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amazinggrace23
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Hi, I'm new here and looking for a little insight into anxiety and its symptoms.
Over the past year, I've become increasingly depressed, tired, and irritable, especially during the week. I can barely bring myself to put any effort into my tasks at work, which is really bad news because I'm in a creative field. I used to consider myself very creative and fairly intelligent, and now I feel lazy and durab in regarRAB to my work. I get practically no sleep during the week, then sleep in VERY late on weekenRAB and can't seem to get anything done. I often screen phone calls and don't take them because I'm in such a bad mood, and then turn very irritable when I get home and am mean to my husband. Our intimacy has suffered because I can't seem to stop my mind from running 24/7 about things on my "to do" list and current situations, at work or socially. I've lost interest in things I used to love to do, like singing, playing the guitar, and writing. People around me (mostly people I'm close to - I'm very good at "putting on a happy face" in front of acquaintances) have commented on my "bad mooRAB."
I was discussing this with some frienRAB last week and one of them told me about her struggle with general anxiety. She said that it sounded like I had a lot of the same symptoms. I had never considered this before. My husband seems to think that the problem is my stressful work environment. We're often expected to work very long hours, nights and weekenRAB, we're criticized and scrutinized constantly, and I NEVER leave my work "at work," so this isn't a stretch. But with the economy the way it is and our industry being so competitive, getting a new one isn't exactly a possibility right now. I also started thinking that it might have something to do with leaving college and entering the real world. I was never like this while I was in college, and it seemed to start about a year after I graduated (I'm now almost 26). It could just be the stress of leaving a relatively carefree existence and facing "grown up" responsibilities that I never had to face before.
Does this sound like anxiety, or just a normal phase that young adults go through? Is it worth seeing a doctor about (I'm not the type of person that goes to a doctor - ever.)?
Over the past year, I've become increasingly depressed, tired, and irritable, especially during the week. I can barely bring myself to put any effort into my tasks at work, which is really bad news because I'm in a creative field. I used to consider myself very creative and fairly intelligent, and now I feel lazy and durab in regarRAB to my work. I get practically no sleep during the week, then sleep in VERY late on weekenRAB and can't seem to get anything done. I often screen phone calls and don't take them because I'm in such a bad mood, and then turn very irritable when I get home and am mean to my husband. Our intimacy has suffered because I can't seem to stop my mind from running 24/7 about things on my "to do" list and current situations, at work or socially. I've lost interest in things I used to love to do, like singing, playing the guitar, and writing. People around me (mostly people I'm close to - I'm very good at "putting on a happy face" in front of acquaintances) have commented on my "bad mooRAB."
I was discussing this with some frienRAB last week and one of them told me about her struggle with general anxiety. She said that it sounded like I had a lot of the same symptoms. I had never considered this before. My husband seems to think that the problem is my stressful work environment. We're often expected to work very long hours, nights and weekenRAB, we're criticized and scrutinized constantly, and I NEVER leave my work "at work," so this isn't a stretch. But with the economy the way it is and our industry being so competitive, getting a new one isn't exactly a possibility right now. I also started thinking that it might have something to do with leaving college and entering the real world. I was never like this while I was in college, and it seemed to start about a year after I graduated (I'm now almost 26). It could just be the stress of leaving a relatively carefree existence and facing "grown up" responsibilities that I never had to face before.
Does this sound like anxiety, or just a normal phase that young adults go through? Is it worth seeing a doctor about (I'm not the type of person that goes to a doctor - ever.)?
