The Anxiety Cloud (definition)
The term anxiety cloud is a term I’ve always used to describe a state of anxiety whereby the sufferer is not in a panic or anxiety attack, but is between anxiety attacks, or close to an anxiety attack.
Often sufferers of extreme stress describe an out-of-body feeling, or a foggy feeling. They sometimes say they feel like they are walking around in a fog all day. There of course many other symptoms, but this stage is very frightening. The sufferer feels like they are on the verge of being under control, and often they end up in a full blown panic attack.
During my life dealing with panic attacks, and the resulting depression from out of control anxiety, I have discovered my own methodology for recovering from anxiety attacks, panic attacks, and depression. I’ve taken every possible anti-anxiety program available that is in the English language.
I’ve seen many different doctors, emergency rooms, psychiatrists, and stress therapists. In the end I discovered many of my own techniques and some of these may be helpful to you as well. This is the reason for the creation of this web site.
When you see me use the term anxiety cloud, you’ll know what I mean. My goal is to help you learn how to see the anxiety cloud coming and then learn how to literally steer yourself away from it. I also want to teach you how to handle the turbulence if you can’t manage to avoid an anxiety storm (panic attack)
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March 31st, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Interesting, I was actually talking to my therapist this week and he wanted me to describe what I’ve been feeling in the last month and I said it was like a cloud, a fog that just makes my head heavy, confused and I can’t think clearly.
Then I googled the terms “anxiety and cloud” and I found your site. It was a relief to know that other people know what I am talking about as I don’t have the classic panic attacks, sweating, fast pulse, breathlessness and chest tightness but my mind just goes to this place that I call the “twilight zone”, it’s quite scary, specially If I am on own. The only thing that gets me out of this cloud is xanax or clonazepan, I know they are addictive but sometimes I have no other option as I need to work and get things going. If I stay at home it’s much worse. I will read the articles on this website, it looks like there’s a lot of useful information for anxiety sufferers. Thanks
August 8th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
This, anxiety-cloud is exactly what I’ve been going through for the last 3 weeks. I don’t know how to get rid of this feeling, it feels surreal. But at least this page has made me aware that others go through this as well, which puts me at some comfort level. I’ve recently quit smoking and started working out to help, it has but not totally. I believe my job is the biggest stressor, being alone in an old run down school for 4 hours out of an 8 hour shift alone doing boring repetitive work. Hopefully by reading some of this it will help! Thanks for helping me make the first step in recognizing.
-Pete
November 10th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Thank you for the kind words Ahmed, and I agree – it feels like pure bliss when we finally start to swing out of the anxiety and depression. When you swing out of the pain, it will feel like absolute bliss, but the bliss will sort of ease off as you get used to feeling pretty darn good all of the time, regardless of your surroundings or “happenings”.
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Jacob,
Bless you for putting up this website! you are an inspiration!
I too suffered from GAD all my life, only few days ago, did i truly experience the bliss of life!
I dont want to say that I have “escaped” the anxiety, as anxiety/thoughts/ego will always be there. You just cease to live in, feed from it. Its now simply a passing cloud, more often than anything, you don’t even notice it because you’re so engaged with living!
My recovery felt more of a re-birth, into a wiser more aware state. The years spent in this “cloud” now seem distant, fictional.
October 19th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I agree completely. There are many foods and natural substances that will greatly help against anxiety attacks, and (anxiety clouds).
I find that you don’t even need to meditate the way most people think of meditating. Just get away from the noise and the people, and sit or lay quietly for half an hour.
October 18th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Anxiety attack can be lessened by learning relaxation techniques like those used in meditation. some food supplements like 5-HTP helps in easing the symptoms of anxiety attack.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Hello Lisa,
No-one has ever died from a panic attack that I have heard. If the sufferer never takes action to understand their disorder, or ever seek help for their disorder, they can find themselves depressed, and phsyically ill.
Bad choices can be made after a long time of “unrealistic thoughts”. These thoughts can result a person making relly bad choices and then perhaps they could pass on. VERY unlikely to go that far. 99.999% sufferers will seek help and this is VERY treatable.
Try not to worry, this will all pass soon enough. DON’T BE AFRAID to find help locally and talk to loved ones, doctors, etc. As long as you tell yourself the magic 5 words, “I WANT TO FEEL GOOD”, you will take the action required begin a healing process.
Don’t be afraid. You are not alone with this disorder. You are not losing control. That’s just fear making you FEEL that way.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:54 am
Jacob,
God sent you to me today. I was starting to have a panic attack and ran downstairs to find as much information as I could to help me focus instead of losing control on this horrrible dibilitating issue. I continued to read page 2 and began to feel as if you were talking right to me and completely understood what I was feeling. It is so embarassing asking people if they have panic attacks. I lose time from the attacks. Should I watch the clock or time them? Also, has anyone ever died from this disorder because I swear I’ve been so close sometimes.
Thank you for your information and your personal coaching abilities and helping me cope when I am alone.
God Bless You!
Lisa
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