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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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Reducing the stress

jennielouises
jennielouises
How does everyone reduce their levels of anxiety? I have OCD and Emetophobia for most of my life and because I am so anxious and stressed all the time, i have developed GERD (acid reflux). I need to reduce my stress levels, but how?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Counseling, CBT, Meditation, hypnosis, accupuncture, exercise, medication.
deleted_user
deleted_user
responsibilites drain our energy and as our energy levels get to low levels, we start to feel used up and overstressed.

to keep our energy levels up, we have to add a variety of things that build our energy levels up to maximum levels.

smart people that carry very stressful loads always make sure that they have lots of great ways to keep themselves healthy and happy. they give to THEMSELVES FIRST before giving to others.
jennielouises
jennielouises
Have tried counselling, cbt, hypnosis, medication! maybe exercise?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Jeez, I wish I knew the answer. I know when I am exercising regularly and eating well I feel better. I just am having a hard time getting motivated lately.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Wat did you think of hypnosis Jennilou? How many session s had you ? Did it change you anybit for the good ? Sorry for all the questions x
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hello jennylou! I've experienced the same you are feeling right now. And I'm trying to do the things I learned from a book I'm reading on how to combat stress and I felt it working... The very first thing you do in every situation when you freak out is to relax and think about the activity that makes you stressed out. Why do you feel stressed? Are you afraid because you did not do anything about it or you donot have control over it. If the reason is the first one, you have to do something about it before its going to happen again if you donot have control over it then there is no reason to freak out. You are just making yourself miserable. You have to love yourself by taking good care of yourself. Make a journal of the time, the stress symptoms like headache, back pain and so on then write down the activity that causes this stress symptoms then write on the opposite the things you need to do to avoid this stress symptoms from occuring like talking positive things to yourself or if you have control then write down wake up early to avoid being late for example.This is to track down the reasons why you feel this things then write all the positive things you have to say to yourself in case you freak out again in the future like "Relax, its not your fault! you donot have control over it" or "Things will work out fine jennylou so take your time!". You must say this aloud to yourself for it to sink in and help you feel the effect. I'm doing this and its working for me. I hope it will work out fine for you too...