Ww3 severe anxiety

[Scoobydoooo99]

I don’t know if anyone can help me, or I’m beyond help, in the last 24 hours this nuclear strike Russia and threatening the U.K. with if we supply more arms to Ukraine and at the same time liz truss states we will double down on more and harder weapons to Ukraine and Boris then chimes in any retaliation we will equally hit with our own, I am current sat on my bathroom floor crying because I can’t cope with the thought of nuclear war and what that means for me and my children, I don’t know what to do, how to cope if anyone could please help

Do you know.. not mean at all.. this did help a little for how long I don’t know, however it made my brain try and go if you had one more
day to live would
ypu sit and worry?
that’s my mindset right now, like I’m pushing for that to stay! So your words have helped,
unfortunately anxiety disorder is a shitbag and will probably d creep back in shortly

I know it's a hard time OP and must be worse if you are already anxious. Russia is not doing well and falling far short of the devastating military force we've imagined. Putin is like the Wizard of Oz and trying to scare us with his giant (willy substitute) missile. We need not to let him succeed.

Stop reading news for a while.
news are a consumer product and they have a ‘negativity bias” - bad news is good news because it gets you hooked.

Look at it this way: there’s a war in Ukraine, which is pretty far from the UK. It’s however heartbreakingly terrible for Ukrainians, but not really for us.

Theres also currently a war in Yemen which is by the way a lot worse. And one in Ethiopia.

There are always war going on somewhere sadly.

the challenge is to be aware of what happens and not let it consume you.

in terms of safety in the UK, I don’t have a crystal ball or a direct link to the the Kremlin, but in all likelihood what will happen is a prolonged war in Ukraine which will end up with a divided Ukraine or neutral state for the whole of Ukraine. NATO will not send soldiers into Ukraine, only weapons, and however much Russia says that sending weapons equals direct war between NATO and Russia they obviously that’s not the case. NATO is a lot stronger than Russia and Russia won’t take on a NATO country. That’s why they’ve taken on Ukraine because they know that NATO was never serious about letting Ukraine join. All the West will do is sanctions and weapon deliveries.

this is a terrible situation and it will cost many innocent Ukrainian and yes, Russian lives too. We can feel empathy and pain for them but in my best assessment all we need to worry about is rising energy prices as Russia cuts gas supplies and our politicians blaming the sky rocketing inflation on the war when in fact it’s cause by expansive financial policies during Covid.

Another thing - remember Syria? There wa an awful amount of postering from both sides too, but in the end, Assad still sits there and we don’t even talk about it anymore. The West allowed Russia and Iran to keep him there and wouldn’t waste their own lives for “free” Syria. It’s the same with Ukraine, and Zelensky knows this, hence why he’s pressuring the West and trying to call our bluff. We just send him more merchandise but no soldiers. As long as this is the extent of the ball game, world peace is safe. Ukraine will be sacrificed for world peace and we will put up some Ukrainian flags and speak of solidarity.

Don’t let the ruling elites scare you into believing that the world is about to explode.

OP I felt similar to you right at the start. I also felt like there was no point going to the GP because if Russia were going to drop the bomb in the next week then any medication wouldn't have time to kick in, but I did anyway, and nine weeks later we're still here so it was definitely worth it! I felt as well like they wouldn't be able to help because my anxiety was based on things that were really happening in the world, not just in my head, but after just a couple of weeks I was able to see how irrational a lot of my fears had been and now I'm a lot calmer. Even the headlines this week haven't really rattled me, whereas at the start I was gettong full blown panic attacks over much less.

NATO have said just today that they think the war could go on for years, and the UK department of defence have also said in the last few days that they don't think it's likely to spread to other countries in the immediate future. If you think there's even a small chance they might be right, why not speak to the doctor just in case? There's no downside really, and it's much better than spending all that time panicking because you didn't get treatment when you could have.

I only started my anxiety meds this week (and today had a huge wobble) so your post on here has really helped to see there is hopefully light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you 💕

Hi, just wanted to say I've been feeling the same way the past couple of days. It made me wonder if I had an anxiety problem as I haven't been able to shake the sick feeling of worry.
I decided to stay off the news and spend time with my boys. Really focusing on creating happy memories and enjoying each moment. My anxiety levels dropped as I distracted myself.
Don't let your kids see your fear and just make each day count. Better to be out in the sunshine with your kids, enjoying a beautiful spring day then worrying about the future.
Also look into ways of stimulating your vagus nerve to reduce anxiety. It's a quick fix to help when you're feeling overwhelmed.

for everyone feeling worried.

I know where you are coming from. I felt most of my teens feeling scared, made even worse when the air raid siren went off for real, by mistake in 1988.

I thought we'd left the fear of nuclear annihilation behind in the late 80s; I was only worried at times, by North Korea, even then it wasn't an intense fear, as it seemed unlikely. This is more worrying, but I'm not panicking (yet).

The truth is we never know what's going to happen. Life is scary and it's unpredictable.

I've lost a child and recently my brother, both totally unexpected. We've lived through (and still are), a pandemic...life has changed so much in the last couple of years, that this has amplified the feelings of unease from Russia's sabre rattling.

The poster above me is quite correct, try to enjoy life whilst you can. We can't change or influence anything out of our control, but in 10 years time, what memories do you want? Better to live and make memories, rather than look back and realise you have spent every day in fear.

I'm very, very anxious by nature, so I know how hard this is, but Russian's love their children - including the ones who ultimately would have to press the buttons, they're unlikely to want to condemn their own families to pain and destruction, which is what made me feel better back in the day.

I hope you are okay @Scoobydoooo99 💐

I too need to stop reading the news.

BUT... If I stopped reading the news I would have never have read this...

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10774499/German-man-four-children-sister-reveals-fight-make-incest-legal.html

😳

At very stressful, anxiety provoking times like this you need to be with people who feel the same level of dread but who have organized to promote peace and demand that a diplomatic solution be found to stop the war. My suggestion would be to join a peace organization like www.stopwar.org.uk/

At moment we all feel helpless but there is strength in numbers and anxiety is lessened with taking action.

Since putins announced today, I more worried than ever! I feel he’s backed into a corner and can’t get out which means he has nothing to lose and I’m terrified 😭😭

Putin hasn’t said anything fundamentally different to what he has before, indeed many experts are commenting on how similar his speech this morning and that at the start of the war are.

Covert mobilisation was already happening too and this additional mobilisation is expected to make very little difference.

I think I’m just worried because we are at a point now, where he has no where to go! Although surely.. if he was going to make a nuclear move, wouldn’t it have been the day of the queens funeral, there were lots of leaders of the world at that funeral that he could of removed all at once if that’s what he was going to do anyway! Thank god it didn’t and also I’m so glad she had such a lovely send off and the countries came together to honour her, but given the ruthlessness of that man, surely that would of been his window if that’s what he wanted anyway?

He’s full of shit. A nuclear strike against a Western nation at this stage holds no advantage for Putin or Russia. He simply doesn’t have any other cards to play in order to try and break the resolve of Ukraine’s allies.

He was never going to nuke the Queen’s funeral…….

Yes someone needs to give him a way out somehow

That saves face - so Ukraine "giving" something that he can say was all he wanted

Possibly agree on crimea and a statement about remaining neutral -

Ukraine should absolutely not be made to cede territory. That only sends a message that aggression reaps reward and emboldens others to do the Sam (looking at China).

I agree with you

What do you think about the referenda angle? Out of interest

I’ve picked up parts on radio but not had full insight to that issue

Does it cause extra issues for NATO do you think

Agree @Igotjelly - China is a potential big problem here. If we're going to get dragged into a world war, it may be due to the use of those weapons in Taiwan as a result of the taboo being broken

I think it’s difficult to say. Previously Putin had clearly stated that an attack on Crimea was an attack on Russia and would be a red line - that turned out to be empty rhetoric. I suspect the same will be true once these referendums take place.

Lots of commentators pointing out that Putin kept the issues of the referendums and nuclear use to protect the ‘motherland’ separate in his speech, potentially to be purposefully ambiguous and offer wiggle room later on.

In more positive news.

Also a clear sign that diplomacy at some level is occurring behind the scenes.

The time to sort out crimea was 10 years ago - the west played it wrong then

But I don't have the answers and fortunately it's not my job - but sone kind of way out needs to be made available

How about a length of rope specially for Putin and his cronies?