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...

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Where to start working on anxiety?

Edger
Edger
I have GAD, a negative attitude, worring about things that won't happen for a few weeks or a month. That something might go wrong, be difficult to deal with in the future situation.

Should I start reading positive attitude self help books first or anxiety books, or having gratitude books or read them all at the same time?

My biggest problem right now is worring about a couple of future events, and my general anxiety level has begun to increase again. I am on meds that help.

Barbara
missscales
missscales
Read the one with the prettiest picture on the cover! ;)

But seriously, I don't think it matters which one you choose first, as long as you start reading.

Crowd out that negative voice with what is being said in those books. Let the words sink in and consider that they might be true.

Good luck.
rskb3
rskb3
The first thing you need to do is to try to adopt the attitude of whatever happens, happens. Try just to live in the moment and not think about yesterday or tomorrow, just be in the now. When "What if" questions come into your head try to challenge them. Ex: what if I get sick while on vacation? Well, ask yourself, "is it really the end of the world if you get sick while on vacation?" I doesn't hurt to read up on positive thinking.
alexandratoto
alexandratoto
There is this book that could possibly help you. It helped me and it is a wonderful read. It is called adventures for you soul by gabrielle Bernstein
Restful
Restful
I love the advice from rskb3 about challenging your thoughts. For example I used to feel intense anxiety about losing my job. After awhile, I ended up resigning, which was the best decision ever because I landed a much less stressful job. I put too much emphasis on those thoughts and feelings of dread, when I should have just tried to live in the moment.
bridgie101
bridgie101
my philosophy is you get more out of entertaining yourself than educating yourself. Helping yourself have a good time, changing your emotional state not by navel-gazing but by doing something actually enjoyable.

I recommend comedy novels, farce, action - any books that are funny, or interesting, or divert you from your life. I recommend music of all kinds whenever you can, movies to distract you, walks to fulfil you, gardening, playing tennis... Things with people, and things that are fun.

I know for myself that when I have an anxiety episode lasting a few days that when I come out of it I don't think anything like what I think when I'm in it. So I have to distract myself while I process the chemicals. And the more entertaining the distraction, the better it works. Once the chemicals are processed I can go back to the issue and come up with a much better set of ideas.
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