Anxiety & Paranoia peaks this time of year!

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I have this pattern and it seems to come this time of year....

My health anxiety - I currently have liver disease or lymphoma as I'm constantly itchy (yet the itching is from stress and anxiety) and I am constantly Googling symptoms of everything.

My paranoia - people are bitching about me behind my back, my colleagues hate me, my bosses are thinking of sacking me or making me redundant.

Anxiety in general, everything I do turns into a worry. I constantly overthinking everything and worrying of outcomes of things that haven't or may never happen.

I'm so sick of it. I have been doing minimal exercise which hasn't helped thanks to 2x infections (one being an abscess on my foot and the 2nd being pneumonia - these were diagnosed by a GP) .

Does anyone else find it the same this time of year? I know there is SAD but I swear I just want to hibernate and sleep through til March.

My anxiety is horrendous and it’s affecting my life so much. I’m so frightened of making mistakes at work I’ve been making mistakes because I’m not focusing. I’ve got Covid and it’s even worse now.

It's horrendous isn't it.

I just freeze with anxiety to the point I can't function. I'm even shaking now while cooking dinner.

Sorry to hear that. I’ve been shaking as well.