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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sarahsarah 09/19/2008

hey everybody,
i am so sorry if your hear reading this post because anxiety is the worst thing anyone can go thru!!! i am here for some advice! i have had health anxiety for almost a year its bein gone for a while but certainly not forgotten! and now its back with full force i had a tingle in my arm last night and i went crazy! i ve bein able to blow it off for months now and i just cant get a grasp on this bout of anxitey! what do i do???? please some one write me back on how to get rid of anxiety when you know all the tricks but there not working!

deleted_user 09/20/2008

I know! I hear you. I was the same we went on holidays a few months back and when i was on the plane my finger started twitching althought i didn't "feel" anxious and I blew it off until a few days into the trip it caught hold of me and I was caught up in it all over again! My symptoms change too so once I come to terms with one symptom like the shakiness or tingling....next time it will different and so i convince myself it REALLY IS something horrible. It's an awful vicious cycle!!!

Your'e fine! It's just the anxiety!

deleted_user 09/21/2008

Hi Sarah. :-) I don't personally have health anxiety but I've met a few people who do and it is really awful -- especially when the person doesn't realize it's anxiety!

I'd suggest keeping a regular diet and exercise program and get your physical exams every year. After you take that step I think your brain is your best weapon. Rationalize with yourself if you are jumping to the worst conclusion. If you are considering some horrible rare condition with that tingle in your arm say to yourself, "I'm probably sleeping on my left side and pinched a nerve -- that's all it is!"

You may want to do that inside your head so other people don't think you are strange. ;-)

deleted_user 09/21/2008

were here for you!
we all know how horrible anxiety is!!!
it will pas, but its hell getting through the going through!!
we know...
hang in there!
when mine acts up, i take a warm bath, do deep breathing exersize, walk, listen to soothing music, hey, what ever it takes to get through it, do it!!!
were here for you anytime of day or night!!
bren

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