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...

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llmt 04/15/2012

I seem to wake up with full panic attacks in the middle of the night due to a divorce and a full plate left all to me. Does anyone have any coping strategies as so much goes thru my head? I work full time do this is not conducive to be be able to function at work. My kids are small and I'm trying to be as healthy as I can for them, but all this stuff is eating me alive.

deleted_user 04/15/2012

First rule of anxiety attack...BREATHE. Get some air in your lungs and slow down your breathing. I suffered severe attacks for about 15 years of my life and my breathing was always shallow. Taking deep breaths and slowing your heart rate and breathing down will at least help get you leveled off, so you can slow your mind.

deleted_user 04/15/2012

Drink something warm. Sometimes this will help reduce the level of panic I am feeling.

Hot cocoa or some soothing tea helps me out.

deleted_user 04/15/2012

I really liked this website about panic attacks:

www.paniccure.com

It was very insightful!

deleted_user 04/15/2012

HI..and been there with the divorce stuff ..you can read my profile if you like . Sounds silly maybe to some but yes"Breathe"..my fiancee has been so good at helping me slow down and breath while in the panic anxiety mode . I take 5 deep inhales through the nose and 5 deep slow exhales through the mouth .It is a great way to lesson the anxiety .It also gets more oxygen to the brain which really helps to regroup . I have also become close friends with

Tension Tamer Tea...it is awsome..works for me .

I am reading a book called Learning To Let Go . Its worth its weight in gold to me and teaches coping skills . It is a daily meditation type book .But everything I read I think ...wow..that is me or so and so lol .
I know it is really tough...(((hugs)))

deleted_user 04/15/2012

I recommend trying the guided meditations (each about 20-30 minutes) free on this website: http://www.tarabrach.com/audiodharma.html. (Pick a year and look for the links to Guided Meditations). Each one guides you through relaxing your body and focusing on your breathe. It helps me a lot especially at night if I can't sleep.

deleted_user 04/15/2012

Hi there, I can totally relate. I suffer from my worst anxiety beginning about 3 am and into the afternoon. There are lots of good suggestions that sometimes help, breathing properly is certainly one of them. I find journalling and writing down the things that are revolving through you head can help. The mind is a funny thing and it can sometimes work that if you put the thoughts down on paper, you don't have to think about them. I find this extremely useful for work things that are bothering me. I remember when I got divorced how difficult it was, hang in there...it absolutely does get better.

deleted_user 04/15/2012

The book I was telling you about is "The Language of Letting Go" by Melody Beattie
I was asked by another member the authors name and I replied incorrectly then accidently deleted the message.
I am post migrain fog sorry .

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