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So much tension, anxiety. My head will explode

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Constant anxiety. No rest. Constant danger. Surval mode. No happiness or at least calm. Head veins tense. My brain feels like mincemeat. I can't proceed information

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Celtic27

sorry to see your struggling with your anxiety isit a on going problem and do you know what triggers it ! Have you been to your doctor as it would help you get better ! All the best and good luck

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These last 2 years my anxiety got really bad. It all went down when dad had a baby and mom was abusive. Rn im home, i ran away from university because my roommate was bullying me, and im stressed about being home, about when to go back to university, about moving out, about my family. My doctor told me to go to therapy, i had phone therapy today, told my therapist im losing it and she did nothing. And i kept on having this tension. It's ruining me

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RayannAbbey

hi x are you taking any meds at the min? Have you tried mindfulness?

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Hi. Yeah, i'm on medication and have tried mindfulness but it's too much recently

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what meds are you currently taking?

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Against_the_current in reply toRayannAbbey

Sertriline, levid and Clonasepam

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do you find they help?

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I think so

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how long have you been on sertraline for?

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Years. Maybe 4

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what dosage?

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100mg

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do you have lots of support around you?

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I don't have any support

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do you have access to a counsellor at all?

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I have phone therapy but i feel like it makes it worse. I have access to a councelour in the other city but she's mostly busy and takes me like twice a month and doesn't help out of session

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have you tried you tube etc for help with cbt etc

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I have. Tried everything

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how do you occupy yourself ?

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Well i can't concentrate because of anxiety. I'm a psychology student, try to study, brain fog comes. (yeah, i know it sounds weird to be a psychology student and to be so lost). Try to read and write. All week wanted to draw but couldn't. Music, videogames and memes help short-time distract me

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l totally get it x always here if you need a chat x can you talk to your lecturers at all

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Thanks. I can't, they know im struggling but they don't care

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I’m sorry to hear that x hear if you need a chat x

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SilvaM

Anxiety yes is what you tough, but try into your body feeling where the anxiety is, put or hand on your chest head arm whatever is you feeling and be there for you! Anxiety is an alarm of your body. It means your separate from yourself for various traumas you could’ve had in your childhood.

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Painfully true

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The biggest mistake we make in treating anxiety is believing it’s because of the thoughts in our mind.

What we refer to as “anxiety” is, at its core, a sense of ALARM from old childhood trauma stored in the body.

When we forget our innocence we begin Judging, Abandoning, Blaming and Shaming (JABS) ourselves which only exacerbates the alarm and then we can never escape the alarm-anxiety cycle. (Dr Russel Kennedy)

Next time you get anxious try to understand where is the alarm in you body. Is it in your chest your belly, where is it?

Put your hand there and parenting yourself! I’m here and don’t let you down… reconnecting with yourself .

Anxiety and alarm are made so much worse by two things: UNCERTAINTY and RESISTANCE

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It's painful. I don't understand why i deserved this childhood trauma and why is it still bugging me

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You don’t!

Why is it still bugging you?

Many of us with anxiety devalue ourselves.

We look after others' needs ahead of our own and often succumb to the stigma of being "anxious" or say "I have anxiety".

When we devalue ourselves like this, it makes it much harder to accept ourselves —and self acceptance is one of the cornerstones to healing...

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Again painful truth. I do do this

Best thing I can say to you is just try to take one day at a time. Don’t overthink or worry too much about the future. Live in the now. What can you do right now to make yourself feel better??? I am worried that in my future I might be homeless. I’ve been through a lot over the past three years. In some ways it has been frightening and traumatizing. However it’s also made me realize that I have to learn to depend on me. Don’t expect that much out of your Mom. It would be nice if her attitude would change and she’d stop drinking. That’s up to her. You need to live your life for you!!!!

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Thanks. I just need to be left to live day for day

Sorry you're there too. How do you cope?

That's amazing. I agree the best is being home alone. Music, tv, vids, everything that calms us down cames to town 😆

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