If your anxiety is running your life....

[Sunshine425]

I have been feeling so much better and stronger. My anxiety is still so present in my life. Ive been getting anxiety attacks again. Im just glad the difference between the past and now is Im able to break free a lot faster. Little by little training my brain that I am in control! Breathing exercises have helped. I believe deep breathing and only focusing on breathing truly can help many of us. I had an anxiety attack in public yesterday. So many people around me and I must have looked like I was crazy! A little embaressing... But I needed that immediate relief. I felt like I was going to cry.. or collapse. So I breathed deep a bunch then got my phone out to call my mom as a distraction. And I got through it. I survived. And Im here writing about it now. If anxiety/panick is new to you dont let fear take over... as you WILL survive. Im a looong time GAD sufferer. It can get better, dont lose hope. ☀️

[Icanbeathis2016]

Thank you for the encouragement. And so glad you combated that anxiety attack the way you did. I'm sure that should give you the confidence and bit of good momentum moving forward should it come around again.

I too am a long time GAD and health anxiety sufferer and had many panic and anxiety attacks. And I tell ya, even after a few years under my belt, some times those attacks just feel like new and like it's a first time experience every time. But i will say that I've learned to atleast carry on with my day a little better. Before i would be defeated my entire day and then it carried on into the next day and before i knew it, i was back in an abyss of bad days trying to fight my way back.

I'm sure you understand. I'm glad you see some sunshine after the rain. 😊

Wishing us the best

[Sunshine425 in reply to Icanbeathis2016]

Thank you! And I love your username. We can beat this😊 some days are easier than others. Sometimes im feeling blue. But I finally started being able to cope. And handle things I never could before. Some moments I feel like Im on top of the world. In all my adult years I never knew what happiness was. And I can say with confidence I figured it out. I just needed to mature. Water myself with positivity and I grew.🌻 itll never be perfect but it will be a beautiful journey.

[Icanbeathis2016 in reply to Sunshine425]

I totally can understand that. Some days will be much better than others. I've definitely had days that I felt like I was my old self; motivated, determined, and just ready to move forward. Then bam! Could be the very next day I'm back to the what ifs. I know for me its definitely a journey to persue happiness and a peace of mind. And this anxiety has taught me a lesson about perspective on things and I'm glad it did. I'm not the person I used to be and that's a good thing.

And yes, what a beautiful journey....😊

[TrustnGod]

Thank you for the encouragement dreamer. I needed this because goodness my anxiety attacks are so debilitating and I always just encourage them! I saw an OBGYN who once told me that a professor from Yale who studied breathing and it’s effects on the body told her that a lot of the times our problems and random symptoms associated with anxiety are a result of our respiration rates being off. Crazy stuff.

~Lia

[Dolphin14]

It's so true Dreamer. We have to retrain and refocus the brain.

Once we master that our life is so different.

I'm sorry you experienced the public panic, it is scary. But you got through it

I used to be so afraid of those public episodes. Now I just tell myself worse case scenario someone calls an ambulance.

Years ago I would have been mortified thinking like this. But, now I just look at it as part of the plan to have control over my situation.

During panic there is definitely a need to breath, distract, and have a plan. Reaching out to someone on the phone is a great way to calm down.

[hippieebbbz09]

Hi! I’m so glad that you have success in managing GAD to where it doesn’t ruin your livelihood anymore. I need advice. I currently have the ridiculously habit of mouth-breathing ...how do I break it ? Any advice, if you know..? I need links....anything.