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Hi, @elisabetha - a long walk in the woods sounds nice, and I can see how it might be refreshing and calming when you feel anxious. Yoga and aerobics are also good ideas. Although I'm not doing a good job of of exercising regularly lately, I know it does help my mental/emotional state, and I have generalized anxiety disorder.
When you are experiencing anxiety, especially over the cold season, what is it like? For example, do you have a quicker heartbeat, experience excessive sweating, have feelings of doom, or something else?
@patrick7 - that stands to reason you could be experiencing anxiety and depression due to grandchildren involved in divorce. I personally experienced my parents divorce right after I graduated from college, and it was an anxious and depressed time for me. I had a lot of nausea at that time and felt like the world was crumbling around me.
Is your anxiety manifesting mainly in worry, or does it come out in some other way, patrick7?
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Hello Lisa: thank you for asking about my symptoms. The feeling of doom and pessimism, together with the inability to think clearly, even the eyes don’t focus well, bothers me the Most. Typically, I’m a pretty humorous person with many friends and make friends Easily, but when the anxiety surfaces, i don’t even like to pick up the phone. Thank you for having started this dialogue, „matt.k.“, it makes these episodes feel more „normal“ to know i‘m not the only one experiencing this.
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Lisa & Patrick, I would just like to add that I to have trouble exercising. Use to be a Gym Rat a long time ago. With the advise of one of my doctors to help me recover from Lyme Disease, same cac be said for Fibromyalgia, exersise classes have been wonderful for me. My local YMCA has a Silver Sneakers and regular Yoga classes. It has helped me to get back to a somewhat normal life. Along with that I have just started their Flex and Balance class. My point is that many of us have a hard time making the time to excersie by ourselves.
For me I have to have a comitment to accompolish something like regular excersie. I made a comitment to myself and the instructor to work on getting better.
Since I still work and run my own business I have built the time into my schedule. It has been wonderful for me!
PS, I have suffered from anxiety and depression all of my Life. I have been on medication for 30 years. But still have those moments! The exercise program has helped all of me!
Good Luck!
Sundance(RB)