Facing my anxiety (semi-successfully)

[ecologylover28]

Yesterday I was able to go to a concert that I’ve been looking forward to for a long time. I was worried because I have recently developed a lot of health related anxiety (like fear of passing out/throwing up/choking) when I go to events, but I was able to fight through it yesterday! I did not get to enjoy the concert as much as I liked, but I was proud of myself for staying the whole time. I’m hoping that because I stayed the whole time and nothing bad happened that I’ll slowly be able to enjoy events more, but I guess we’ll see!

[OB73]

health anxiety is no joke...smh 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾glad u stayed we fighting with you

[ecologylover28 in reply to OB73]

thank you! Everyone’s support means a lot to me!

[just_keep_swimming]

that’s great ! Glad you were able to enjoy some of the concert and may be slowly able to go to more things in the future .

[Hidden]

That's great that you were able to stay for the entire show. You may not have enjoyed yourself fully but it's a strong start. I love going to concerts and find that it's a great distraction for me. Hopefully your next concert you'll be able to enjoy it a lot more

[ecologylover28 in reply to Hidden]

thank you! In the past concerts were an escape for me so I’m slowly trying to get back to that

[Krn210]

Good job!!! ❤️❤️

[benmaise]

Well done.

[Arymretep]

Well done 👍

[Agora1]

Anytime we try, that's a success

Happy to have you here on this amazing site xx

[RayannAbbey]

well done ✅ what an achievement

[Babe1213]

ecologylover28 - well done. I understand how you might have been feeling, I am a Christian Minister and often preach, I always get the nerves going, nausea/fainting/choking. I used to make myself talk faster to get it all over quicker - nowadays after years of experience, I manage to speak much slower, clearer, and more concise. I got in such a pickle a while ago, I was officiating at a funeral and fell over - I weighed at the time about 220 lbs. All the mourners looked at me then at each other. I managed to pick myself up and (wanting to run) continued and all went very well. Afterwards as the mourners were leaving, I was still feeling that I had let them down - several asked if I was okay, one guy gave an uneasy smile, I told him, 'I'm fine thankyou, but please don't ask for an action replay!' That sort of broke the ice for all. I had many letters later telling me I had 'smashed it.' Being an old fogey, I didn't realise that meant I had done really well. It might help to take a few moments of silence before you perform, then try and relax.

[designguy]

Good for you you're making progress. The way to heal anxiety is to accept that anxiety is a liar and it's role was to protect you but you are now an adult and no longer need protecting. Learning to be ok with the uncomfortable sensation is key. You might check out the DARE Anxiety book and youtube videos for a good way of dealing with it, it helped me recover.

[Midori]

That's the way to do it! Make yourself stay. Maybe you won't enjoy it much first time out, but it will get easier each time.

Well done!

Cheers, Midori