Anxiety through the roof - will this ever end

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The past year has been the toughest year of my life. We have had bad things after bad things happen to a point where something bad happens on a weekly basis now.

I can't give too many details but redundancies, car accidents, illness.
I just can't cope with anything else. It has got to the point that I absolutely dread each day because of what it might bring. The latest is my husband is going through a health scare.

Please someone reassure me that these events can't keep happening and that this period will pass. Even my friends are saying what next.

The trouble is, I am left with horrendous anxiety about absolutely everything. One of my children is going into London today for the day and I am so paranoid that something is going to happen to them.

I am seeing a counsellor but I'm not sure I can ever recover and be relaxed again.

I could have written this post. The last 12 months have been constantly full of stress and my anxiety has been terrible. I am holding on tightly to the hope that it will get better. Or I will find a better way to manage.

That is what I am holding on for. I can't believe that this can keep happening to us. The trouble is I'm not sure if I will ever recover from this mentally.

You will. When the stress dissipates the memories will fade and it will be more bearable.

My biggest worry is that my body won’t know how to relax any more. I have been in a constant state of pent up anxiety (and having panic attacks when it gets too much) and I don’t know how to relax. I wake up worried and go to sleep worried.

I am going to try and get into meditation.

Have you got a good support network around you? My husband has been incredible and I have some very supportive friends.

I cry every day at the moment but my therapist said it’s good to let it out. It helps offset the panic attacks!

Hand hold OP, these feelings will pass, I have had a horrible year so far too, full of stressful challenges, I am learning, and having to make sometimes difficult decisions on the way. It’s not easy. The counselling is a positive step and will give you some tools to help you manage the anxiety. Good luck.

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I'm not sure if my body will recover either. I have put on a HUGE amount of weight and am in a constant state of rigidness waiting for the phone to ring with the next bit of bad news.

My husband is a fantastic husband and father but he's not great with emotional support mainly because of his upbringing.

I have a big circle of friends but there are certain things I can't tell them and I feel like their sympathies are wearing a bit thin.