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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pictureguy 02/21/2009

My hardest part of the day is the morning. I drive a school bus as a sub.If I have a new route im pretty good cause I have to focus on where im going so my mind is busy. Latly Ivew been doing same route and I get into that thought world of obsessive thoughts about my relationship with my gf.I just cant stop the thoughts and they drive me crazy, just want to be in the here and now but cant. Any suggestions for stopping thought world. Bob

deleted_user 02/21/2009

you can not control any of the thoughts. The more you engage them the more thought and power they gain. Observe the thoughts from a distance and the emotion will fade as will the thoughts after a while.

This is the only way to exist with thoughts.

You can not control what comes to mind but you can control what stays in the mind.

Hope that helps

deleted_user 02/21/2009

What I like to do when a bad thought comes into my head, is try and knock it back with a positive one, or laugh about it, even if it's bad, just laugh! XD

Also what helps me is to sing, but of course you can't do that while driving a bus lol, the kids probably think O.o
But sing in your head? maybe count? do something to get your mind off them and they should soon enough fade away. ^________^
Hope that helps.

sugar09 02/21/2009

I just tell myself outloud to "STOP" and think of something else. Some people may think I am nuts, but it works for me. Stay in the moment - I know it's hard and you have to work at it but it's worth it in the long run.

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