Mental Health Support Society Mk X

Do you have any hobbies along the lines of volunteering or doing drama or anything? Something to push you more? If that kind of thing has helped a bit then I'd suggest doing more. There are also lots of self-help books out there if you want to deal with this on your own - you could see if a doctor or anyone with similar experiences could recommend you a good one.

Hey all (hope everyone's well),
I suffer from anxiety and often have panic attacks, it has improved but it's still really holding me back. Any advice on what i should do?
Thanks in advance :-)

Hi all

Currently seeing someone for my anxiety which is going well, but right now I'm kind of freaking out.
I had an ultrasound scan recently (trans abdominal) due to some period pain issues which is another story in itself, anyway they found a cyst on one of my ovaries.
Stupidly, I decided to do some googling. Silly me stumbled upon a forum full of women who had been diagnosed with a cyst and later found out it was ovarian cancer.
Even sillier me decided to look at the symptoms of ovarian cancer and convince myself I have them all,
I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow to discuss the results of the scan, what do you think I should do? Tell her I'm worried about cancer? I do have a family history of breast cancer...
My heart is beating so fast right now, I can't think straight

Does anyone else have an issue with their mood sinking at a particular time of day? It seems no matter what i'm doing/have done during the day, i start to feel upset and nervy at around 9pm. Almost as if i've got into the habit of thinking through my life in that time of evening and now it's just stuck as a bad habit. Even if i'm not technically thinking any bad thoughts i've noticed i get anxious at 9pm ish.

Its the middle of the night where my friend is but i made him get up and talk to me because all i ever do is use people. Im so sorry to still be posting i keep trying to stop but am too selfish. I dont know why but typing helps a tiny bit for a second. Am so scared by my head and crazyness. He made me ring the crisis team in front of him cos otherwise he would have and that would have cost him so much. He had to tell me what to say cos im completely unhumanfied. I wish that i could properly act like a human who is ill and get help and talk and not like a mad alien thing. Im sorry for posting again im waiting for the crisis team to call back and i dont understand why because they are so scary and will stop me from doing what is right. I think i just need to prove this point because then he will understand properly and will stop minding.

I literally have no hobbies(makes me sound so boring), but i'll have to find something as i need to break out of this.
Thanks for the advice

I literally have no hobbies(makes me sound so boring), but i'll have to find something as i need to break out of this.
Thanks for the advice

I hate my weight.

Does anyone else have an issue with their mood sinking at a particular time of day? It seems no matter what i'm doing/have done during the day, i start to feel upset and nervy at around 9pm. Almost as if i've got into the habit of thinking through my life in that time of evening and now it's just stuck as a bad habit. Even if i'm not technically thinking any bad thoughts i've noticed i get anxious at 9pm ish.

Welcome

I also get anxiety. So far all i know to do is to distract myself with things i need to deeply concentrate on :/

Yeah, I think a lot of people get worse at certain times of day - for me it's afternoons or evenings. It might help to anticipate things and start doing something mind-absorbing before the depression hits, like playing a computer game or watching some good telly. That or having company sometimes helps me.

tried to reply to people 3 times and each time my internet crashes. Its ridiculous and I get so frustrated. Ahhhhh I give up

Do you have the Mind charity in your area? Sometimes they run classes/groups in stuff which would give you some hobbies - for eg. the one in my area ran badminton, dress-making, art, woodwork among other stuff. You could try that? Or sometimes universities or local libraries run classes in stuff (I did art and a language) which is generally quite cheap and might help your anxiety by being around people as well as fulfill your lack of hobbies.

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BBQ did not go well at all. Spent the whole thing struggling not to burst into tears then had a complete meltdown as soon as I got back home. So useless I cant even manage to sit through a bbq.

I'm exactly the same. Start feeling really awful at around 8pm. Nights are so hard.

Helloo
Yep distraction sometimes works, it's just there's not always something to distract myself with