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sense of normalcy???
Tonight I sat on my porch for 5 minutes..I had 5 minutes where I felt no pains,no sensations,felt no fear or questions...I actually felt Good which hasn't happened much lately...in those few moments of freedom from my "health anxiety" I am able to see a future without my death or without a debilitating disease...why can't they last???? As soon as I let one thought creep back in it was over...back to the fear and the worry and the Waiting which is the worst of all..I long for the days when I went to sleep with a peace in my soul..that peace has been traded for a fear of what the next day will bring!!!
p.s
one more..
GOD knows what He's doing! He knows all the purposes and reasons behind every test, trial, affliction etc.
Matthew 28:20. He also promises, "I will NEVER leave you nor forsake you!"--Hebrews 13:5.
Even through the DARKEST and most trying times, the Lord is always "a Friend that sticks closer than a brother!"--Proverbs 18:24.
"Yea, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of DEATH, I will fear no evil, for THOU art WITH me!"--Psalm 23:4.
No matter WHAT hard turns your road may take, Jesus is WITH you, He CARES and He will somehow work even the seemingly darkest and most discouraging circumstances and conditions together for your good.--!
one more..
GOD knows what He's doing! He knows all the purposes and reasons behind every test, trial, affliction etc.
Matthew 28:20. He also promises, "I will NEVER leave you nor forsake you!"--Hebrews 13:5.
Even through the DARKEST and most trying times, the Lord is always "a Friend that sticks closer than a brother!"--Proverbs 18:24.
"Yea, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of DEATH, I will fear no evil, for THOU art WITH me!"--Psalm 23:4.
No matter WHAT hard turns your road may take, Jesus is WITH you, He CARES and He will somehow work even the seemingly darkest and most discouraging circumstances and conditions together for your good.--!
i too feel this way...i was very out going ..always out and about and since my panic attacks that have just come back out of no where after two years im imprisoned again...i hate it! i used to go skating with my kids a few months ago..and shopping and dinners and outings...and now i sit in the house till at least 11 0r 12 trying to gain the nerve to get out and not be afraid of the anxiety and even when i do that it strikes and just for a few minutes im in terror..then its gone...thats enough to drive us crazy..but we have to be strong and keep the NEGATIVE thoughts and worries out of our minds..there are only so many things we can do ...and once weve done our best we cannot continue to worry about what ifs or hows or if we could of done it differently.....because we end up here...i just began saying to myself when problems arise..oh well ive done what i can and what happens happens i must move on and everything will work out..and it will =) this is what i think is what helped me get rid of the attacks two years ago...but since school started and my business is slow i just have repetitive thoughts and worries..i know why i have the anxiety now i just have to turn it around again...and remember yes every body experiences pains and just remeber your okay! ...that wil also cause anxiety to really hit hard. be positive and i notice in my case reading scripture and positive reading amterial really helps calm an attack maybe even prevent it..
heres one for you that made my heart feel light and lifted my spirits..
I'm so very ordinary, nothing special on my own.
Oh, I have never walked on water,
And I have never calmed a storm.
Sometimes I'm hiding away from the madness around me
Like a child who's afraid of the dark
Weary brother, broken daughter,
Widowed, Widowed lover you're not alone
If you're tired and scared of the madness around you
If you can't find the strength to carry on
When you call on Jesus,
All things are possible
You can mount on wings like eagles' and soar
When you call on Jesus,
Mountains are gonna fall
'Cause He'll move heaven and earth to come rescue you when you--
Call Him in the morning', in the afternoon time
Late in the evening' He'll be there
When your heart is broken,
And you feel discouraged,
You can just remember that He said
He'll be there
heres one for you that made my heart feel light and lifted my spirits..
I'm so very ordinary, nothing special on my own.
Oh, I have never walked on water,
And I have never calmed a storm.
Sometimes I'm hiding away from the madness around me
Like a child who's afraid of the dark
Weary brother, broken daughter,
Widowed, Widowed lover you're not alone
If you're tired and scared of the madness around you
If you can't find the strength to carry on
When you call on Jesus,
All things are possible
You can mount on wings like eagles' and soar
When you call on Jesus,
Mountains are gonna fall
'Cause He'll move heaven and earth to come rescue you when you--
Call Him in the morning', in the afternoon time
Late in the evening' He'll be there
When your heart is broken,
And you feel discouraged,
You can just remember that He said
He'll be there
In the past I've had moments just like that, for I few moments I felt like my old self. And it felt really good but it also made me sad because I felt "what if I'm always going to feel this anxiety, what if I never feel like my old self again?" But the truth is that if your having moments like that now there are more to come in the future. When you have anxiety your body is unable or having a hard time calming it self down. When you have moments like that your body is trying to calm itself down, some serotonin is being released.
That moment, however slight, is a good sign. It may not seem like it right now but it is, time will tell.
That moment, however slight, is a good sign. It may not seem like it right now but it is, time will tell.
Hi ....
I have experienced GAD for about 4 years now, but also health anxiety.....I used to actually monitor my heart rate when I took a walk, and would get heart palpitations when I walked because I was constantly thinking of everything..esp. my heart, which you know, of course, leads to this ridiculous cycle of more fear, and caused the heart palpitations...I would literally carry aspirin w/me and my cell...all the time.
Have you had health anxiety for a while? I still get anxious a bit when I think about things like, oh what is this small pain in my hand/leg etc....is it this/that? but I know that everyone gets pains here and there...we have to be reasonable about it..and they go away. Also, have you visited a physician in the past year or two? What did they say? We have to look I think, at how GOOD we are doing , and test out certain things. If your Dr. has said that things are pretty much fine..then health anxiety leads to more unnecessary Unproductive worry...I bet there must be some thought you've had (THOUGHTS are usually not true...ESP. w/people like us who have anxiety....they are trying to scare us, and we kind of have to choose to not believe them..then test it!)
I recently stumbled upon this lady named Byron Katie on youtube (or, thework.com)...she is really fascinating...check it out maybe! she used to be extremely depressed , but one day had a realization..my thoughts are what is causing me to suffer, nothing else. My thoughts are dread and neg...but they are not what is reality , almost never. She does this program where you take your neg. thought /assumption..and you challenge it/do a turnaround..like:
Initial thought: "I feel like I'm going to get (blank), or have (blank )etc.." ...
Is it true: (could be yes, or no - your answer)
Can you be certain it is true: NO
What /who would you be without that thought/story: ex...I'd be free, open, happy, calm.
Now turn it around: "I am not going to get..(blank)" and find examples in your life where the turn around is true...(i try to eat healthy, i drink water, i can go to the dr. if NEED be, etc. )
I tried this with anxieties that have REALLY held me down ,and the turnaround I found makes sense! we blow things WAY out of proportion, and do not see sometimes the amazing moment in EVERY moment..when we leave that moment BE and just know its all ok....
Another source I really LOVE is eckhart tolle's A New Earth..see if you can get it at a library or pick it up...it really squashes a ton of fears and opens the mind to this infinite awareness of eternity..when we stop with CONTENT of our lives, and realize our connection to the macrocosm of the universe itself, we can let our "Mind" constraints go..he says , "People are so engrossed in what happens, so hynotized by the world of fluctuating forms, so abosrbed by the content of their lives, they have forgotten the essence, that which is beyond content, beyond form. beyond thought. They have forgotten eternity, which is their origin, their home...eternity is the living reality of who you are."
I just thought this was amazing!!! and another one that may help (which did to me a bit) was: "...You are the whole lake, not just the surface, and in touch with your own depth, which remains still- you abide in Being- unchanging, timeless, deathless- and are no longer dependent for fulfillment on outer world..."
I am sorry if this was too much to your question..arg....but i could relate to what you are saying..it is like a dread ..and i've had it from "will I get panicky in front of this person..to why is my heart doing this...?" Hope these two sources helped at all..and really keep us posted on things..ok? Live in the moment only!!! and then the next, and next, like patient49 said...hope you have a calm evening and day...=)
I have experienced GAD for about 4 years now, but also health anxiety.....I used to actually monitor my heart rate when I took a walk, and would get heart palpitations when I walked because I was constantly thinking of everything..esp. my heart, which you know, of course, leads to this ridiculous cycle of more fear, and caused the heart palpitations...I would literally carry aspirin w/me and my cell...all the time.
Have you had health anxiety for a while? I still get anxious a bit when I think about things like, oh what is this small pain in my hand/leg etc....is it this/that? but I know that everyone gets pains here and there...we have to be reasonable about it..and they go away. Also, have you visited a physician in the past year or two? What did they say? We have to look I think, at how GOOD we are doing , and test out certain things. If your Dr. has said that things are pretty much fine..then health anxiety leads to more unnecessary Unproductive worry...I bet there must be some thought you've had (THOUGHTS are usually not true...ESP. w/people like us who have anxiety....they are trying to scare us, and we kind of have to choose to not believe them..then test it!)
I recently stumbled upon this lady named Byron Katie on youtube (or, thework.com)...she is really fascinating...check it out maybe! she used to be extremely depressed , but one day had a realization..my thoughts are what is causing me to suffer, nothing else. My thoughts are dread and neg...but they are not what is reality , almost never. She does this program where you take your neg. thought /assumption..and you challenge it/do a turnaround..like:
Initial thought: "I feel like I'm going to get (blank), or have (blank )etc.." ...
Is it true: (could be yes, or no - your answer)
Can you be certain it is true: NO
What /who would you be without that thought/story: ex...I'd be free, open, happy, calm.
Now turn it around: "I am not going to get..(blank)" and find examples in your life where the turn around is true...(i try to eat healthy, i drink water, i can go to the dr. if NEED be, etc. )
I tried this with anxieties that have REALLY held me down ,and the turnaround I found makes sense! we blow things WAY out of proportion, and do not see sometimes the amazing moment in EVERY moment..when we leave that moment BE and just know its all ok....
Another source I really LOVE is eckhart tolle's A New Earth..see if you can get it at a library or pick it up...it really squashes a ton of fears and opens the mind to this infinite awareness of eternity..when we stop with CONTENT of our lives, and realize our connection to the macrocosm of the universe itself, we can let our "Mind" constraints go..he says , "People are so engrossed in what happens, so hynotized by the world of fluctuating forms, so abosrbed by the content of their lives, they have forgotten the essence, that which is beyond content, beyond form. beyond thought. They have forgotten eternity, which is their origin, their home...eternity is the living reality of who you are."
I just thought this was amazing!!! and another one that may help (which did to me a bit) was: "...You are the whole lake, not just the surface, and in touch with your own depth, which remains still- you abide in Being- unchanging, timeless, deathless- and are no longer dependent for fulfillment on outer world..."
I am sorry if this was too much to your question..arg....but i could relate to what you are saying..it is like a dread ..and i've had it from "will I get panicky in front of this person..to why is my heart doing this...?" Hope these two sources helped at all..and really keep us posted on things..ok? Live in the moment only!!! and then the next, and next, like patient49 said...hope you have a calm evening and day...=)
I like that..wish I could put it into practice for myself..I guess for now I will take my 5 minutes!!!! At least I get to sleep soon..the only time my mind rests....
Thich Nhat Hanh said: If you can be peaceful for a moment, you can be peaceful for a minute. If you can be peaceful for a minute, you can be peaceful for a day. If you can be peaceful for a day, you can be peaceful for a week. If you can be peaceful for a week you can be peaceful for a lifetime.
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