I hate anxiety

[Msteacher]

I had some water go down the wrong tube and now I'm worried I'm going to dry drown. Ugh, how stupid.

[Downandout123]

Please stop worrying. I'm sure this has happened many times to you, as it has to me, and nothing serious ever happened, except for it being a little uncomfortable at the time. I personally have NEVER heard of anyone dry drowning. I'm sure you will be just fine! 😊

[Msteacher in reply to Downandout123]

I made the mistake of looking up symptoms which I know better than to do. 🤦 It happened at 6:30. My throat hurts still and I cough a little which is keeping the anxiety teetering on the edge.

[saracar]

Even anxious thoughts that are possible are still just that anxious thoughts. The thought is not you. It is something that happens to you.

Try distracting by another thought or maybe a visualization. Someone said balloons. I just kind of think of it as mentally leaving that part of my brain. I kind of find that there are areas in my brain where peace exists. Also, I think the reason breath exercises work is because calming my body calms my brain.

[Downandout123]

Ok. I can understand why that has you anxious. Do you have cough drops? I'm still sure it isn't anything serious.

[2LoveU615]

That sounds like a joke, which laughter is powerful medicine and almost free (some comedians you wish you could send a bill, lol ). "dry drowning", good one!

"I don't get any respect. I told my son to go to his room and he told me to shut up! I don't get any respect." Rodney Dangerfield

Have a great day!

[Thetealharp in reply to 2LoveU615]

The ironic thing is that dry drowning is a thing lol

[Alaska17]

I totally understand that feeling, I had trouble taking pills and I felt like I choke on one, since that day I struggle eating because I think I’m going to suffocate it’s horrible, now I dread every meal of the day and it has caused me some panic attacks

[Msteacher in reply to Alaska17]

I'm so sorry. That's a horrible feeling. I just have to keep telling myself that I'm ok repeatedly. Then I have to go over the facts. What information I know to be true, and what info is me thinking about worst case scenarios. Then I have to let the worst case stuff go because I know they aren't happening.

[Alaska17 in reply to Msteacher]

Yes that’s a great advise, my therapist told me about that and it’s called thinking mistakes so I’m working on reprogramming those mistakes in the thought process that led me to catastrophic scenarios