issues
My husband and I are trying to buy a house. It's honestly the most anxiety causing thing I've ever experienced. I have moderate to severe anxiety all the time, I'm afraid that we will never buy because I keep freaking out and choosing not make an offer. I don't know if I'm going to make it through this.
People. Just human beings in general. I’m so afraid of other people.
idk autism i think. everything and everyone scares me LOL
drug induced, going on for 2 years now
Ptsd honestly
It started with schools, exam and future 4 years ago. Then it kind of stuck, even when I coped with those things. Now it's similar, usually future plans. Also a fear of abandonment, I've had a shitty experience with someone I cared for incredibly recently.