
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...
The ideas suggested by the others sound great, and many thanks to all, but they're not always appropriate. What am I supposed to do when my anxiety attack is being caused by my kids fighting in the car and we're already late for school? Can't remove myself from it, can't sit down and read a book or meditate, and music just adds to the noise.
Gameplay, I wish you luck, but for me the only options that work are meds and cutting - and I promised a whole bunch of people I wouldn't do the later anymore so I'm sticking with the meds!
One thing I have learned though is relaxation is like the 'holy grail' - the harder you try to find it the further away it gets. There is a lot of psychology research which supports this too.
Best thing is to not conciously try and 'force' yrself to relax. Find something to do which takes your mind off how your feeling, something absorbing that you enjoy. (personally i find playing the guitar, or computer games helps, also meditation)
Exercise is also a good one as it gives you something to focus on but also stimulates the production of endorphins - your bodys natural relaxation chemicals. A long jog or walk with my headphones on and swimming work particularly well for me.
'If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got'
Hope things improve :)
For me getting fresh air, sun, exercise, playing with my dog or petting my dog helps relax me. Even playing on the computer, listening to music, having coffee with friends. Yoga.
If you are sick of Klonopin there are herbal remedies you can take. I just would NOT take them together with the Klonipin. One or the other. A good one is "pure calm" from www.nativeremedies.com or "calms forte" from www.drugstore.com
Good luck and hugs!
peace, t
While I was hugging the toilet, I started thinking about how mad I was that my anxiety was interfering with my fun in life. I got so mad I was shaking! I took a few deep breaths, got up, went over to the sick and splashed my face. I looked in the mirror and said to myself "this is bullcrap! I am NOT dealing with this anymore."
I went out, grabbed my boyfriend, and we went to that party. I beat it then, and ever since then, when I feel an attack coming on, I do the same thing. The best thing I can do is catch them early, which I do often, because I learned to recognize the symptoms. I take some deep breaths, and whatever it is that I'm nervous about doing, I do it ASAP, because putting it off just gives me more time to freak out about it.
There are still a few situations where I KNOW I'll have a panic attack, like when I need to give a speech. In those cases, I take a half of my Xanax just to be safe, because there usually isn't time to stop and calm myself down in that situation.
Anxiety sucks, but through a combo of breathing techniques and meds, I've been able to keep it under control...good luck to you!
-Nicole