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 was in a setiom with my case worker and my anxiety started to build up, I started getting really anxious because I was talking about my past. And talking about my past is hard and triggers flashbacks and panic attacks.
arfie
In my own anxiety cycle, the "almost" in your subject line counts as a celebration worthy success. Getting a handle on my anxiety before it escalates into a full panic attack is good, solid progress, especially while I am having flashbacks. Taking the time to congratulate myself on the success serves as positive reinforcement I can use in future go-rounds.
growthhurts
That sounds pretty typical. Have you been able to overcome your past or are you working on that? I know the flashbacks and panic attacks can be rough. Like PP said, it's great that it wasn't a full blown panic attack. Deep breathing works for me. Are there things you try to ease the anxiety?
hopefulfuture
Im still working on techniques and was to help coup with my PTSD and anxiety and to try an prevent flash backs and panic attacks
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