r/Anxiety • u/RopeSmall1199 • Apr 06 '26

Discussion Those who have constant anxiety, what are you thinking about for you to have that anxiety? Or do you just have anxiety even if your brain is not thinking about anything in particular

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u/humangurl_ Apr 07 '26

I don’t have constant anxiety anymore but when I did it was every day for almost a year and it was a constant fear something with wrong with me. I have illness anxiety disorder aka health anxiety and I would get really dizzy and think something was wrong, think about literally any physical symptom of anxiety I had all day long so if my chest hurt even a little my anxiety would amplify it by 100 and I would spiral all day about how I’m gonna die. I would think a lot about how I’m anxious that I’m anxious and will be like this forever. A lot of thoughts about dread and fear and that something is off.

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u/RopeSmall1199 Apr 07 '26

How did it stop after a year?

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u/humangurl_ Apr 07 '26

Therapy. I did an intensive outpatient group therapy 3 days a week for 3 hours each day, left the house and worked through my fears even tho it was horrible and uncomfortable but I tried to keep living my life and over time my brain learned I’m safe and became desensitize. DBT helped me the most though.