I find this odd and frustrating....
A year ago on Memoria Day I vividly remember sitting at my Moms house writhing in fear, anxiety and sheer restlessness.
I had just come off having a panic attack after finding a bump on my lip that I thought was cancer. It wasn't but the horrid memory of that panic attack and the thoughts associated with it took me from the couch at my Moms back to a Memorial Day trip to the ER. I literally didn't know what to do, I thought I was dieing.
Fast forward to today. The vividness of that day is really messing with me right now, as we are headed over to my moms once again for a Memorial Day party.
I am filled with fear and anxiety that I have not felt in months. Why? That stuff was a year ago. I've come so far since then. What the hell am I so afraid of? I simply don't get it.
Has this ever happened to anyone else at this point in their quit?
Its like I'm an accident victim returning to the scene of a tragic accident. Shouldn't I be over this crud by now? I talk tough yet here I am getting slapped around still. Hell, my wife had to give me a pep talk just to get me out of bed today. I've done great things and cleared many hurdles this past 357 days. This should not be fucking with me.
What am I afraid of? Dipping again? No, hasn't really crossed my mind. Having another panic attack? Possibly but what the hell for? Plus I have meds to help with that. That like last year, I'm going to go through hell again this summer and this was the event that triggered it? If I made it through last summer I can make it through anything.
So what to do???? Well, I'm just going to keep pushing forward. Gonna load up the cooler and the kids (and the anti anxiety meds) and just fucking try and roll over yet another bump of SHIT in the road.
It really grinds my ass to feel this way. But it is what it is, I guess. Ill get tthrough it, just shocked to feel this way. Some odd shit, that's for sure.
Thanks for listening and have a great memorial day everyone.