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 feel for everyone going through this today. I am there with you. I sent an email to a therapist who takes Medicare yesterday. I am anxiously awaiting a call or email back. I had to write a message using 200 words or less. Reading it back, I can't believe that I have this many issues. And I ended it with "there's more". I am having a panic attack because I have a lot of stuff that has to be done today. I have been without 2 of my meds for 2 days. I was going to go this morning to get them but my key fob battery died yesterday, just as I was supposed to leave to meet friends for my birthday celebration. I have to walk to the garage to get a new battery from my new mechanic who actually sells them. A very lucky break. Birthday celebration back on for Friday. I am 63. I am just trying to get my anxiety out. Thanks!
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You've taken the important first step in writing it out.
Anxiety is natural and it is our helper. Practice even breathing, stop, pause, breathe, choice, until you feel calm. The more you work towards a balance in the moment, the easier it is to get anxiety back in normal help range.
Enjoy your birthday celebration on Friday!
Needing a car battery. I went and got my meds that I had run out of and came home and crashed for 2 hours. Feeling better!
If you haven't heard back from that therapist, is there a phone number for them? You could call and leave a message for them to call you. When I was looking for therapists, I would call and leave a general message, saying something like... "that I am looking for a therapist for some anxiety issues that I have and would like to talk to them, could they please call me back. And if your schedule is all booked up, do you know of a referral you could give me?"
I don't leave an initial message with too much detail of all my anxiety issues. I wait until I actually speak to them by phone first. I just give my name, number, and say that I am interested in having therapy for anxiety.
This is what works for me and they do call back. I also usually call 3-5 of them and leave messages, and *I* pick the one that I like the most.
You are in charge!
Remember that you are interviewing them too! But you need to get them to call first.
Hope this helps.