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Hi Just wondering how everyone is managing their anxiety?
I'm not sure whether I suffer from anxiety or not, but it doesn't matter what the label is.I seem to have the symptoms. I bounced from one pill, treatment then herb to the next and changed doctors etc , probably making things worse as my body/brain/nerves/symptoms fed off themselves in a spiral.
How I'm working my way out of whatever it is is at http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/1210260 post no.3 I think. On a day to day basis it's take it as it comes, but no dwelling on it nor giving in to its whims. If I think of the feelings of fear as a sensation in the head moving to tightness of the chest, down into gut wrenching fear, and loosenng of bowels then electrical pulses up and down my body, then cycling around again, I visualise it going the other way around and so on and letting it go.(As on example) After reading the book i mention i now also laugh at my symptoms and tell them 'stay there and be quiet or bugger off'. Then I think of what i need to get on with. This may be repeated a few times in as many minutes at first. Don't let your mind control you - take control of it. Sounds daft but very powerful.
Maybe whatever I have is part of my life's journey as a year ago I would have thought that anyone believing in stuff like Qi Gong healing and Reconnective healing were absolutely bonkers. Because of my illness and the NHS giving up on me, so me needing to either take the pills or sort myself out, I'm on a journey I would definitely not have taken. So - look on the positive side of life - no matter how difficult it is!
Oops - rambled on a bit.
Cheers.
Graham.
How I'm working my way out of whatever it is is at http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/1210260 post no.3 I think. On a day to day basis it's take it as it comes, but no dwelling on it nor giving in to its whims. If I think of the feelings of fear as a sensation in the head moving to tightness of the chest, down into gut wrenching fear, and loosenng of bowels then electrical pulses up and down my body, then cycling around again, I visualise it going the other way around and so on and letting it go.(As on example) After reading the book i mention i now also laugh at my symptoms and tell them 'stay there and be quiet or bugger off'. Then I think of what i need to get on with. This may be repeated a few times in as many minutes at first. Don't let your mind control you - take control of it. Sounds daft but very powerful.
Maybe whatever I have is part of my life's journey as a year ago I would have thought that anyone believing in stuff like Qi Gong healing and Reconnective healing were absolutely bonkers. Because of my illness and the NHS giving up on me, so me needing to either take the pills or sort myself out, I'm on a journey I would definitely not have taken. So - look on the positive side of life - no matter how difficult it is!
Oops - rambled on a bit.
Cheers.
Graham.
Speaking for myself I have dealt with it through therapy and medication. Anxiety always has a root cause and once you discover what this is, you can get it out in the open and deal with it. This alone helped me a great deal. Having many interests, volunteering through my church, staying active with friends helps me to not dwell on issues that seem to stay with me. In trying to help others on here, I've learned a lot and hopefully helped someone along the way.
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