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.
Please try and describe FEAR!
That is one of my assignments. I couldn't explain what it "felt" like. We all just say, "I felt afraid", but what does that really mean?
I am also supposed to write down the body symptoms I feel when afraid or when building up the anxiety from focusing on them. That's easy. The body symptoms are what I fixate on that creates the fear.
Anyway, I'd love to hear a description of it if anyone can explain.
Thanks, betsy
That is one of my assignments. I couldn't explain what it "felt" like. We all just say, "I felt afraid", but what does that really mean?
I am also supposed to write down the body symptoms I feel when afraid or when building up the anxiety from focusing on them. That's easy. The body symptoms are what I fixate on that creates the fear.
Anyway, I'd love to hear a description of it if anyone can explain.
Thanks, betsy
All answers are spot on ~ especially startrail's excellent interpretation.
As LeAnne says ~ Anxiety is the ROOT ~ but ~ can we get to that root and dig it out ~ it takes time, energy, determination and persistance, guidance, knowledge of how to do it and finding control.
We all have diffeent levels of anxiety and panic attacks ~ some may have experienced say ~ 5/10 ..... whereas other may have experienced 10/10.
You have said that you are avoiding ~ which takes away the chance of anxiety ~ I do that also ~ BUT ~ I have been know to try TOO MUCH TOO SOON ~ and have gone back the way ~ we call it FLOODING in the UK.
I know I sound like a broken record ~ but I say this all the time ~ "IN MY EXPERIENCE" baby steps and one day at a time has been the only thing that has worked for me.
We all have our own way of thinking, use your own common sense, if you feel you are going to be too overwhelmed by fear by doing a particular thing ... then "THINK" .... are you ready for it yet?
Not to say you have to avoid everything, as I have done that ~ you only have an existance then ~ so getting a happy medium, going to therapy, working out what is the pace you think is SAFE for you ~ are all important steps.
Good luck Betsy ~ FEAR is such a powerful thing ~ BUT ~ we can kick it in the butt, slowely, but surely ~ then we will have control back.
Huuugs Beth xxxx
Maybe that sheds some light?
:)
Imagine having your hands flat on a table when someone takes a book and smashes them,
Now imagine having a blindfold on and your hands flat on the same table, waiting.................
That's anxiety........
Thanks.