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...
The attack i had last week on saturday, It was bad.. Yeah, so bad that it set up a trigger in my mind to react a certain way to certain feelings and situations.. But i've had bad panic attacks in the past.. One time i had one when i was having a sleep over that was horrible, I had the whole deal, shaking and everything.. I did have a bit of trouble eating but i never once felt like i needed to use the toilet or have a bowel movement... Every single panic attack no matter how bad it got, I got through it and it didn't leave me with a distinct pattern of negative thoughts and panic/fear that I felt i couldn't break out of.. Why is the one i had last week so potent, so strong that i can't force myself to remember every other panic attack i had never had me reeling from it?
Anyone have this experience before? Can anyone help me?
I just started drinking green tea, It has something called L-Theanine in it, Which calms the mind and lessens stress and anxiety.. It comes in capsule form too but people have said it's better to drink tea in moderation instead of taking the tablets/capsules. Mint tea is also really good in helping with a lot of things.
I'm just really confused about this.
Anyone have this experience before? Can anyone help me?
I just started drinking green tea, It has something called L-Theanine in it, Which calms the mind and lessens stress and anxiety.. It comes in capsule form too but people have said it's better to drink tea in moderation instead of taking the tablets/capsules. Mint tea is also really good in helping with a lot of things.
I'm just really confused about this.
Don't worry.. its a normal feeling, i felt exactly the same way and still do. When i have horrible panic attacks i feel as if im taking a step backwards.
A few years back my anxiety got so bad that I couldn't leave my house. When I forced myself to leave because I absolutely needed food, I couldn't look people in the eye or even converse with them. The panic attacks got so bad once I thought I was having a heart attack and ems was called.
I'll be honest...diet and exercise helped a lot...but ultimately it was spiritual exploration that helped me overcome the anxiety.
Your post made me think that you might have had such a strong reaction because of additional anxiety over having panic attacks. I think I heard or read somewhere how we can make the panic attack worse by worrying about it. Fear feeds on itself, you know? Your status says it all.
I've been really getting into traditional chinese medicine and eastern philosophies which view anxiety not as a physical problem but as a thinking problem. I think our western culture trains us to think in ways that are unhealthy...
I really like this explanation of anxiety:
http://www.tcmworld.org/heal_with_tcm/anxiety/
Looking at it this way empowers me to make changes and get rid of the anxiety of the moment. I'm an anxious person...I'm gonna react this way and so I learn to deal with it in a positive way.
You can too. I wouldn't worry about the physical reactions or be afraid of them. It's just your body's way of communicating what it needs.