Oh i hate thee. Why cant i just feel normal and not anxious. I woke up feeling good and happy and BAMM it just hit me out of no where. The anxious feeling all over my bidy the racing heart the cold hands. And no chest tightness. Oh why oh why must this be. Im so drained.
So hows everyone doing this morning???
Pretty much the same unfortunately but we must battle through it
This is no fun lol. Like why is what i always cry out
Oh this nasty ugly disease, it's such a challenge. Fight the good fight for you. Remember how special you are & hold onto your power. Breathe my friend. Love, peace, light, joy & hugs!
Thank you. I will keep fighting i know im strong.
Anxiety by its very nature does cause sudden problems like panic attacks! Way do you not think you are normal I've ask different doctors over the years what is normal but even they can't agree! Have to been to your doctor with this as it wouldn't do any harm to get a short term depression/anxiety and see if they help take care and all the best david 🙏
Ive seen my doctor ive had the meds and now im just drained.
Morning I’m so sorry to hear you’re suffering I experienced similar feelings. A few things that I have done is cut out caffeine, music with a fast beat, sugar and alcohol.
Caffeine, sugar and alcohol can mimic the feeling of anxiety.
When the feelings of anxiety come on take a few minutes to sit down close your eyes and deep breathe focus on your breathing to slow yourself down
You can beat it just need to be persistent
I know I can beat it thank you
Espinoza, I think you lost an important opportunity towards recovering from your anxiety this morning.
You woke up feeling fine and then your anxiety made itself felt and you did nothing. Except to ask the question Why should this be?
The answer to the question is Why shouldn't it be? Once your nervous system becomes sensitised by stress, worry, overwork, loss or disappointment it isn't going to go away unless you take control of your recovery. I may be completely wrong but there was no indication of your recovery plan in today's posting.
Everybody with anxiety and depression should be working closely with their doctor. One option is medication, you may already be trying this. Medication brings respite and that's important but it rarely brings cure. Once the medications stop the anxiety is still there.
Talking cures with a good psychiatrist or therapist have helped many to recover. Well worth engaging in therapy if you haven't already.
The reason I say you lost an opportunity this morning is because you responded to the arrival of the anxiety with negative reactions: disappointment, more stress and fear. This would release stress and fear hormones which maintain our nervous system in its over-sensitised state.
Many people talk about 'fighting' the symptoms of anxiety. But this doesn't help at all, quite the reverse, fighting causes tension and stress: the sort of things that sensitised your nerves in the first place. They need less not more of that.
When anxiety first struck this morning may I suggest that you might have simply accepted it for the moment without feeling disappointed or other negative reactions. Racing heart, cold hands and feeling anxiety all over isn't at all nice but it can't kill you, disable you or send you crazy. Anxiety may frighten bewildered victims half to death but its power is limited.
So I say again, if you had simply accepted it (for the time being) with the minimum of fear and disappointment you wouldn't have added to the sensitivity of your nerves. On the contrary you would begin the process of allowing your frazzled nerves to recover. You'll note that when I say 'accept' the bad symptoms I always add 'for the time being' as nobody is expecting you to just accept the bad feelings for ever. Only for long enough to allow your nerves to recover from the over sensitisation. This process of recovery through accepting our symptoms isn't a quick fix, it takes weeks rather than hours.
The Acceptance method for the recovery from anxiety and the depression that comes out of anxiety was first set out many years ago by Claire Weekes, an Australian psychiatrist who spent her whole life helping people to recover. If you go to YouTube and search for her by name you'll find two talks by her each lasting over an hour explaining what Acceptance involves. I commend these videos to you. I hope you will find it brings reassurance, an end to bewilderment and offers a sure road to recovery no matter how long or how deeply you have suffered..
Interesting I will look into this. And honestly it's hard for me to accept my anxiety. But I will try
I'm a little late to your post but I agree that overdoing caffeine really mimics anxiety. I can only do one cup a day. But hey, what is normal anyway? We all have a battle to fight. You have to try and look at things one day, even one hour or minute at a time. We can't control things (a huge part of anxiety) and we have to let go of that. That alone helps a lot. For me I imagine myself taking my wheelbarrow full of weight and anxiety and dumping those things at God's feet saying, "here ya go, I can't handle it!" and then trying to remember I left it there and can't do anymore than that. I pray you find just what you need to help you through those tough moments.
Thank you. And yes I've left it at Gods feet but I need to stop going back to pick them back up.
Of course! Me, too! All the time. You just keep unloading whenever you realize it.
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