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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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Anxious about event!!

lmecklen
lmecklen
My frined asked me to be in her wedding and although im honored to be a part of her big day im also terrified. I am so nervous about getting a panic attack while standing up during the ceremony. I have never done good in churches. Im so nervous that im going to make a fool of myself ;( Does anyone have any advice on how to get through this day!
deleted_user
deleted_user
The only thing I would recommend is try focusing on your friend when you are standing in the front of the church. If you can focus on on your friend and how important this day is to her... hopefully you will be able to keep your anxiety low... I wish you all the best!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I would say today or in the very near future start going inot the church where the wedding is going to be held if it is nearby. If not, go into churches that would bring on attacks for you normally and practice, practice, practice.

Do not wait for the day of the wedding to address this issue. You can shut down some of this anticipatory anxiety by forcing yourself to address this issue now.

Do it the right way though. get yourself a book from the library like David Burns or there are several websites like www.paniccenter.net where you can take free CBT lessons.

The courses at Panic Center and the book from www.anxietycoach.net and this group have gotten me a long way these past two months.