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out of my skin at times

stevebo
stevebo
i have been having problems recently with anxious feelings before big events. The adrenaline starts and just doesnt shut off. My hands don't shake or stuff but internally i feel terrible. I do take .25 of klonopin in the morning and that is it. I have xanex in reserve but only as needed. Today i woke up and felt ok but after breakfast it started(why i dont know)
and continued throughout the day. I was never comfortable. Any suggestions. thanks Steve
deleted_user
deleted_user
Try to figure out what is causing your feelings of anxiety. You mentioned they occur when there big events planned. Are you uncomfortable with crowd or being around ppl you don't know? Half the battle is to pinpoint where the anxiety stems from. When you're feeling the anxiety breath slowly and deeply and think positive thoughts. I alway ask myself "Whats the worse thing that could happen". Let yourself imagine the very worse. I imagine I'm going to go crazy, freak out, have a heart attack and die. Well, if that happened I'd be with God in quick succession so its not so bad. I hope I've helped alittle. If nothing else remember that you are not alone. HUGS
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi Stevebo. As someone that does a fair amount of puplic speaking, I know what you mean. I basically practice tons prior to a day of 2 before the even, then I switch modes. I tell myself that I actually don't care about the event at all. I say this out loud and I make myself believe it by repeating it. If I am speaking to someone and they say, "aren't you speaking at ____ tomorrow?", I will reply, "oh yeah, I am", making it seem as though I just don't care about the event. The result is that other people start to think what I am telling myself to think, that I just don't care. At this point, I already know everything that I am going to say so it is all in my head.

Then, all I have to do is get through the intro to my presentation. Sometime, I will purposely speak to others all the way up until my presentation, just to stop myself from thinking about it. Once I start speaking there is about 10 seconds of a rush, so I make sure that I memorize exactly what I am going to say for my first few sentences. I follow this up with a deep breath, and by then, the adrenaline rush has subsided and I am just speaking to people and I tell myself that I really don't care what they think. If people have a question that I do not know that answer to, I tell them that I will speak with them afterwards or get right back to them, and again, I don't care how they feel about that.

The funny thing is that people in the audience always feel that I have complete control, confidence, and tremendous knowledge while staying very cool. It really is rather humorous when it is over.

I am praying for you to find Peace and confidence in your abilities.

Blessings...