Anxiety and depression is getting worse

[Woman31]

Hi,

I suffer with BPD as it is but the last few days my anxiety is SO high and I can’t seem to bring it down.
I can’t see a way out of this, being locked down for months/years. We have a holiday booked for July and im guessing it will be cancelled. Dd starts school in September and will miss saying bye to her pre school teachers etc.

I know it’s ridiculous that there’s more going on right now but my anxiety is so high, which means I’m being grumpy with my family!

Uhhh 😩

I just focus on the things I can control and park the things that I can’t. A very valuable bit of guidance I had at my CBT Group.

I ask myself questions or set out some solutions to try to help me get some peace with my thoughts. I write these down.

In the case if the holiday I would be writing.

It is possible that my holiday in July will be cancelled but I will get my money back and there will come a time when I can book another holiday. In fact I may book one for next year now to give me something to look forward to.

For the DD one I would be thinking - it’s sad that my daughter will leave her school without being able to say goodbye to the other children and her teacher but perhaps there is a way I can help all the children to achieve this. I will perhaps set up a WA group for this very reason and see if I can get all of the other parents involved. I don’t know all of them but can contact some and perhaps they can then contact the others.

It’s tough I know as a fellow anxiety sufferer. Just stick at it.