I feel weak minded.

[Dnel82]

As soon as I think I'm getting a hold of that concept of "let it be" and having a passive attitude towards my anxiety boom a minor panic attack. These episodes really bring me down. Makes me feel like I'm a weak minded person.

I dislike the fact that I'm so sensitized to trivial thoughts. Ugh this is so frustrating. I'm trying not to care and go about my business. These small episodes make me feel like I've made no progress. Anxiety is truly bullsh*t and a whole lotta nonsense.

I get it anxiety is trying to "protect" me. Sh*t anxiety stop trying to protect me so much.

[Beevee]

Rome wasn’t built in a day. Be patient with yourself. Recovery will come to you. If you are accepting but, on the other hand, complaining about the symptoms still being present, you are not genuinely accepting. But don’t be disheartened by this. Practice makes perfect.

It takes time to change your behaviour towards the symptoms. When you truly don’t care whether or not you are anxious and carry on with your day, you will be well on the road to recovery. You have only just begun that journey but you are on the way!

[Beevee in reply to Beevee]

Oh I forgot. You say you are weak minded person? Think again. You’ve had anxiety for 3 years. Every day, you have got up and faced the day ahead, probably full of dread and feelings of hopelessness. But you still did it. That isn’t weakness. That takes courage that those who have never been in your position could not even fathom. Don’t play that weakness card. It’s not in the hand you were dealt. Onwards and upwards.

[kevinloveslen]

Hello,

Thank you for sharing your life with us. I am sorry that you are going through such a tough time with anxiety and panic attacks. Do you think that this just merely anxiety or is it more like depressive disorder or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? The reason I ask is that most of the anxiety that I have is not here to “protect me”…that went out the window a long time ago. I have accumulated so much anxiety and stress over certain life events that severe depression has resulted along with PTSD. Both are super tough to deal with and negatively controlled my life until I decided to take my life back. I wish you the best and will be praying for you. It is not cool for anyone to have to live like this.

Blessings,

Kevin

[Dnel82 in reply to kevinloveslen]

May i ask how and what did you do to get your life back?

[kevinloveslen in reply to Dnel82]

Sure, I gave in and accepted Jesus Christ into my life. It may sound hoakie, but it has given me the freedom that medication, therapy, and many other treatments could not. I also read the Bible every day. I have always been into history, wisdom, management, and leadership literature, so the Bible just blew my mind! I am still praying for you.

[Gina-wen]

By 'trying' not to care you might be tiring yourself out...and when we're tired we feel weak...but you are not weak. You've fought with this anxiety for three years and that is a very long time - no wonder you're tired. A weak minded person wouldn't have got as far as you. For my own part, I stopped trying not to worry. When those thoughts entered my head I would say " Oh yeah, I recognise this thought-train...and I'm not getting on it!"...so I acknowledge that the thought is there...and then let it go. I use the thought -train analogy because it works for me. So if I start to have bad thoughts I will say "I have been on this particular thought train before and it goes nowhere pleasant and the view from the window is sh*t...so I'll take a different thought train and see where THAT one takes me...maybe somewhere a lot brighter!".....I'm not saying this works 100% of the time but it really helps. If you try to ignore these thoughts they just become 'the elephant in the room'...so instead choose to think different thoughts....it takes practice. xx