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 cant seem to call myself down. I feel really weak and I keep taking a deep breath to make sure I am ok. It kindof feels like my breath wants to leave my body. Thats the best way I can describe it. I feel this addrenilin rush through my body and then my heart starts pounding. I just had a ekg the other day all good and a few months ago I had a lot of test ran on my heart so I know its not that. Now its almost time to leave work and I am scared to drive home because of the traffic and the amount of time it takes to get home. That is when it is at its worse. I hate this so much thank god I can come on here and vent! Especially since alot of people I know dont really understand.
What you need to do is do deep breathing method....not just deep breaths.
Start with getting comfortable. Close your eyes (if possible).
Take a deep breath in through you nose. Hold it for about 7 seconds. Release slowly through pursed lips like you are blowing bubbles. Let it all out. Keep doing this until you feel your heartbeat slowing down.
It may take several breath works, but it will help to calm you down.
Here is a nice video from youtube if you can't calm yourself enough to do the breath work....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCJJwkbn-eY