Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I everyone i am new to this group... :) I have been having a really hard time and recently found out its anxiety that's the feeling i'm getting.. I come from a long line of abuse and like right now thinks are starting to get out of control.... I become very worried and anxious and it becomes really hard for me to breath if i give in to my feelings or panic or try to express myself out loud i will have a full on anxiety attack ... What do you do to try and calm yourself down? I've tried exercise, music, writing but i just makes things worst... is anyone else like this ??
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My day...today...misplaced my debit card...didn't realize it until I got to the register after shopping to a full cart. Used a different debit card and pulled apart everything looking for missing debit card before I left parking lot. Got home, dropped keys. So now I have a missing debit card, missing keys. A full cartload to unload and put away. I got everything put away.Dumped purse for a...
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I don't really know how to label this but I having a rough week and I can't say it's one thing.... I have a lot on my plate which is nothing new and I try to cope in many positive ways and do but I still have my moments.My kids more so my daughters talk to me about everything which I know it's cause of comfort and we are close.... however I really struggle with the venting about their dad which...
Accepting anxiety as harmeless, even though it seems dangerous at times such as chest pains and tightness of breath, for example, allows you to avoid your natural reaction to it, such as resistance. And this natural reaction stems from FEAR of your anxiety which increases your anxiety a great deal. Anxiety without fearing it and without resisting it will be less intense and you save energy thus making the initial anxiety less draining.
I often use the analogy of a surfer surfing a wave (anxiety) to the shore (safety). When the surfer reaches the beach and turns around he/she sees the wave ebbing away. Imagine the difference between riding the wave on a surboard and struggling against it in the water.
Usually, persistent anxiety stems from an underlying depression which stems from low feelings about yourself. To better understand where these feelings originate you can go to: http://gavas.com/ANXIETY_DEPRESSION.htm now, and then get the book "FEELING GOOD" by Dr David Burns later. Learning how to change negative self worth issues into positive affirmations about yourself will take you a long way in your recovery from anxiety.
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Thank you for sharing!
Hopeless25, I recently started dealing with anxiety. DS is a great site for educating yourself and learning different techniques to get yourself through an anxiety attack.