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Hi everybody,

since I came back from my holidays in Ireland I've been feeling weird. First I thought I just missed the place, because when I think about it or see pictures I feel sad.

It's something that I've felt before, but that I've never known where it comes from: my heartbeat goes faster than usual, I get breathless easily, I have a headache that comes and goes, my mind is numb and feels "rigid" if that makes sense, every muscle in my body seems to be a little sore, and I only feel like sleeping or crying.

Does this sound familiar to any of you? I tend to think that it has to do with hormones, but the fact that is happening now, after the holidays, makes me suspect that it might have to do with anxiety.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance :-)

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In Reply to: Could this be due to anxiety? posted by Anna Banana on September 14, 2009 at 03:24:11:

Thank you all for your replies. I recovered from that down feeling after a couple of days. I was feeling so low and sick, but deep inside I knew it wasn't a virus or anything physical, it was just my body readjusting. I'll try to remember it for the next holidays!

Thanks again :-)

In Reply to: Could this be due to anxiety? posted by Anna Banana on September 14, 2009 at 03:24:11:

All the mental energy that you placed in preparation of getting yourself on that jet... the *anxiety*, and also the *thrill* of accomplishment... all the emotions that were stirred up, worked through, and the task now completed...

Yes there is accomplishment, but on the same playing field there is a type of anticlimax that trails.

I have experienced this often following big events in my life.

The one thing that really helps me is to first understand what I am feeling, and then once I have arrived at that space, I reward yourself and then move on to my next adventure.

Looking forward instead of backwards.

Just knowing that you *can* (someday) return to Ireland sets the "rigid" feelings into fluid emotions.

anticlimax
1 a disappointing or ineffective conclusion to a series of events, etc.
2 a sudden change from a serious subject to one that is disappointing or ludicrous
3 (Rhetoric) a descent in discourse from the significant or important to the trivial, inconsequential, etc.

In Reply to: I Understand what you are feeling..... (m) posted by Debbie IN California on September 21, 2009 at 07:18:53:

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In Reply to: Could this be due to anxiety? posted by Anna Banana on September 14, 2009 at 03:24:11:

That's what it sounds like to me.
Those seem like anxiety/panic symptoms to me.

Hang in there lady!

I wish I had more to offer right now, but I just wanted to ease your mind and let you know that it sounds familiar after a big trip.

In Reply to: Could this be due to anxiety? posted by Anna Banana on September 14, 2009 at 03:24:11:

I go through something similar when I return from a trip.

As Kate mentioned, she and I went through it after I visited her. My husband and I returned home and I got depressed / sad and it took me a good month to get my energy back. Would I do it again? HELL YES! It was so worth it! :) Hubby and I are scheduled to go out to Argentina/Galpagos sometime next year. I am really looking forward to it. I just know to expect those depressive feelings when I return from these kinds of trips.

I think of it as being on such a high when on the trip and then on such a low when I get back home. With us anxious types, it's hard to find that middle ground. It seems we go from one extreme to another but I suspect the more we travel and desensitize, the easier it will be returning home each time.

Take it easy and just let these feelings be.

HUGS!

Dawn

In Reply to: Could this be due to anxiety? posted by Anna Banana on September 14, 2009 at 03:24:11:

...or wedding or whatever, I've felt like a bubble has burst, I feel more down and vulnerable to anxiety. After Dawn visited me here, after it was over, we were both very tired and vulnerable to our issues again.

Most people feel this, but because we have panic disorder, that's what we feel. The excitement is over, we've survived and scratch our heads how did we actually manage it.

You've been focusing on this for months - now it's over. There is surely a sadness involved in the end of something. Also the "clean" anxiety free place is over there, now you are back in your everyday life where you've had panic before.

Relax, let it pass, and once rested, plan the next thing :)

In Reply to: After a big event such as travel... posted by Kate_1 on September 14, 2009 at 07:27:57:

It makes sense, I've been on edge (even though it was in a positive way) for more than a week.

But as I'm hypochondriac, I've been looking for info on the internet, and it turns out I've got all the symptoms of fybromialgia! Gosh, I hope it's just post-holidays fatigue.

Anyway, I'll try to relax and stop using the internet for bad things.

Thanks for your reply :-)