The anxiety is so bad, it creates a scared, terror of impending doom feeling, inside my chest, It’s the worst feeling you can ever imagine and
You can’t turn it off,
I’m so scared,
I try breathing exercises,
I write things down
I have a therapist I talk to
But it doesn’t help
does anybody know
Any better way to start healing And getting better
I have felt this bad before i drink lavender tea and it calms me down
Thank you I will pick some up
Nothing helps me unless I take Xanax. The breathing exercises do nothing for me.😔
Me too
To understand what is happening first you have to understand yourself. And a little of how your nervous system works under stress.
You have been ill awhile and this has slowly ground you down. You are nervously exhausted, when did you last have a good night's sleep? So essential for returning to good mental health.
Exhausted nerves are made worse by the fear hormones you release every time you opt for the worst case scenario for all your symptoms.
But there is no worst case scenario for you, it's your over sensitive nerves that exaggerate everything making everything seem ten times worse.
No doom awaits you, no serious accident, no terminal illness, nothing at all like that. It's all a product of a vivid imagination magnified many times over by those sensitised nerves.
You are in no danger, you will recover your quiet mind, the power of anxiety is limited. Anxiety will not kill you. It will not disable you. It will not reduce you to a gibbering wreck. Many people have passed through this forum on the way to recovery. Not one of them ever gibbered.😊.
But I know that merely telling you this is not enough to bring about your recovery. Because there is that big question that needs to be addressed first: the thing that over time has brought you low with unendurable anxiety. This may be over work, a toxic relationship, grief, loss, guilt, diasappointment - only you know what caused your illness.
This unhappiness must be faced and overcome even if it means ruthless action on your part. If you aren't sure how then confide in the wisest person you know, the wisest person you can trust, and seek their good counsel.
May I suggest.
Do not add second fear to the flash of first fear. Fear is the enemy even though you have nothing to fear.
Do not fight your illness because fighting creates more tension and stress.
Get 9 hours sleep every night to recharge your batteries for the day ahead.
Accept the bad feelings feerlessly now that you know they are paper tigers without the power to do physical harm. But accept them only for the moment.
Do not look for instant solutions, they don't exist, be prepared to let time pass.
Get to know the method for recovery devised by "the woman who cracked the anxiety code" - Claire Weekes. Google the name of her first book, obtain a copy and read it once, twice, three times until you know how to respond to your bad feelings by instinct. Maybe the last thing you feel like doing right now is read a book but it's a short book and it's all about you.
Very quickly Claire Weekes' method, as explained in that first book, will give you Hope. Something you may have sought in vain so far. Next it will set out in simple terms the path you can take for full recovery.
I wish you God's speed towards that end.
Thank you very much Jeff for taking the time and effort into your response, you did make me feel like somebody may understand
I will look at Claire weeks,
"Hope and help for your nerves" by Doctor Claire Weekes, available for a few dollars new or used on Amazon and Ebay.
L,
I agree with Jeff, with two additional experiences..
I also have had that Horrible beyond description Pain in my chest, that will Not go Away !! What a way to Feel !!!
It feels like when forced to do public speaking in school when already are painfully shy due to extreme emotional neglect at home..
Second experience is learning that the intense fear is out of all the past Painful experiences you have already been through.
There's a Whole lot More to it than this,
but it's best to learn only one thing at a time, because it's all so very complicated..
If I wasn't a computer programming geek that applied my abilities to intensly study things without any limit to my efforts, I could never have come to the understandings that I have...
So you all Know, the Catman has a few enemies here. I'll say no more about that than this...
Chris
Catman
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Hey guys, you're not going to believe this, Not on HU, but I actually got Another ex-Girlfriend with the daily unwanted phone calls.. She said I am not your ex- girlfriend..
She's right, only she's calling me 3 times more...
What you all think ???
Catman
🐾
I'm listening to Girls Just Want to Have Fun, by Cindi Lauper
😜
She called me twice today guys --
Don't Come Around Here No More -
by Tom Petty
Catman
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Catman is talking to her boss today that these phone calls are ending now.
You all should of heard how Happy she sounded, to Annoy me Twice, in One day...
Just talked to her boss.
Don't like the guy.
He won't help.
Said that's
up to me.
Catman
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Folks, it's like this for all of us.
People just won't help with the big things. So it's all up to me and you..
Will keep you posted on this girl ...
Chris
Jim Croce -
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Bad Bad Catman22
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