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 have been having anxiety for a few years. I had been an anxious person for a while until I had panic attacks, which felt very real and had chest pain, hard to breathe, etc. Until one night I had palpitations and went to the doctor, and had an ekg, which show I had wpw(heart rhythm abnormality). So this really scared me and I went with my parents and had a catheter ablation surgery. The surgery and time before, were probably one of the scariest times of my life, (which reinforced the panic and anxiety). But anyways, I had the procedure which was very safe, and had a very high success rate. After the surgery, the doctor said everything was great and successful. It's been 2 years since then, and I suffer through a lot of nights worried about my heart. Things like: "what if I have a heart attack", or "what if my condition returned, or I have svt's or a fib". But I have had had palpitations since then during physical activity. But the doctor assured me it's alright, and I started taking anxiety meds, which don't help. Hopefully someone can relate and, or, respond to this with what they think.
thanks.
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Hey all, i know its been quite awhile since i posted on here. Its been a summer all right. Its been something else........... You know how they say not to open the can of worms? Well a few months ago i decided to find out what my due date would have been for my first baby, the one conceived by r***. My baby would have been due on March 4th of 2006. They would be 20 years old. I was R**** on June...
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My day...today...misplaced my debit card...didn't realize it until I got to the register after shopping to a full cart. Used a different debit card and pulled apart everything looking for missing debit card before I left parking lot. Got home, dropped keys. So now I have a missing debit card, missing keys. A full cartload to unload and put away. I got everything put away.Dumped purse for a...
Health anxiety is not on my personal list of anxieties, but my personal list is long enough to convince me that anxiety is a beast which can grow and multiply on just about anything. Whatever proverbial bone my anxiety is chewing on any given day, no amount of outside reassurance will comfort the beast. Calming those anxieties is an inside job. Nobody can do it for me.
I start with taking the focus from the subject over which I am obsessing and putting the focus on the physical symptoms of my anxiety. Ragged breathing and clenched muscles are my two most consistent physical symptoms of anxiety. When I can regulate my breath and unclench my muscles, the anxiety often eases as a result.
There are as many ways of managing anxiety as there are anxiety sufferers in the world. Gentle support while you find what works for you.
Welcome aboard. Sort freely. Sort often. Listening. . .
Writing it out is an important first step to finding your new balance.
Take a moment to write out what you are able to do now, what you have accomplished, and what you want to do.
Distract your normal thought process with what you are doing now.
Best wishes.