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...
So this is a thing that's started. I feel like I can't breathe or like I'm suffocating. I know there's nothing wrong with me. I'm reasonably healthy and all that. My anxiety has been acting up often lately, but I have to admit this does freak me out. I guess it would freak anybody out to have your body go on red alert like you're dying. I just sit there almost gasping, sometimes I have to lean completely back and just breathe for a while.
So my question is: Have you experienced this? What have you done that helps? I tried breathing into a bag like I was hyperventilating and after a long time it did help, but I can't do that at work :( Any tips are helpful. Thank you.
So my question is: Have you experienced this? What have you done that helps? I tried breathing into a bag like I was hyperventilating and after a long time it did help, but I can't do that at work :( Any tips are helpful. Thank you.
I think when difficulties are happening w breathing -- non-harmony, then concentrating on the breaths might help. Don't let yerself breath too fast on the one hand, yet keep it (the air) coming right along.
I said "might" help; I have a hunch in it might not in all cases. :( *There* one should get the shoulders back in some way and find a nice diversion.
Another thing : something is said by yoga teachers about the stomach's place in healthy breathing. (Or diaphram.)
/Whatever is most comfortable.
----- Hope I'm not misleading anybody. . . . . Caleb. . (((( L. ))))
Situation: Who are you with? What are you doing? When (time of day) Where are you?
Moods: a. What did you feel? b. Rate each mood (0-100%)
Automatic Thoughts (Images): a. What was going through your mind just before you started to feel this way? Any other thoughts? Images? b. Circle the hot thought (that which carries the strongest emotional charge)
Practicing Breathing Techniques every day will also give you the confidence to get yourself through future anxiety attacks more quickly as oxygen to the brain calms down the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord). There are many on youtube.
You may also want to hold something comforting to you in your hand and look at and name or count things in the environment while inhaling and exhaling. "These are called Grounding Techniques".
Be patient with yourself as you learn and practice these techniques which over time will build self confidence.
Hope they help! Wishing You Inner Peace Always!
Practice 2/3 times a day, it will take a while to get the hang of, also if your at home listen to nature sounds, i got a little nature sound box from wallmart for $10.00. if you have a significant have them give you a massage before bed, if not and you can afford it go get a massage.
Exercise also really helps. Do you take AD and anxiety meds?, this along with a therapist to talk to can work wonders. Feel Better Soon!.
These things can be looked up.
Like digestion and heart rate, breathing is ordinarily controlled by the autonomic-nervous-system. Thus when we start counting breaths or carefully measuring the rate, we are interfering with a natural process -- which was off-kilter, had gotten off-kilter somehow. . . good luck. . :)