Before I start posting all those old posts I've been writing and saving up I decided I wanted to tell you what's been going on with my anxiety level.
A couple of weeks ago I had work that needed to be done by Monday. On Friday I was unable to work more than a couple of hours because I kept having serious feelings of anxiety. Every time I tried to work on something I would get this awful feeling in my stomach that radiated out to my fingertips and toes. That was just the physical manifestation, though. The worst of it was my inability to do any work. I honestly couldn't focus on any work. The same thing happened all weekend long.
By Monday morning I was able to perform a reasonable amount of work but certainly not as much as I wanted to. This has been happening far more often than I am comfortable with. Yeah, I know, once is more than I'm comfortable with but I could have handled once much easier than half a dozen times. Anyway, I'm sure that's part of the reason I haven't been posting.
Why tell you this? I'm not really sure but I think it has to do with the fact that it's part of my journey. I've been talking with my coach about the anxiety. It might be a reaction to reducing a medication I was taking. Actually, it doesn't matter WHY I'm feeling that way nearly as much as what I can do about it.
Well, that didn't say much, did it? This may just be here to let you know that I've been experiencing the anxiety and perhaps I'll have an opportunity to write more about it later--hopefully with some kind of insight into how I overcame it.
More to follow.
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