I can't take this, anymore!!!
 

I know, I've posted about this, before, but, this anxiety is unbearable!!! I mean, I can't
stop thinking, "I'm 45 and I'm at the half-point of my life and I *don't* want to die, but, one day, I
won't have a choice!! :eek::(

Phyllis

Oh Phyllis, bless your heart. Don't even talk like that. :( Believe me, I've been in your shoes where I was so darned anxious I hated the world, but I really didn't want to die. I fought like the daylights to do whatever I could to make things better. I kept looking for the "right" therapist, the "right" medication, the "right" whatever!!! Unfortunately, since I've got a very addictive personalilty, I got addicted to the anxiety medication. :eek: So I had to stop that!

I found a GREAT therapist, who helped me immensely, plus my husband helped me alot too by telling me to ask myself "What's the worst that could happen?" So I kept asking myself that question when I became anxious and I could always accept my answer. If the answer I came up with was "The world might end, I usually could accept that. ;) If it was " I might faint" --So what?? Who cares? I sure didn't. If it was "I might drop dead" -- Well, so be it. I could accept that too, but no one ever died from anxiety. LOL

So see? There's really not much reason to be THAT anxious, as I found out. I managed to "talk myself out of it" by just asking myself that question whenever I got anxious. Soon the anxiety started easing and in time it disappearred -- and it hasn't come back since. :D Pretty neat, huh?

Just thought I'd share that with you. Actually my husband helped me more than therapy did. Take care & God bless. Hugs, Lee :)

Lee, I'm not sure, you're understanding my issue? I *don't*, want to die, but, I can't quit thinking about
the fact, that, one day, it's going to happen and I'm not going to be able to do anything about it!! :(
I * don't* want to die, but, one day, it's going to happen and I have to accept it, but, I can't!! That's, where
where my anxiety is coming from!! :(

Phyllis























































Lee, I'm not sure, you're understanding my point? I * don't*, want my life to end! I'm anxious, because,


it is, almost over and I can't control that!! :(

Dear Ponygirl
 

Heart jumping out of your chest, can't breath...This is too hart to explain in an reply. My suggestion is to buy this book, Heaven is for Real ;by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent. I really believe it will help you. God Bless. Silver

:) Thank you, Silver!! *Something*, *has*, to help!! I'm 45 and I've been feeling this way, since,
I turned 41!!.....:(


Phyllis :(

Sweetie, you've got a LONG life ahead of you. You're no where near the "end." ;) But when it IS our time, we will be with our loved ones, not to mention we'll be with God!!! I KNOW you believe in God!

I look forward to it. Don't get me wrong -- I dont' WANT to die now either, but I look forward to when it is my time. I have LOTS of family who already passed ahead of me, and I will be with them too.

Do you believe in life after death? See, I do. I believe that there IS "some" kind of life after death. We may not have a "bodily" life, but I still believe that we will KNOW of a life. God promised that in the Bible and if you believe the teachings in the Bible, then you know He said we WILL have a life after death. We won't just die, and disappear into nowhere.

So please don't fear death -- for one thing, you're NOT going to die soon. And for another, you will still live after death ! Hugs, Lee :D

Leesa, no, I don't, believe in, God. I don't think, I've, ever, posted around here, that, I did??
I believe, I'll be placed under-ground and that will be the end of it. I'm a very factual person and only
believe in what I can actually see with my eyes. Maybe, that's, the problem?!?...:eek::confused::(

Oh, ok. I'm sorry if I sounded preachy. I didn't know.

But I WILL see you "up there." Just introduce yourself. LOL

:( I just wish that every day would quit flying by like a split second, though!!!!!! :(





Phyllis :(

I know what you mean. Seems that happens as we get older. It does for me anyway, and I'm 63! :eek: