Physical effects of Anxiety in the Body

[does-the-NHS-work]

Hey, Has anyone learnt coping strategies to supress anxiety in the body?

I attach a link that explains the symptoms:

healthyplace.com/blogs/anxi...

[Arymretep]

I find deep breathing very helpful when. I Start to get anxious.

[Hidden]

I am getting severe night terrors and panic attacks I'm always anxious and with the fibromyalgia on top it makes things 100 x worse very interesting source ...x

[sauc in reply to Hidden]

Night terrors and panic attacks sound like serious issues that need medical attention. I hope you are taking doctor's advice and medications. For long time, I didn't seek medical attention and tried to explain it away without realising I had anxiety problems. But from personal and family experience, the medications do work even if it takes a few weeks for them yo start having effect sometimes.

[Hidden in reply to sauc]

When u say serious medical attention can j ask what u may be assuming ?

[sauc in reply to Hidden]

I am assuming you may be in similar state as me when I was in grad school but chose to ignore my panic attacks and anxiety. I used to wake up in the night around 3-4 am really scared, without knowing what scared me. After a few years I started seeing neurologists, still do. Followed their medication and advice for years now and feeling better.

[Hidden in reply to sauc]

Thank u did u sweat cold ??I have bpd and take meds low doses but they don't seem to be helping !!!xxx

[sauc in reply to Hidden]

I was probably not so cold because I always used to keep room temperature on warmer sode. But I remember sweating a lot and feeling breathless when I used to wake up. And felt vert thirsty right away.

[Hidden in reply to sauc]

Thank u I think its all stress x

[Cat00]

Depends what your actual anxiety symptoms are. I have panic attacks, something left over from a big nervous breakdown 10 years ago. If I realize I'm shallow breathing, which is common with me, I endeavour to make my outbreathes as long as possible to flush the co2 out of my system before it makes me light headed.

I try and find somewhere light and expansive where I can see the horizon, it calms me down. Equally being in nature calms me too but obviously you get always just leave where you are.

Exercise really helps, inputting different physical stimulus that stops me fixating on the physical symptoms of anxiety.

I tried mindfullness and meditation for years, I build up to the point I was doing up to 2 hours a day. Trouble is I always hated it, it always felt like a chore and having to do it made me stressed, my pain levels would always go through the roof during it. So not for me really, doing mindfullness in an anxious way isn't very helpfull!

[does-the-NHS-work in reply to Cat00]

Great feedback, like your coping mechanisms, funny as it is my go to is medication, one man's poison is another's treat!

It is the breathing that I have found so effective over the years and I seem to have now adopted the breathing mechanism automatically, - especially at night time, so if I wake with the dreaded pain, I can mostly fix it with the breath again.

I know what you are saying about the time, at times I feel that some meditation is two long, and almost frustrating, depends on the day.

I have a couple of short meditations sessions, 10 mins max, there are 5 in the series a morning one to set your day, here is another in the series for anyone interested.

youtube.com/watch?v=j7d5Pla...(Not working as expected?)

[Cat00 in reply to does-the-NHS-work]

I was a practicing buddhist for about 10 years, the general trend was that men preferred meditation and women preferred wisdom, that was certainly true for me. Although I still use mindfullness of breathing when I'm very anxious.

[does-the-NHS-work in reply to Cat00]

That's Interesting.

[KimiJay]

It's may be good to let the anxiety out sometimes rather than supress it. Screams, tears and yelling extremely bad language, perhaps into a pillow though, are not the only way but can help let massive tensions out. - In the middle of the night I usually talk to a particular 'Energy' I think of as outside myself, and also do deep breathing - This is besides a massive amount of complaining to the thin, or listening, air about the physical, mental and emotional unfairness of fibro - Energy is very 'Quantum' these days and I have experienced the odd surprising sense of resolution of particularly disturbing thoughts and feelings that may have plagued me for decades. I may still take a theanine and lemon balm though. You just can't have enough calm, can you? - Wood Betony is a good herbal tea for calming down too and you can take it in the day. It's nice, especially with d ribose in. - Years ago I bought my son a book on EFT - Emotional Freedom technique. He read it, also learned from a hypnotherapist how to do it professionally and taught me how to do it for myself. Practising this has often found things stuck in my system that I didn't know were in there. Probably doing this in the bleak, rather black early hours sometimes releases thoughts about things that might not have shown up at other times. Tapping through them can often spark off some kind of catharsis. - I've enjoyed inner journeying too with a properly qualified Shaman, plus drum. It can be quite the most extraordinary experience because that too can empower you with a feeling that you can cope in some strange way with all the rotten stuff. These are a few of my strategies because, sadly, I can't really do Prosecco or red wine like most other people I know! If you're looking though, you will surely find something that appeals and works for you. May it fall at your feet but not on them.

[does-the-NHS-work in reply to KimiJay]

Nice feedback thanks, I will check out wood betony tea sounds nice and the emotional freedom techniques, I have found over the years, the old saying don't run up the road to face your troubles" very true.

For me I agree, if something is making you unhappy, stop it! With that in mind and this came from my psychologist - the only thing I remember mind, stop the guilt and rumination about things you cannot control and think about the things you can and enjoy. This advise has helped me enormously to manage my anxiety, kind of empowers me with a satisfaction too.

I am not saying I have become selfish or Narcissistic, or at the very least this is not my intention but I am not as susceptible to events, people or situations.🙂

[KimiJay in reply to does-the-NHS-work]

Good! I'll stop doing housework immediately! - I am making a serious attempt to clear quite a lot of the stuff in my house with the promise that it will be better in the long run. But you are so right, because I am running up that road. Helpful in the current situation. Thanks. Jo

[Gigimama]

Hello, Have you considered looking into Cognitive Behaviour Therapy? It is set up to help one discover what triggers anxiety and trains our brain to react in a better and different way to it. The therapy also helps one to heal traumas that we’re experienced which can also trigger anxiety symptoms. I am starting CBT with a clinician and am turning 70 at the end of May! I figured it’s never too late to try something new!! And I want to heal old “wounds.” All the best to you 🙂🇨🇦

[does-the-NHS-work in reply to Gigimama]

Thanks Gigimama, that's great advice, never to late to learn, - it is sometimes tough, as I do find old habits hard to bury however. More practice!