Acceptance

[aspeers22]

I’ve been reading something’s lately about anxiety and I keep hearing that you are supposed to pretty much accept and let the anxiety attack happen in the moment instead of fighting it. Fighting it makes it worse. How do you accept it exactly? Like what do you tell yourself?

[Krn210]

For me I tell myself it’s ok. You’ve experienced this sensation or thought pattern before. It’s just temporary. Then I remind myself that thoughts are just thoughts and not facts. Other times I get mad and think fine just pass out, I don’t care anymore lol. Sounds horrible, but seriously I get so sick of it.

[aspeers22 in reply to Krn210]

Lately when I get a panic attack it lingers the whole day because I just think about the feeling when it’s at its highest. Sometimes it will be a couple days that I’ll feel off

I get mad at it too! Like this morning I had one and I got to work and I said to myself out loud “are you fucking kidding me you weirdo” lol cause I started panicking over that slenderman thing...like okay 🙃

[Krn210 in reply to aspeers22]

Lol! I do the same thing. I’m like how long can you be scared of the same dang thing?! Get over it already. 😉

[HealthyHappySafe]

I have a mantra that I say out loud in the morning before I get out of bed. I tell myself I am heathy, happy and safe. And think of one thing I am thankful for. It helps me start the day off right.

I then constantly have to say this mantra throughout the day but when I feel myself getting panicky I tell myself I am safe over and over.

[Calm_mama]

This takes so much practice and a change in the way of thinking about what is happening. Acceptance goes something like this:

“My anxiety is doing exactly what it’s supposed to be doing- just better than most people’s.”

“My anxiety is misinterpreting things right now, but that’s ok. In time I will teach it. In time it will learn not to perceive so many things as a crisis. In time it won’t dream up so many scary ‘what ifs’ and scary thoughts”

“My anxiety learns best when I understand what it’s doing, consider its messages, but instead of letting it run the show, I use the logical, rational part of my mind to make decisions and move forward with things.”

“I understand my anxiety and all that it brings so well (the scary thoughts, the trembling, dizziness, palpitations, shortness of breath, nausea, sweating, etc etc) that I accept it for what it is and move forward despite it”

“My anxiety triggers some chemicals to be released in my system-these are normal, harmless chemicals and the effects cannot hurt me. These effects no longer confuse and bewilder me. I accept my better-than-average anxiety and I accept all the catastrophic thinking and I accept all the harmless sensations and feelings it brings”

With practice in both a change in the way we think about anxiety and practice living life and doing normal things despite anxiety, it will slowly but surely start to settle down.

This is acceptance as I see it. And it works. Big hugs. I know how scary it all is.

[aspeers22 in reply to Calm_mama]

Thank you so much

[Hidden in reply to Calm_mama]

What an amazing way to look at it, quite inspiring thank you so much.