Hello.
I lost my wife from leukemia 8 months ago.
I don’t know if anyone else suffers like this.
I wake up in the morning with feeling of panic, anxious, and fear.
Once I’m up for a while, it slowly goes away.
Is this normal, does this happen to anyone else…
Hi @Treeman,
I’m so sorry about your wife. I just want to reassure you that these feelings of panic and anxiety are really normal when we’re grieving. We have a page on the physical symptoms of grief which might be helpful to read.
I’m sure someone will be along to share their experiences. In the meantime, you might find Mind’s guide on coping with anxiety and panic useful. There’s some strategies which you can try the next time you’re feeling panicky.
You’re not alone with this. Take good care,
Seaneen
Oh yes I still get very anxious about all sorts things.
Keep trying to distract myself.
I even went in a course about it and have all the tips but I still get like it.
Oh yes… i panic as soon as i am awake and it takes a while to settle. I usually lie and listen to the radio for a while to take my mind off it
@Treeman
Hi,
I’m very sorry for the sad loss of your wife.
Yes… I have spoken about feeling panic, anxiety and fear, particularly when I wake up, in some of my previous posts.
I lost my partner, soulmate, best friend, and my world in June to a very rare and aggressive cancer. He was just 58 years old.
I’m completely devastated, broken and a lost soul now.
My grief is beyond words, but just like you, when I wake up, the brutal awareness of my loss hits me like a tonne of bricks, and the panic, anxiety and fear sets in.
This happens every morning, and I have to jump out of bed, go downstairs and switch the tv on, to disrupt the deafening silence, before I am completely overrun and taken over by the immense feelings of panic, anxiety.and fear.
It’s like waking up to the shock of finding out you’ve lost your soulmate… but it’s happening every day. Groundhog day!
It’s sheer torture, as I feel the excruciating pain of losing my partner every single morning, as if I’m experiencing it for the very first time.
I understand exactly what you describe… which is why I hate mornings.
It’s horrible and the loneliest and most painful time of the day for me.
Eve
It’s definitely Groundhog Day. 3.5 weeks now of waking up to same awful reality. I go through the motions each day but feel I’m living someone else’s life. Surely this isn’t mine and I will see my mum again soon 