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...
Hi Everyone,
Id like to tell u all my story of anxiety and how I am gradually overcoming it. I started sufferring when I was 11, Id get jelly legs walking down the street so I was afraid to leave my house. I lost all my confidence, was constanly worrying and became really shy, couldnt talk to people. Had constant symptoms like palpitations a churning stomach and general tension etc.
When I was 15 my mother died and it got worse I was finally however diagnosed with anxiety and depression then and was put on antidepressants, with I continued taking until I was 19.
3 years ago however things started to change I was in a book shop and I dicsovered a book by Dr Claire Weeekes called self help for your nerves. I started recovering with the book, so much so that I began working as a waiter and barman in a hotel something which I wouuldnt have perviously had the confidence to do. However my progress stalled.
I searched on the web about her method and found a site belonging to a guy in New Zealand. The guy has his own clinic and is a counsellor in Dr Weekes method. He used to suffer from anxiety and was even agoraphobic. But he eventually recovered by using Dr Weekes method.
He now helps others overcome their anxiety. I know that you may be very weary when I write overcome ie recover from anxiety Most of you reading this dont believe in cure. And I didnt either. I used to pray as a kid that next year Id be back to normal but it never came until I found this method.
I havent recovered yet but Im getting there. I now understand why I suffer and what I have to do to recover and this is the key, understanding. Because when you dont have understanding you are full of bewilderment and fear.
Please do not think that I am advertising or anything like that. I have came on here to share my story.
For those of you who are interested here is a video on youtube of David Johnson the man who has the clinic in New Zealand!
Regards,
Jon
Id like to tell u all my story of anxiety and how I am gradually overcoming it. I started sufferring when I was 11, Id get jelly legs walking down the street so I was afraid to leave my house. I lost all my confidence, was constanly worrying and became really shy, couldnt talk to people. Had constant symptoms like palpitations a churning stomach and general tension etc.
When I was 15 my mother died and it got worse I was finally however diagnosed with anxiety and depression then and was put on antidepressants, with I continued taking until I was 19.
3 years ago however things started to change I was in a book shop and I dicsovered a book by Dr Claire Weeekes called self help for your nerves. I started recovering with the book, so much so that I began working as a waiter and barman in a hotel something which I wouuldnt have perviously had the confidence to do. However my progress stalled.
I searched on the web about her method and found a site belonging to a guy in New Zealand. The guy has his own clinic and is a counsellor in Dr Weekes method. He used to suffer from anxiety and was even agoraphobic. But he eventually recovered by using Dr Weekes method.
He now helps others overcome their anxiety. I know that you may be very weary when I write overcome ie recover from anxiety Most of you reading this dont believe in cure. And I didnt either. I used to pray as a kid that next year Id be back to normal but it never came until I found this method.
I havent recovered yet but Im getting there. I now understand why I suffer and what I have to do to recover and this is the key, understanding. Because when you dont have understanding you are full of bewilderment and fear.
Please do not think that I am advertising or anything like that. I have came on here to share my story.
For those of you who are interested here is a video on youtube of David Johnson the man who has the clinic in New Zealand!
Regards,
Jon
Best,
Jon
try this and see if ye guys get any relief. this is the method in a nutshell.
1. face the anxiety. stop trying to ignore the physical symptoms or worrying thoughts. trying to ignore them gives them importance and makes them worse. instead conscioulsy be awaare of them. i knoww they can be scary but really they are physical symptoms of no gsigificance. have they ever really hurt u in the past. or have the thoughts. the worrying thoughts are a result of a tired mind. your mind is tired from constant thinking.
2. stop fighting the physical symptoms, thoughts and feelins of anxiety. take a deep breath and exhale slowly and as u do let ur shoulders, tummy muslces, arms and hands sag. let go of urself. stop tensing against urself.
3. stop adding fear from ur mind. this is what is keeping ur body and mind in a state of anxiety. instead practise letting the anxiety be there. to use an anology, imagine if u are a ship in the sea and the anxiety is a storm. u are afraid to go into the storm and row as quick as u can ie fight so as not to experience the anxiety. ie the storm. but the anxiety/storm is harmless it is the fear of it thaat is causing the problem. just think about it if u didnt have the physical symptoms or thoughts what would be the problem.
so let ur boat go into the storm stop rowing and let yourself willingly experience the storm, the wind the rain ie the anxiety. and float, like the boat in the sea, float. let ur mind be neutraal to the anxiety, be imparial and let it do whatever it wants. let ur boat shake and be rocked by the storm etc.
4. let time pass, when u have the symptoms quietly praactise away. it takes time for a broken foot etc to heaal and it takes time for a tired nervous system and mind to recover as well.
if u practise like this ur body and mind will get restbite and the anxiety will calm down.
this is what is helping me and i just want to sahre it. with the hope that it will help some one.
regards,
Jon