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Had a good week but...feeling anxiety come back

healingtears
healingtears
Last Monday I had a horrible panic attack for two days. Since then I have been working really hard to let things go and not get anxious so it can't build to panic. So far so good. But today I'm feeling not so great. I want to hold onto feeling in control but I feel myself beginning to worry.

I have some stressful decisions to make... I just want to wait to deal with it cause I don't want thinking to much to trigger anything. Also I got some not so great news today so that didn't help.

Please help... I don't want to panic or feel anxious.
JudyFZ
JudyFZ
I find vigorous exercise or yoga helps when I am on the edge like that and I'm sort of beyond just deep breathing. Set aside some time today to take care of yourself and do whatever you need to get back to a healthier place. Remember that your worries and anxiety are the result of negative thoughts and just take it one day at a time.
healingtears
healingtears
Exercise is a good idea. Thanks. I'm not used to being able to catch anxiety before it happens. It feels so weird. I feel like my body wanting to freak out.

As for negative thought when I'm in a place of controlling anxiety I tend to just not deal with things that make me anxious. I have to just push the thought completly out of my mind and not deal with it. I worry it will explode if I don't deal with it. Like something small will trigger it and I will panic. As I write that I realized that's what happens anyway so avoiding anxiety isn't going to cause panic any more than a small trigger. At least I'm one step closer to feeling ok.

Deep down I'm freaking out though. I just won't allow the thoughts. I haven't learned to change thoughts yet. I have no idea to how to think about things that make me anxious without all the anxiety following.
Mike1975
Mike1975
I am in the same place. I try to think positive thoughts but they get outweighed by my negative thoughts when thinking about my my anxiety and I'm down. Haven't found a way to overcome that yet either.