Are these symptoms of Anxiety?

I normally post in the depression forum, but I've been experiencing intrusive, bizarre thoughts for the past few months, along with depression.

Years ago I was diagnosed with clinical depression although looking back I probably had anxiety as well.

Lately, I've been ruminating about all the past mistakes I made along with bad scenarios which could affect me in the future. I can't brush these thoughts away; they keep coming despite my efforts not to focus on it. I also find myself questioning, doubting, and double checking basic things, that I know, for fear that I made a mistake.

It's like my mind is looking for problems. It has gotten to the point where I can't focus and get depress.

I don't know what to do. I'm exhausted.

Post Edited (ForeverPositive) : 3/29/2019 9:38:09 AM (GMT-6)

Labradorite said...
Hi ForeverPositive,
I’m still some what of a newby to dealing with anxiety but what you are describing is a lot like what I was experiencing that led me to get help last year. Do you go to therapy? Have you looked through the resources that are in the top post on this forum? They are very useful for dealing with this! Do you have any hobbies you can get involved with to break the anxious cycle when you feel it getting bad? It took me about a year and I still have ups and downs but it was a combo of therapy, medications and self help that got me through some really rough times and I feel like myself most days again.

Thanks for responding.

I have an appointment scheduled next week for a therapist. I'm hoping she can help me as I can't take it anymore.

I'm also trying to see a psychiatrist as I'm opened to taking medication. Problem is I have no insurance, so I'm going to a sliding scale clinic where it takes a while to see a psychiatrist.

I'm just tired of my thoughts. They drain me.

I was recently diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, along with depression.

I will check out the therapy worksheet. Thanks.

Hello Everyone...new guy on the block here!
I've suffered with Anxiety since I was in grammar school, I am 59 now, and still have it tagging along like some unwanted friend.
I've learned to take each moment of the day as it is...NEVER worry about the next 5 minutes or the next day.. When an panic attack hits, I look around and I tell myself, "there is nothing here in front of me that will do me harm."
Rationalization is very difficult for us, because when that panic attacks hits, so does our rationale---but hold on fast to it..don't let the sudden fear take you in another direction.
How many times I had gone to the local ER thinking I was having a heart attack... I"m sick to death of doing that and I refuse.. I rather drop dead than humiliate myself again. And what is ALWAYS the outcome? Nothing happened...
Sorry for being so talkative, I just wanted to get my issue out there so I can relate to others, who I need to relate too.
Thanks.

I really like the response from Vinny here, spot on! The right brain can override the left when the attack starts to build. We need the logic of the left brain to really challenge the R side, but it has to be truthful logic, not just a fluffy "it will get better" statement. In the past I try to continue to expose myself to uncomfortable situations/places in order to show myself the experience is NEVER as bad as I make it out to be. The mind eventually settles down after no threat appears time and time again. Just my 2 cents.