Anxiety

[Kimbad1990]

I think I just want to hear someone say - this is normal , this is okay… I have always suffered from health anxiety but in the past few years it’s more of a generalised anxiety. I find it hard to explain because it’s not a “thought” that triggers my anxiety but sensations. Does anyone else feel that? A strange sensation triggers thoughts of “oh I feel weird , I don’t like that, I don’t feel here, I need to escape” to suddenly I’m in full on anxiety and feel like I need to flee. This can happen even when lying in bed. I have tried CBT therapy online but I struggle with it because it’s a sensation rather than a thought that triggers me. I have also tried ACT therapy but this didn’t help. Is it normal to randomly feel an “odd sensation” and then suddenly be full of anxiety?

[IncognitoC]

This is something that I have too, might be a different sensation but ultimately it’s the same thing. I get like butterflies and a knitting feeling in my chest and my legs feel very strange. In certain situations I just need to get out, get away avoid being put in to whatever it is.

[mizzou7016]

absolutely it is....the trick is to keep fighting through it...my emotions always get heightened...especially when i am getting ready for work....it can be pretty scary....just keep working through it....you will make it

[Beevee]

Hi. Accepting those sensations and not adding more stress when they do come ("oh, I dont like that" "I need to escape!") is key to overcoming anxiety. Allow them to come and do nothing to change it. The same applies to all anxiety symptoms including those pesky intrusive thoughts. It is our fear or intense dislike of the symptoms that keep people trapped in the fear-adrenalin-fear cycle.

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[PNIAuthor60]

Are you aware that anxiety is also felt physiologically as you describe? Anxiety is felt in the body as well - medicalnewstoday.com/articl... as described in the text of Bessel van der Kolk in his amazing book for therapists entitled THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE - hope the information will help you understand the sensations and be able to discuss them with your support staff or therapist.