Originally Posted by Centered3

I've had anxiety my entire life because I was raised in a very anxious home. My anxiety manifests in the form of GAD, OCD, occasional health anxiety, and social anxiety. Physical manifestations of my anxiety are IBS and muscle tightness.

I recently had physical exhaustion/burn out symptoms that I didn't realize were anxiety, but my blood pressure was sky high when it was taken. It could've been white coat syndrome but I'm not sure what occurred first.

I am on a low dose SSRI. I have Xanax for that rare panic attack.

Therapy, meditation, mindfulness, exercise, and getting good quality sleep are helpful.

I'm surprised more people don't talk about anxiety or OCD on SR. Maybe we're all in denial? The root cause of my compulsion/obsession to drink was anxiety/fear.