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...
Hello, I am new to this website and hope all are well. I was diagnosed with GAD last summer. I have experienced anxiety throughout my whole life and only the past year I've really accepted how bad it is and opened up more which has made me realise how much it actually impacts me in life! Every day is a battle even on the good days and it is just as if it is never going to get better.
I have tried many things to cope from medication to mindfulness and just wondered what other methods there are that others have tried to ease the anxiety/control it better that I may not have tried before. Thank you!
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I was listening to George Birge radio on Pandora in my car yesterday. It sounded good but the lyrics are so limited with country music. I just couldn't hear another song about whiskey. Now I'm listening to Tori Amos. She is my female Elton John. I love their lyrics!
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and distraction are huge helpers for me. They don’t really control the anxiety but help manage the symptoms so that I don’t feel controlled by the anxiety.
Have you tried peer support? I hold peer support, such as what I find right here on DS, to be the most used tool in my psychotherapy toolbox. Sharing experience and questions with people who are suffering similar symptoms gives me valuable insight as well as the comfort of knowing I'm not alone.
Welcome aboard. Hope you find stabilizing companionship here.
You've taken the important first step in writing it out.
Keep a daily journal to help you sort through the feelings, emotions, thoughts, and words.
Best wishes as you find your better balance.
I believe that this space will help me to know I am not alone in this struggle and felt I needed to reach out today. Means a lot to have these kind of responses :-)
Breath slowly and watch the river on the screen. Birds chipping helps. On Utube or outside. I like to watch the leaves swaying in the breeze, clouds in sky,
birds flying. Nature calms me down.
Mid, such great advice.