hey lauren, i'm the same way to with cleaning and organization. I just feel like total **** if things aren't neat. i can never do enough. as my mother-in law says ( you are cleaning the clean) haha
I know what you all mean. WIth the people pleasing. I have a problem with the whole perfectionist thing. I don't think I have OCD but I am pretty weird about cleaning and stuff. And I always want to do everything and make everyone happy. But it is a shame that I sacrifice my own happiness to be this way. But hey, I am working on it.
thats werid that you talk about being a people pleaser cause my doctor says i am a giver.so i guess i am a people pleaser also. do really think that could be part of our problem?
gina
Ya i myself am guilty of being a people pleaser sometimes.. my anxiety has been alot worse as of late the stress makes my stomach feel upset all the time so eating can be hard. plus i just got dumped by my girl friend of almost 19 months so things seem pretty bleek for me right now no job no girl friend and endless anxiety, oh the irony of life huh :P
Take care
Mike
Hey Mike
I think anxiety and panic attacks also happen due to cumulative stress. Being such a "people pleaser" I often dont realize how much I endure until my rubber band snaps and breaks.
My first bout of anxiety came in december 2003 after problems with family and right after planning a wedding, just quit smoking. I was very stressed and had this huge panic attack in the airport. Thought I was gonna die. Had a lot of smaller attacks, went on zoloft, was fine. Stopped zoloft about 6 months later. I was fine until this January when I had my miscarriage. Then it was downhill from there. I know what you mean about this spaces between them. You feel like you are cured and then it comes back. I always think that atleast I know what to expect now.
Hey i was wondering if anxiety disorders can be sporadic since ive had mine for a long time. But there was 1 year in between all of this where i was perfectly fine dident have any anxiety at all and if i did i ignored it yet it came back and has been for lack of a better word destroying my life for 2 years since that break. just curious if anyone had any ideas or comments on that.
Take care
Mike
