Are you an anxious person?

I never considered myself an anxious person and don't get stressed often that I'm surprised by the number of posts on the board about anxiety.

This isn't referring to regular worry regarding a situation (someone is very sick, work is hectic).

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I said more than once a day, but I wouldn't say it's intense anxiety. I think it's just my personality. I internalize it, though and people tend to see me as carefree and a non-worrier, when it couldn't be further from the truth.

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I'm usually anxious about something.

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I have always been anxious by nature, it runs in my family. It has gotten worse over the last year and a half due to some events that have occurred. I was taking medication, but as soon as i found out i was pregnant, i stopped taking them, i still have bouts of anxiety, sometimes pretty bad, but i wont go back to medication until after the baby is born

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Stress and anxiety disorders are very differnet things.

Stress can be managed, a chemical imbalnace resulting in above normal anxiety cannot...

The number of people with anxiety disorders is staggering and its sad to see so many good people on this board suffer.

I have had an axiety disorder since I was a young child. Diagnosed and treated .......

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I too have a diagnosed anxiety issue.

I'm not currently on medication but I will be again at some point.

I resisted meds for a long time, thinking I could overcome it by myself, but I finally gave in and it was the most normal I had felt in years.

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At one point in frequency do you think someone should think about medication? Realizing no one is a doctor here - just wondering for those not receiving help, who have considered it but haven't gotten there yet...what would bring someone to the point where they sought help?

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im a really really laid back person. but certain topics make me anxious very quickly.

example- the health of fh
the health of my dog Rocky

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More than once a week.

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I have suffered from anxiety in the past but not that often, since having DD I get them more often now. I've been thinking about going on med's but I don't want to be dependent on them, and I feel just knowing I am on something will make my attacks worse.

I feel it has a lot to do with my hormones because my anxiety is worse around my period time.

My mom gets them, so I always call her when I'm feeling anxious and she usually can calm me down and make me feel better, just knowing someone else haves them and feel the same way as you can help a lot!

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I'm very anxious. Every day I worry about something else and I have to talk myself out of it. Sometimes I wonder if this could affect my health later on down the line. It's very strange because my parents are so laid back, I don't know where I get this from.

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I'm more anxious than I want to be but I'm not always more anxious than the average person. I go through phases of higher than usual anxiety. I'm in one now.

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i'm always anxious..and i suffer from an aniety disorder..

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I'm very laid-back and am also surprised to see how many people are affected by stress and/or anxiety disorders. It's totally foreign to me - and anyone in my family.

One of my closest friends, always happy and cheerful, told me that her cat died and since then she has been on Prozac and plans to stay on it. I am just so amazed by that.....

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I am very tightly wound. I try to keep it in check and I think that most people just think that I have a lot of nervous energy. I do obsess about things that I have limited control over and that's just part of my anxiety.

I didn't really know it but I've suffered from it a long time. It happens to be one of the things that is common with a person that has a chronic disease.

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It depends, sometimes i have more things to be anxious about.
It never interferes with daily activities, but I can get pretty stressesd out.

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I can get stressed or anxious alot, especially since there is alot going on right now. I take medication for it, but sometimes its more than i can handle. overall though i try not to.

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the last time I had TRUE anxiety (meaning not your run of the mill "freak out" session lol) was when we put a bid on a condo last year and after speaking with our mortgage broker found out what the mortgage would be w/the maintenance fees. I couldn't believe it was just a tiny bit less than buying a house. we withdrew our offer and haven't looked at any condos since.

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No I'm not. I can be a worrier, yes, but I don't qualify as being an anxious person.

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I voted Rarely.

I deal with stress and deadlines at work. And I stress about bills (when I'm paying them), but I think those are normal everyday stresses, and don't fit the poll.

Other than that, there's not that much for me to be anxious about. My life is status-quo and there's not much to worry about. I have a good balance in my life right now.

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I have always had panic attacks on and off my entire life. They come and go in waves. Last year, I had a bad one in May and my DR suggested I take xanax. Well, the xanax was great, however, I became dependant on it. I managed to get myself off the xanax in December - actually Christmas day was my first day xanax free - but it took me almost 3 months of cutting my dose to do that. I think the xanax made my anxiety worse. So then I went to a psycaitrist because I thought I was losing my mind - he wanted to put me on more meds. I decided not to take them and now I am over 1 month of no xanax and NO PANIC OR ANXIETY! I am sure it will come back at some point, but I learned my lesson with the meds.
There is no worse feeling than a panic attack, but they can't hurt you and I am going to just learn to deal with them.

But to answer your question - yes I am anxious.!