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Anxiety: can't organize oneself, and can't leave the house

Hope

Does anyone else experience this? The anxiety grips the mind, and the prospect of going out, beyond the comfort of the home, is terrifying, particularly where there are lots of people. Some days I can cope really well with this, while on other days it takes ages to summon the mental energy to face my fears. And then I feel bad and demoralized, particularly if I am prevented from doing something important, like my voluntary work. But the anxiety is so strong that my free will is massively constrained, and I can't see beyond my anxiety.

  • I think I know how you feel, in that ostrich place right know, I've come down with a bout of sinisitus and don't know which causes the other, ie sinusitus makes me feel like hiberneting or the stress of wanting to hibinate but knowledge that I should face up to life causes the sinisitus. generally I just want to hide. I know there is no helpful explanation here but al least you know you not the only one feeling like this.

  • Hope, I am the same,, I try to create familar surroundings and doing familar things each day and only extending my new activites via familar foundations in new surrounding. Hopefully this will help me longer-term, but it takes the pressure of me and lessen the anxiety, knowing that I can not be pushed into places I do not wish to go and having a diagnose of HL autism allows me not to get annoyed or guilt to much about the situation. (although it does sometimes). Smile

    I feel, like I want to meet all you autism comrades for real as we have near similar common lifes. Thats good coming from a socially terrified Autistic person Smile

  • I worry about the effect on my physical health too. I eat a healthy diet, don't smoke etc, but my chronic anxiety is a lifestyle factor I can't control. I try to stay as relaxed as possible, and thankfully I am  a generally optimistic person. I can't help the fact I have an anxious temperament, but I have not let myself become  competely house-bound. I have support workers, and they help me to go on outings, and to do other normal things. I have made great progress in the last 5 years, when I went through a phase of never leaving the house, and I am hopeful that my anxiety will reduce still further by the time I am 30, although realistically speaking I will always have an anxious temperament.

  • No, not me. Dont like people or crowded places, but I just keep my head down and get through it.

    Never understood anxiety, whats the point ?

    In general I am very unemotional and have no fears about anything.