I am not letting anxiety win. It's like I'm 14 again, constant anxiety and scared of everything. It has returned full circle again but worse than ever this time.
Today has been better since I suffered with an anxiety attack yesterday. I've been spending time with mother. I was fine until my heart suddenly started beating and I felt anxious. I often feel like I'm losing it and want to cry. I've been holding it back and saying its anxiety because it is, just hard to tell my mind that.
My mother is supportive and has been hugging me to try and remember me I'm not alone. My friends don't really bother to ask and my other family members don't understand. Since I keep to myself, I think to myself a lot and this isn't healthy as I panic more.
Does anyone have any advice to help stop attacks? I've tried breathing techniques but this hasn't really worked. Anything would be helpful.
Hey,
I know that the more you try to stop attacks the more powerful the are. The more I expected them to come the more they disappeared... There is logic in that lol
To help me when the panic attacks were new and crippling me, Self talk and self reassurance was too much for me to do so I downloaded an audio/mp3 to my phone which is a Dr who specialises in anxiety talking through the panic, explaining what's happening and calms me down. I thought it was fantastic and listened to it through my earphones whenever i needed. I've since downloaded a lot of her audios to listen to. There are probably hundreds of these things available and believe me I've tried most but these were my most favourite. Would you want to try this type of thing?
It's not ideal for long term because you don't really want to develop 'safe tactics', ideally you/We just need to bring the anxiety back to an appropriate level- becoming active when we are actually in need of being alert or in danger! But these audios helped as much as having a friend calming me during the worst of it.
Glad you feel better today xx