spiraling thoughts

[augustine02]

hi everyone, i just want some advice on how to stop the scary and spiraling thoughts. i have anxiety so bad. my legs and my hands shake so much. i have scary thoughts about having different mental illnesses & i will try to convince myself i do. even though i know i don’t. it feels so scary & real when i think of it. please help

[Downinil]

I’ve experienced the symptoms of anxiety that you described. I have found guided meditation on YouTube or Calm helps me refocus. Deep breathing, I take a deep inhale for a count of four, hold a count of four and exhale a count of four. I repeat for a total of four times. I hope this helps you as well.

[brendonkellyrox]

i feel ya i use music and YouTube to take my mind off of the bad stuff im thinking hope this helps💙

[Noodlecatpiano]

hello augustine02,

Thank you for sharing. I think I felt like that when I was young. I was concerned too so I asked my parent for help. I got so much help. (I guess I would recommend that because I am happy now.) I also found out much later there were physical reasons why I was struggling but no one knew what they were at the time. The reason I asked for help was from a health class volunteer for suicide prevention. I had no idea. I wish I knew the concept not to worry so much because it will pass and also what was wrong can be helped with healthy foods and things like rest and not talking to toxic people, and it’s okay to have thoughts as long as you don’t act on them and they will pass. I have a really long attention span so it was pretty hard but it did. Medication helped that for me (to not think) and even diagnoses can pass or morph given enough time and I believe health and happiness are possible. So don’t worry too much about people calling you names. That’s how they figure out things, I think. Hope that helps.