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 watching Veronica Mars the other night with my dad and brother. It's a great show, and for other reasons I was getting the first big anxiety attack i've had in about a month.. Now i know that my dad really wants to watch this show again but now in my mind i have placed it as one of my triggers, I know it had absolutely nothing to do with the show but since it happened during the show my mind is going to connect the two things and i might not be able to stop my mind from thinking these thought "What if i get it again, what if this happens, what if i can't make it through this episode, what if this is just a repeat of last time?"
I really want to watch this show, but in my mind right now it's an anxiety trigger and until i rationalize with myself that it was not the show that caused my attack will i be able to watch it again.
I really want to watch this show, but in my mind right now it's an anxiety trigger and until i rationalize with myself that it was not the show that caused my attack will i be able to watch it again.
If the object of your panic is the fear that you will have a panic attack during Veronica Mars then go ahead and panic. But while you are panicking say out loud over and over again "I am freaking out that I am going to have a panic attack while watching Veronica Mars!" Really remind yourself why you are panicking and once again, that you are panicking over a REAL fear not some imaginary sensation.
This helps keep you grounded in reality and and it actually can become pretty comical if you do it over and over. Doesn't the thought of you standing up in the living room, freaking out, yelling " I am scared Veronica Mars is going to make me have a panic attack!", seem even a little bit funny to you?? The thought of me doing that brings a smile to my face, so maybe it will bring a smile to yours and remind you how silly that fear is .