My understanding of my anxiety disorder

[@williamharberts5514]

I thought that you made a very cogent presentation regarding anxiety. If only understand it would help aleviate or control it.

[@velerialangbehn6088]

Thank you for sharing this. I have a friend who has suffered with this for years. I'm looking forward to part 2.

[@theanichols8184]

I really like your analogy of how anxieties affect people, sometimes it is very difficult for a person who doesn’t have crippling anxiety to understand just how much anxiety can affect a person. Thank you for sharing your mental health journey, your story gives me hope. Bless you ❤

[@stinkyditchnursery750]

Thank you, I know I don’t reach many people with my vids but I’m always surprised and humbled by comments from people that don’t suffer but know someone that does, I appear to help them understand their loved ones situation. I will continue. Robbie 🌻

[@brendabailey2307]

Thank you for this. I don’t have anxiety, but you are helping me to understand what my husband goes through, he can’t always explain it to me.

[@stinkyditchnursery750]

Hi Brenda, thank you for your message. Mental distress is really, really hard to put into words but, I seem to be able to explain it to a certain extent. If your husband has not sought professional help with his anxiety I highly recommend it. Never, ever suffer in silence, sing it from the rooftops, smash the stigma, there is no shame 🌻

[@brendabailey2307]

@@stinkyditchnursery750 Thank you for this. He is under a doctor for this, but things happen that don’t worry me so much, but go mega wild in his head. Our dog has been really ill just lately and that stressed him out, bless him.

[@cathymadsen2930]

I was diagnosed with General Anxiety Dsorder about 15 yrs after my bipolar diagnosis. 35 years of my life was impacted through these disorders... I would have to take time off work several times a year and would cry non stop for no reason.... I'm not telling anyone what to do to cure their illness but sharing my experience in the hope of helping others that may be looking for another method to try.. I went onto the carnivore diet to heal nerve damage from chemo and lose the steroid weight which would not budge... not to fix mental health but miraculously it did. Within 5 days my back pain went and within 1 month I was down 5kg and 3 months on my brain felt the best it has ever felt. Now I have no anxiety or bipolar. If I eat any carbs at all I feel the crazy gate open up.... Just sharing incase inflammation caused by food is the cause of someone else's illness. Mine was gut to brain related and it runs in my family. Now I'm medication free... God bless everyone and I pray that if you have these mental health problems you find your cure and get some peace.

[@stinkyditchnursery750]

Hi Cathy, thanks for your story of success! I agree, diet is so important and modern food is so, so far now from the diet we ate for thousands of years. We now have the ability to just eat what we crave rather than what we need. I’ve read a bit about how certain elements of food are not as abundant in our diet anymore, omega 3 being one. Omega 3 is essential for brain structure so a deficit will effect cognition. You are right, the modern diet contains so much more carbs, sugar and fat, a rarity 10000 years ago. My daughter has a wheat intolerance, it affects her bowel so severely that a couple of hospital visits and scans were done before the wheat intolerance was discovered. She now has a gluten free diet and not only does her digestion work again but she reports a vast improvement in her mental health also! It’s also to do with the way we produce our food, wheat now contains up to 16 times the gluten content than its natural form. Once again, thanks for your input, it’s always good to hear from someone that has found an answer. All the very best Robbie 🌻

[@cathymadsen2930]

@stinkyditchnursery750 Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm pleased your daughter has found the wheat intolerance. The earlier, the better. And I hope you're having a better day today than yesterday.. 🤗

[@guppywaters3559]

I think I subscribed to your channel many years ago when I was looking for information about cyclamen. This video has popped up and I can see you have uploaded others about depression and agoraphobia. I’m saddened to hear someone as charming and astute as yourself suffers from these conditions but I also thank you for taking the time to speak openly and for the effort you’ve made to help and inform others. I’m from a different part of the world and at a different life stage to you but I have also had anxiety for a long time. It’s grown into something that’s greatly affected my life trajectory and I now also suffer from a lot of the symptoms of depression and agoraphobia. I’m still trying to better understand my condition and consequent behaviours to look out for. I was wondering how you came to better understand your condition? And what you are continuing to learn about yourself? Wishing you well and I look forward to other parts

[@stinkyditchnursery750]

Hi guppywaters, thanks for your message. I’ve always been a nervous person but it didn’t really start to effect my life seriously until 2006 when I started having panic attacks. I went to the doctor and he signed me off work for 6 months, tried a variety of pills but found talking therapy to be the most effective. Through this we got to the bottom of my problems. I have PTSD. I have spent a lot of time reading about the condition and read many, many comments people leave on chat forums about the condition. I’m just starting a type of therapy called EMDR. Hopefully it will help. My agoraphobia has only been getting worse in recent years, so with a bit of luck this latest attempt to cure myself will turn that around. In summary, talking to a therapist was key to understanding. The key to wellness is still something I’m looking for but at least now I know sort of where to look for it. All the very best Robbie 🌻

[@guppywaters3559]

@@stinkyditchnursery750 Thank you for detailing your mental health journey. As you said, it’s helpful to know others experiences. I too have a nervous disposition but nothing in life is set in stone. I hope you find success with EMDR. Love your videos and hope you’re able to pursue whatever brings you joy and meaning. Steph 🌼

[@RiffMetalson]

Good to see you Rob and thank you for sharing. I experienced this constant for 2-3 years. It's the worst feeling and at times I did not want to exist. Somehow I mannaged to escaped it completely... 2 years now and I am always calm. For me it seemed to come from nowhere as I had never experienced it before. In the end I started the gym and spent more time with nature. I can't express how much the gym seemed to help. I started to go every morning at 6:30am. It made me feel strong and confident. Mentally, i felt i had my 1st achievement at the very beginning of my day!! That was a great psychological boost. The second advantage was it helped with my sleep at night. I always found that anxiety was much worse when lacking sleep.. but also, the anxiety caused a lack of sleep itself... Stuck in a very vicious circle. This is my experience, I know it won't help everybody but I hope that it helps somebody.

[@cathy6289]

home is my gate until the door bell rings or the post comes

[@stinkyditchnursery750]

Cathy, I understand completely. It’s the intense fear that I hate the most about the affliction, it’s not you, it’s an affliction, always remember that, I have it as well and constantly remind myself of that FACT, it’s not me, it’s a ‘condition’. Never, ever forget that you are NOT your affliction/condition. You are you 🌹. I’m going to be doing a few vids about how I cope with extreme anxiety, that’s what you have I think from your honest message. My hope is to stand in the way of stigma, you know, all the very best Robbie 🌻

[@cathy6289]

@@stinkyditchnursery750 bless you, Robbie. I hope all turns out well for you on your journey after all the effort you are putting in with your videos considering the circumstances xx I am proud of you.

[@Frostie3672]

Hello Robbie, been a while since I was at the nursery to have a chat (this is Paul btw from Worle), you describe anxiety perfectly well & it sucks to suffer with.

[@stinkyditchnursery750]

Hi Paul, I’m pretty much in the same situation as you now, just at the other end of the street! I’ve been getting out for walks though. I go down to woodspring priory and sand point now and again, it’s a damp good walk. You are more than welcome to join me. Just message me, I want to do a few vids about the plants and trees down there so could do with a camera man. Two agoraphobics together!

[@suemasongreen8979]

P.S. I also love to watch you plant stuff , i planted some lily seeds last time, which are coming up .

[@suemasongreen8979]

Unless you have suffered with this , no one can understand what it's like, i shake when stressed by strangers . I used to be so strong and resilient, capable, with a great sense of humour , but that seems to have faded too . I try to get in the garden most days, get some fresh air , plant things, veg , and i'm always trying to grow seeds, i've managed to get lemon and orange pips to grow, , which i am really proud of . One of my lemon trees is now 5 foot tall ! I also like to do a bit of diy , and built a hedgehog house this year , made shelving and built a large tall planter for my veg so i don't have to bend down too far , i'm 71 now , so getting up and down is getting harder and i'm preparing for things to get worse, lol . I'm looking forward to part two , it's interesting how others deal with anxiety .