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...
I have noticed recently that when I feel an attack coming that I pat myself like you would a baby. Soft and steady. I remember doing this after surgery cause I would feel anxious going to sleep because of the anesthesia. Does anyone else do this? I had to tonight feeling apprehensive and stuck. I coupled it with deep breathing as well.
Also, do any of you tense your bodies up and not notice until it starts to get uncomfortable?
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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First, I hope everyone is doing well, and continuing to fight that good fight! Keep up the great work on yourselves; I'm rooting for all of you!So, I started doing therapy at the beginning of the year, when I was in my most depressed state, but with my therapist, I made big changes and steps in the right direction. But, over a month ago, she couldn't take my insurance anymore, and I had to stop...
Yes, I tense up allot. When those same therapists first started pointing out that I was doing it, I was clenching to the point of doing physical damage to my tendons, colon, teeth, etc., without ever noticing it. Building my awareness of it was a turning point in my therapy. Yes, I use my tactile grounding exercises to help me get past it. I am quite proud of the fact that I notice the pain attached much, much quicker than I used to.