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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...

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ann54
ann54
the past few days I have been a mess with anxiety even with all the medication I take. yesterday was very hard, I forgot to bring my mid day medication to work and it was a stressful day at work. I handled it pretty good I thought but I guess I didn't. people were asking me if I was okay. how embarrassing, and dealing with the public is even worse. I have to get a handle on the anxiety issue. I used to get it for certain things, the meds. had it pretty under control, but not lately. I am hoping that once the weather gets nice and I can get outside I will feel better. it is so draining. any suggestions?
taylexie85
taylexie85
I'm not sure what your triggers are but mine are being, what I would consider, far from home and public places. So I have been practicing, like exposure. I've been taking drives, and if I start to feel panic, I'll talk myself out of it, because all those sensations are not harmful and I'll ask myself "where is the danger?" and that will usually quickly calm me down because there is no danger driving through our local state park, in Ohio, at 20/10 mph! Lol. And then sometimes I'll make my drive even longer by taking back roads to prove to myself that what I think is going to happen, like going crazy, is not going to happen. I wish I had more suggestions but I do want to tell you that I was sooo scared to even leave the house and now that the weather has become more pleasant, I'm out and doing more than I was a couple months ago so I have to give myself credit there.

Good luck, hugs!!
goodgurl
goodgurl
When I used to have anxiety at work, I had a friend there that would help me out. He was one of my bosses. He'd say, I really need you, I can't have you melting down when I need you. But I can almost always afford 2 minutes. So if you feel the stress is overwhelming, tell me and I will always give you 2 minutes, tell me whatever you need to, in private, then we go back to work.

I've used this 2 minute rule ( sometimes 5 if I can spare it) on my own as well. I tell myself what the time limit is, and during that time I do whatever I need to to calm down, a drink, high energy snack, fruit, or just talking to myself or scribbling something down. When my time is up, I make myself go back to work and I am calmer.