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How anxious are you?

  • 11-09-2019 07:53PM
    #1
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,284 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I'd say that I'd be a fairly anxious person. I think this is because of a little bullying from when I was younger and people often family members making me very self conscious of things. From my hair, to the way I stand, speak, etc.

    I can be fairly confident at work and dealing with people and I can confidently deal with strangers in various situations but if some relatives were to observe me I'd could go to pieces or if I felt people were looking down or smirking at me.

    I do avoid people who make me very anxious, self aware, etc.

    How anxious are you?

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    How anxious are you? 125 votes

    Hardly any anxiety.
    63% 79 votes
    Some Anxiety
    7% 9 votes
    Average amount of Anxiety
    3% 4 votes
    A lot of anxiety
    7% 9 votes
    Extreme Anxiety.
    19% 24 votes


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  • #2
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Cool story bro


  • #3
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Only joking, suppose a little bit especially if I feel people are looking at me. Hate people invading my personal space and oh it bugs me in a Q when they constantly brush of me or push etc.


  • #4
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Honest question..... How would one know what normal anxiety is?


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I'd say that I'd be a fairly anxious person. I think this is because of a little bullying from when I was younger and people often family members making me very self conscious of things. From my hair, to the way I stand, speak, etc.

    I can be fairly confident at work and dealing with people and I can confidently deal with strangers in various situations but if some relatives were to observe me I'd could go to pieces or if I felt people were looking down or smirking at me.

    I do avoid people who make me very anxious, self aware, etc.

    How anxious are you?

    Your family members are bullying you too if they're deliberately making you so self conscious that it inhibits your ability to get through the day without worrying or fretting. :( Avoid them, or get another family member to shut them up and champion you. Sometimes people aren't bad, but thoughtless. I hope that's the case with them.


  • #6
    Greyfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    Very anxious, rich tea still haven't been eliminated yet


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  • #7
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    Unmedicated, on a scale of 1 to 10, probably a 12! I take a LOT of medication for my mental health though. And plenty of talk therapy etc too.


  • #8
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,439 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I'd say that I'd be a fairly anxious person. I think this is because of a little bullying from when I was younger and people often family members making me very self conscious of things. From my hair, to the way I stand, speak, etc.

    I can be fairly confident at work and dealing with people and I can confidently deal with strangers in various situations but if some relatives were to observe me I'd could go to pieces or if I felt people were looking down or smirking at me.

    I do avoid people who make me very anxious, self aware, etc.

    How anxious are you?

    Mod Note This is an After Hours thread and we can't give out medical advice.
    Please use the link below where you may find help if your in need.

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057082164

    If I pretend I'm a vet , will it be okay if I give medical advice ?


  • #9
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    I'm very anxious with all this after hours content been moved to current affairs.


  • #10
    jonnny68
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭jonnny68


    Used to suffer bad anxiety even worse after a heavy session.

    Full spectrum CBD oil the real stuff not the rubbish you buy in shops has been an absolute godsend for anxiety and i sleep like a baby now.

    Do your research and buy REAL CBD oil if you suffer from anxiety, it works 100%.


  • #11
    GoneHome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭GoneHome


    Ah one of these weekly anxiety threads :rolleyes: It seems to be people with too much time on there hands that "suffer" from anxiety, too much over thinking altogether going on, if they were busy with work and life in general then there wouldn't be time for it. I was reading on another thread recently of someone who hadn't eaten all day as they were so "anxious" about going to a wedding the following day, ffs if it bothers you that much just don't go. People really do bring alot of this on themselves.


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  • #12
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,284 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Honest question..... How would one know what normal anxiety is?

    My take on this is it's normal to feel a bit nervous before going to an event or a different social situation but when you start to dread normal social situations you begin to move away from a normal level of anxiety.


  • #13
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,536 ✭✭✭brevity


    jonnny68 wrote: »
    Used to suffer bad anxiety even worse after a heavy session.

    Full spectrum CBD oil the real stuff not the rubbish you buy in shops has been an absolute godsend for anxiety and i sleep like a baby now.

    Do your research and buy REAL CBD oil if you suffer from anxiety, it works 100%.

    I have some, need to start taking it again...tastes awful though.


  • #14
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    My take on this is it's normal to feel a bit nervous before going to an event or a different social situation but when you start to dread normal social situations you begin to move away from a normal level of anxiety.

    I hear ya.... Suppose sometimes but I tend not to look into it too much....


  • #15
    fmpisces
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 888 ✭✭✭fmpisces


    Not gonna lie, I put average amount.
    I try to avoid situations that make me feel anxious but given that life is for living I'm clued in enough to realise and accept that avoiding isn't always possible - or the best thing for me to do.
    Ultimately for me it boils down to situations that put me under emotional pressure - a lot of that is internal, I just can't help it, I like to succeed. I like to try and come off as confident because genuinely I am not as confident as I'd like to be and live by the motto "fake it till you make it!" Sometimes I fail miserably because I am anything but fake. However, I am human and am not perfect.


  • #16
    jonnny68
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭jonnny68


    brevity wrote: »
    I have some, need to start taking it again...tastes awful though.


    you can get flavoured stuff but raw hemp oil whilst tastes poxy but is very effective.


  • #17
    Tell me how
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,750 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I'd say that I'd be a fairly anxious person. I think this is because of a little bullying from when I was younger and people often family members making me very self conscious of things. From my hair, to the way I stand, speak, etc.

    I can be fairly confident at work and dealing with people and I can confidently deal with strangers in various situations but if some relatives were to observe me I'd could go to pieces or if I felt people were looking down or smirking at me.

    I do avoid people who make me very anxious, self aware, etc.

    How anxious are you?

    It can be very difficult to success given the subjective element of it. Someone might say that they have 'Like, oh my God, such bad anxiety' when the impact on their life is that they get a bit nervous about college exams a couple of times a year.

    Someone else might say they have 'a touch of anxiety' and the impact on them is that they never socialise because of it. Different statements, different experiences, different people. As a consequence, it can be hard to diagnose and to be appropriately compassionate to someone who says they have it.

    When I hear of x number of students now suffering with it, I'm dubious, but, I can't say that they are not and I've no doubt that some certainly are.


  • #18
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,284 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    jonnny68 wrote: »
    Used to suffer bad anxiety even worse after a heavy session.

    Full spectrum CBD oil the real stuff not the rubbish you buy in shops has been an absolute godsend for anxiety and i sleep like a baby now.

    Do your research and buy REAL CBD oil if you suffer from anxiety, it works 100%.

    Is that legal here?


  • #19
    Daniella Fast Peppermint
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Daniella Fast Peppermint


    A lot less since i got the sleep sorted


  • #20
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,242 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    GoneHome wrote: »
    Ah one of these weekly anxiety threads :rolleyes: It seems to be people with too much time on there hands that "suffer" from anxiety, too much over thinking altogether going on, if they were busy with work and life in general then there wouldn't be time for it. I was reading on another thread recently of someone who hadn't eaten all day as they were so "anxious" about going to a wedding the following day, ffs if it bothers you that much just don't go. People really do bring alot of this on themselves.
    I think that risks being dismissive of people with a diagnosis of anxiety, but there's also more than a grain of truth in it.

    I was just thinking about it today before this thread started, and I'm fairly certain I know people who use mental health disorders as an excuse for bad behaviours. And they usually say things like "I need to learn to love myself" -- a thought that would probably never occur to an anxious person without some therapeutic intervention, but seems to be the motto of every self-obsessive.

    I do think society would function better if we all worried more about other people than about ourselves. But that isn't to deny the existence of anxiety, which is as biologically real and even as observable as a medical condition -- doctors can neuro-image anxiety on a screen not unlike brain damage or a broken wrist. And it responds to pharmaceutical treatment like a physical disease, because it is a physical as well as a mental disease.

    The self-obsessives however, who self-diagnose with mental illnesses as an excuse for being a shít person -- fcuk em.


  • #21
    knockers84
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭knockers84


    GoneHome wrote: »
    Ah one of these weekly anxiety threads :rolleyes: It seems to be people with too much time on there hands that "suffer" from anxiety, too much over thinking altogether going on, if they were busy with work and life in general then there wouldn't be time for it. I was reading on another thread recently of someone who hadn't eaten all day as they were so "anxious" about going to a wedding the following day, ffs if it bothers you that much just don't go. People really do bring alot of this on themselves.

    I have generalized anxiety disorder along with mild depression because of it to the point I could sit for 16 hours making lists about my future such as saving money, what i would get for shopping and my brain going 100 miles an hour. This sounds really stupid but that’s what anxiety does. It picks a pointless topic that you could fret about forever. I could wake up 5 times during the night. I have a good paying job with no debt. Nothing I could do would stop my brain going overdrive.It was like something controlling my brain to worry and could not snap out of it over the most stupid things. On the bad days it was really really bad but some days are much better. On the bad days the chemical balance in your brain must be way way off.
    Also nearly crying going into meetings in work constantly thinking i was going to feck up and fear of public speaking.

    I went to the doctor but refused to be put on medication and got counseling instead. CBT treatment did help to reduce it but still my brain was rattled. It’s like a woodpecker in your head. CBD oil has stopped me having it bad every day but there is bad days where my mind gets into a bad state and there is nothing I can do about it.

    Do you think I want to be making lists for hours upon hours on what I am going to buy in the supermarket and I know how stupid it sounds. That’s how bad my anxiety is on it’s worse days!!!!

    Worrying about a single event is not anxiety disorder, been constantly anxious about stupid stuff every day is.


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  • #22
    knockers84
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    Earl_Grey_Hot wrote: »
    Imagine 100 years into the future, your body is decaying in a coffin 6 feet under. How does that make you feel?

    Thats like telling someone who has diabetes to snap out of it.


  • #23
    knockers84
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭knockers84


    Earl_Grey_Hot wrote: »
    I'm not telling you to snap out of anything, just asking you how that thought makes you feel?

    Misunderstood, Doesn’t bother me in the slightest.


  • #24
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    on my own i'm fine...but in public and esp unfamiliar places i get the heebeegeebees


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
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    I am lucky that I'm not an anxious person. There are things that can get me wound up alright, my health for example, but generally I am calm.
    Feeling anxious now and then is very different to having generalised anxiety disorder. This is incredibly disruptive. The smallest of tasks will appear massive and you will wind yourself up in knots worrying about them

    To say that people just need to busy themselves or avoid an event is dismissive and shows how little one knows about the struggles others have. Severe anxiety gets in the way of you living your life.


  • #26
    greenfield21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭greenfield21


    Anybody else think cbd oil is a scam, without the thc you really just got the placebo effect? Not cheap either especially when you need to import it.


  • #27
    derossi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭derossi


    I have it myself, thought it was depression but I have seen that. I have worked hard to be 'normal'. It is great to get home and get me time. Socialising is hard to me. Takes a lot out of me. Been on certain drugs for a while and they seem to work. Ill work hard anyway to fix this. As an aside, my Mum has cancer, I have looked at all them oils that are on the market. Please educate yourself before you purchase. Them oils that are full spectrum for example, they are worthless. Look at the ingredients and the claim to contents. I actually want to start a business up on the back of it to actually sell proper stuff. Most are just grapeseed oil and various ingredients.


  • #28
    derossi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭derossi


    greenfield21 wrote: »
    Anybody else think cbd oil is a scam, without the thc you really just got the placebo effect? Not cheap either especially when you need to import it.


    Yes, all are a scam. The THC part is the non scientific part of the benefits, without that then don't buy. Get the THC version from someone else.


  • #29
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,284 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    greenfield21 wrote: »
    Anybody else think cbd oil is a scam, without the thc you really just got the placebo effect? Not cheap either especially when you need to import it.

    I'm sick of people raving about it. but they say for anxiety/insomnia your better off to vape it.


  • #30
    derossi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭derossi


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I'm sick of people raving about it. but they say for anxiety/insomnia your better off to vape it.




    What is CBD, and vaping. No. look at the contents. Please, I could sell it now and say whatever. CBD oil is a waste.


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  • #31
    Mad_maxx
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    Think your born with it, our three year old exhibits symptoms and his home life is calm, loving and caring

    Maybe a degree of it keeps you sharp


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