Another day, another feeling.

[KayZad]

So today was a bit better. Posting here last night honestly helped a lot. It sure wasn’t the greatest day, but better than it’s been. It was a little hard to breath a few minutes ago, as I started thinking about things again, but after that things got better. I’m finally running again, so that should help. The person I wanted to help was helped, so I guess that works. I still can’t help but feel like I should’ve been able to do something. I tried talking to her again today, and had a small panic attack. I’m gonna try to talk to her tonight, but I’m already stressed about doing so. Stress is a big player in a lot of my current feelings and problems. I nearly snapped at someone again today because of anxiety. I can’t talk to anyone outside of here, so this really helps. Anyone know a tactic to calm down while you’re stressed?

[kenster1]

hi a good thing to do is to take yourself out the situation when you feel or see it arising just to gain your composure.

[NWGal]

Well my friend, there are many tools to help you work through stress - physical exercise is one of them so you have that nailed! Is there a hobby or some other joyful activity you could pursue when you're stressed? How about "belly breathing" which releases cortesol (the stress hormone). Joyful activities release serotonin and endorphins that help the brain reduce stress. Look at stress as a filling a big bucket. When the bucket gets full it starts to overflow - that's your stress reaction. In order to bring the stress reaction down we need to poke holes in the bucket. Use your stress release tools to bring down your stress reaction!