overcome anxiety

It’s known that anxiety attacks differ from one person to another. I must say that they affect me pretty badly sometimes, Although I’m developing more confidence and some elegance on my actions, sometimes I tend to get a lot anxious about some situations. An appointment with someone, something that I have to deliver on my work, and so on.

The real challenge for me is to find the true causes of that anxiety, and learn to deal with it in a natural, spontaneous way. This is how I’m planning to beat it.

I found these mp3 of overcoming anxiety on the internet. They aren’t good quality as someone has copied them but they are interesting. I did a relaxation exercise and it helped. Also he the guy on the tape said about anxiety is like being frightened of fear and to think how ridiculous that is as a concept. Fear is useful but it should be for things that are genuinely frightening not something your nervous system has linked up as being frightening.

That I’ve done this. I know it doesn’t mean I won’t ever have anxiety again – but at this moment I truly believe I will never again feel that I have no power over it or that I have been somehow victimised by life in having had anxiety issues. There are many things in life that still make me anxious. I’m still a look-before-leap person. But I’ve worked enough on myself and experienced enough changes within me that I can say with all honesty that I believe I’ll get through life OK. I know there may be moments of perfect terror, but I also know that my real priorities and values are clearer to me than they’ve ever been – which is to say I no longer set myself up to lose at life in the way that I used to – and that means I can always get back to what is most important to me, and let the rest fall away. I’ve DONE this. I know I can do it, that I can get to the peace on the other side of terror. I actually believe I’ll be there for myself now. And that’s what it takes.

I surprised myself. When I first set this goal I expected I would have to do many months of work. And I do in fact have lots of work to do – but I’ve also come to know myself enough that I truly do feel I’m taking responsibility for the majority of my life experience. And that may be the most important thing I’ve done in the achieving of this goal.

I have a ways to go, and I don’t presume to know every place where life will take me. But I’m the one sailing this ship now, or co-sailing it with my higher power – and that’s all I need to know.

less anxiety, less stress, less unnecessary worry

When you just can’t stop the flow of negative thoughts. I confess to turning to affirmations nowadays. I resisted doing them for years, but experiencing actual panic attacks I now find they’re good in a pinch. I’ve brought myself down from some real bad episodes with them – they don’t require much thought, but they help bring you back to the present, and while you’re mantra-ing them there’s less space for the usual relentless thoughts. They can take a while to have an effect, but they do work, sometimes within the hour.

I’m taking a (required) public speaking class at TNCC…

I hope it helps. =/

i will learn to control the irrational thoughts that maim my reality on a day to day basis. i want to forget real or imagined abandonment, and learn to trust that there are gut feelings, and then there are the similar feeling irrational fears.

i want to control the things that cause a panic attack before they happen, and if they happen i’ll know how exactly to regain control and accept that sometimes things happen. just because things happen doesn’t mean life doesn’t move on. knowing that one day everything will be alright is the only task i must complete.

even though i have been on celexa for about 3 monthes now im starting to se that its not really working for me , it actually helped me with my GAD but not with my social phobia . my anxiety gets crazy when i think about going out somewhere far away from my home or being with some1 (like a guy im interested in ) for a long time period i always think about what if i catch an attack in front of this person will they think im crazy? will they help me widout judging me? its like im so scared to catch a panic attack that i end up pushing myself to get one. i think i will have to change my medication.

I’m currently reading up on EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique):
http://www.emofree.com

Nothing tried, nothing done!

I think I’m going to count this goal as done.
I’ve been off medication for over a year now.
I used to have panic attacks like twice a day, now I might have one in a month.
I’ve lost over 70 pounds and I feel more comfortable with myself and I have more self confidence.
I’m going to count this goal as done.
Good Luck to everybody. :D