Everything done faster than the normal person?

[Layla321]

Doss anxiety make you do things faster? I have been told many times, I walk fast I talk fast I eat fast... I will be in the middle of watching a movie in the Cinemas than I will whisper to my husband “ can we go lamp shopping after this” it is like my mind and body is always 100mph! It’s like I’m always thinking what’s next ? and I have been told many times “live in the moment” If work gives us a task today I will drop my bag at the door and straight on the lap top. My husband says you have that crazy look in your eyes and you get very chatty and nervous around people. I don’t see it. What I have noticed that I blink so much and when I close my eyes my eye lids are super fast. Even at my sisters wedding the makeup artist told me stop moving my eyes I said I’m not! They just do that. If I get a pound for every time I have heard “ just relax” I would be a millionaire! I want people to take me seriously but I think when I start talking faster and getting v nervous I’m not taken seriously. I am just curious is that any other anxious people act and behave like me?

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[HelloPanda23]

As a kid, I remember I used to talk very quickly and a lot. I also had issues with my eyes, like I'd blink way too much, and etc. I do have anxiety, and it's taken a toll on me recently. I'm getting much better, but it's taking time. I usually think in the moment, and not as much about the future anymore. The only time I think of the future is when I think how long it will take my symptoms to go away.

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Come to think of it yeh you’ve got a good point here.

In some things I’m similar.

Also if I am finished and out for dinner I can’t hang around or in shops I’m wanting to go when I’m finished hate waiting round for others.

It’s made me think, maybe subconsciously why it feels easier to do some things alone..and at my own pace...🤔

Thanks for sharing xx

[Agora1]

I use to be like that as well Layla321. Time and working on myself has made me realize that my behavior was feeding into my anxiety. I mean, who talks to people and then feels like they are going to pass out. Talking is a way of communicating and shouldn't be stressful in a friendly situation.

Why was I different then others? It got so bad at one time that I started avoiding meeting people in the store or on the street or evening talking on the phone. It wasn't social anxiety because I had always done well with groups of people and even standing up before a group and speaking. My confidence in myself was there but somehow, physically something wasn't right. Doctors couldn't find a physical cause and therapy didn't really address it and so I was on my own quest to figure this out.

Lo and behold, it boiled down to my not breathing properly. My speech pattern wanted to keep up with my mind going 100mph and I couldn't do that w/o holding my breath so I could get all the words out. lol I hated lulls in the conversation and somehow felt I was the person that had to keep the conversation going. I was a mess physically with my b/p going up and feeling breathless and the people that I was talking with didn't have a chance to intervene.

I bless the day that I turned to YouTube and found the key through "Sinking & Slowing Breathing Meditation" by the Quiet Mind Café. There were so many audio videos that it wasn't difficult to find those that worked for me. After 5 years of being house bound with Agoraphobia, I used my well practiced deep breathing to get out of the house, to drive again and to go into stores. I was back in control. My deep breathing was my new companion, my deep breathing allowed me to listen to what others had to say and not feel that it was left up to me. What a difference it's made in my life.

Of course accepting that anxiety is nothing but a mind game played an important part in the healing process. But together, I won this mind challenge. And you can too Layla. Breathe xx

[Francesca61]

Hi, yes my mind races sometimes thinking of all the things I need to get done. I used to love the feeling of adrenaline but now it scares the heck out of me. I still do walk fast, talk fast but catch myself and say "slow down."

Rushing around driving the kids to two different schools, taking care of my parents and working part time caused me to have panic attacks and some agoraphobia for a long while.

Dr. Claire Weekes CD helped me so much.

We need to stop and smell the roses as the saying goes!🌹🌹