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...
Tomorrow I have an appointment to go and observe a student in a classroom. This is nothing new for me -done it many times over but I just get really anxious about this out of my routine thing. To help make this whole thing a little less anxious-filled, I've picked out my outfit for the morning, I have my plan for the observation, I've been doing soothing soft-talk to keep myself calm but I still feel real antsy and probably will continue to feel antsy until I'm actually there at the school. What are things that other people here do to calm themselves?
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I hate anticipation and waiting. Have not found a tip that works for me.
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Im exactly the same, i have to do presentations at big meetings every couple of months and the anticipation anxiety is the worst! I always seem to get through them ok though and no-one seems to notice i'm a gibbering wreck underneath my paradoxically calm facade. I just try and remind myself that I always manage it and that anxiety cannot actually harm me in any way (no matter how bad it feels!) If I was just asked to do it a few hours before that would be fine!
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
