Dear Anxiety.......

[SpiritualT]

Dear Spiritual T

This is your Brain/Body speaking. I am writing to let you know that you are not in any danger, in fact all that I have been doing for the last 8 years is constantly protect you. Initially all the worrying that you were doing sent a message to me that you was in danger. I then raised the alarm and sent a message to the body to release the hormones in order to protect you from this danger. The message I have continually got from you over the last few years is that you were then scared of the bodily symptoms that the stress hormones caused, but in fact you have been wrong to have been frightened of these sensations because they are a protection mechanism built into your body to protect you when you are in danger, they are meant to feel uncomfortable to make you act on the perceived danger. But how could I know any different when you are continually telling me that you are in danger and are going to die? I do not know the difference between a real danger and a perceived danger, It is my job after all to protect you.

The thing now though Spiritual T is this, over the last few years you are continually sending me a message that you are frightened or that the bodily sensation you are having is a heart attack or a stroke or a brain tumor, or stomach cancer or sepsis or some other fatal disease and that you are dying. So as your trusted protection mechanism I have continually kept raising the alarm to try and help you act in these perceived dangerous situations.

I am tired and worn out day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year I have protected you and kept raising the alarm and flooding your body with the relevant stress hormones in order to help you. I have also been keeping a constant lookout when you cross the road and a car comes hurtling towards you. I am on constant alert.

Would you be so kind as to try and understand this message, when you are feeling the effects of the stress hormones in your body (as they stick around for some time after I raise the alarm) try and not be scared of them, see them for what they are, let them be there if they want to be (acceptance) all the while knowing deep in your heart they are uncomfortable but not dangerous. The will flash from time to time (Dr Claire Weekes 1st Fear) but if you continually keep being frightened of them with the 'oh no what is this sensation I am going to die' (Dr Claire Weekes 2nd Fear) I will have no choice but to keep raising the alarm as this is my job and I am here to protect you as best as I can.

I would be grateful if you could try and practice this then maybe I can have a little rest and not be continually raising my alarms 24 hours a day.

Love

Your Tired Worn out Brain

[Rosiemarie82]

♡ yes

[Littleone88]

Love this. Thank you!

[Icanbeathis2016]

Thank you 💕

[Cbarnes2306]

Everything described there is exactly how I feel. Thank you

[Cat33 in reply to Cbarnes2306]

Me too x

[Cat33]

Thank you for this brilliant post it's so well written

I'm a big fan of Dr Claire Weekes too

[jessiejakes]

Thankyou I really needed this reminder today as I'm traveling by train to London and feeling a nervous wreck can't eat couldn't sleep last night was having hot flushes and feeling all the above I will keep reading this on the train later .my son is meeting me in London so I know I will be ok .

[jessiejakes]

Thankyou so much the sun is shinning and I'm off in few hours will keep reading it on my journey I can do it

[SpiritualT]

You can do it. I’m not having the best day today but it’s practice. Worrying never makes anything better

[jessiejakes in reply to SpiritualT]

Sorry to hear you not having a good day hope you feel better later ,we just got to tell ourselves it's our body's overreacting and we will get through it

[SpiritualT in reply to jessiejakes]

Absolutely! Our bodies are so sensitised we get lots of different symptoms. If we left those symptoms to play out they would dissolve in time, what we do is continually worry about them and think they are something more sinister thereby creating more fear and anxiety and what does that create? More symptoms. It’s a cycle we need to break. Simple explanation but not easy.

[lofeoutthere in reply to SpiritualT]

What about symptoms besides the normal heart racing, pains etc. what about weird brain sensations, someone comes to my house to even talk to me and I have a weird uneasy feeling ljke I’m dying. Being in a store wirh bright lights...forget it, I start literally shutting down and feels ljke my brain will seize I can’t concentrate or think. Also think brain fog ljke my brain is wrapped right with something and even moving my head feels fuzzy, foggy dizzy. Can that be anxiety?

[Ragdoll15 in reply to lofeoutthere]

I am with you on this. I have all these awful sensations, so scary!

[SpiritualT]

Course! There are so many different symptoms with anxiety, I have been to the A&E department so many times it’s untrue! If you have been checked by a Doctor and they tell you it’s anxiety, you need to believe that and practice acceptance.

[autumnthebrat2]

I can't believe anxiety would cause my tinnitus, but great post.

[SpiritualT in reply to autumnthebrat2]

Tinnitus can be caused or exacerbated by stress, but go get it checked by a Doctor

[teemo1]

Love this!