Anxiety and POSITIVE CHOICES Community Group
Learn the skills to conquer overwhelming anxiety from physical to emotional coping. We can choose how we feel and think, you just have to be willing to make those changes and commit to them.
Hello everyone! I lost my son on May 28, 2009. I was 21 weeks pregnant. Since I lost the baby I have had really bad anxiety. I cant seem to relax and I focus on my breathing alot. It make me so uncomfortable at times. Id rather stay inside all the time if I could. I think the thing that scares me the most is that I will always be like this. Id never had anxiety issues before this but it has been 7 months already. I dont really have panic attacks but the focusing on my breathing is what drives me crazy the most. I dont know how I started doing this. It just poped in my head oneday. I would love to get to know ppl that are going through the same things that I am and would love to give and recieve as much support aS i can.
It's nice to meet everyone.
Hugs,
Quin
It's nice to meet everyone.
Hugs,
Quin
iam so sorry to hear about your baby.....
iam sure that was very hard for you and your family to get through, and your still going through it!
but, now, your not alone anymore, and we all here do care and give support!
also, everyone here is mainly dealing with panic or aniexty or both..
it helps me to just write everyday, latlly i havent done much writing, i need to restart that too, because it does help so much!
being able to just get your feelings out to people who understand and have been there, is so great!!!
so let me be the first to say WELCOME!!!!
feel free to say and wright whatever you want,ive been on here many times at early hours, crying, praying, just to get out of the horrible panic and aniexty!!!
this place has been a god send for me...
bren
i know just what you are going thru having lost 3 babies myself. 1 @ 2 weeks which was not as painful as the ones i lost at almost 4 months and then 4 1/2 months.
you've been through a very traumatic experience not to mention your hormones and body are probably a little messed up which doesn't help matters and probably adds to the anxiety.
the only thing i have to say about the breathing is to keep yourself busy any way you can so you can get back to breathing naturally - not having so much emphasis on it unless it is taking deep breaths in and out.
i used to be in the habit of holding my breath when i was having anxiety until it started to give me chest pains. then sometimes i would hyperventilate.
i am so sorry you are having to go through this.
take care of yourself xoxo
For the breathing, keep a paper bag with you, lunch bag size. It's good to have with you in case you start to hyperventilate. When you notice you are focusing on your breathing and it seems to be getting out of control, concentrate on slowing it down. You can start by taking a deep breath in through your nose, hold it for a second, the slowly release it by blowing it out from your mouth. Just concentrate on doing that and soon you'll find yourself feeling calmer. There should be something about deep breathing on the home page for this group. There is a little poem to go with the breathing that I find helps me considerably! The main thing to remember is to breath in through your nose and out through your mouth and to concentrate on doing it slowly. Don't be afraid to breath in and out of the paper bag if you feel you are hyperventilating. I used to carry one with me all the time when I was having the bad panic attacks. You've come to a good place here Quinn, there are some wonderful people in this group!
Take care and let us know how you are doing!
love & hugs,
Char