March 19th, 2010
Anxiety and panic attacks can be cause by many different things, such as stress, depression, grief and alcoholism. What ever it is caused by, the affect is that your mind is saturated with worrying and frightening thoughts. And these thoughts really do impact your life. Everyone who suffers from Anxiety and Panic Attacks knows only to well how frightening that panic mode can be. Coming to terms with the fact that it is not the intrusive thoughts that are responsible for your anxiety, but the way you react to those thoughts, that triggers your anxiety or Panic Attack.
For lots of anxious people, there home or a room in their home is a safe haven. But when the anxiety and panic invade these safe places, it can leave you feeling totally helpless and on your own. People who do not suffer with Anxiety or Panic Attacks have no conception as to how much these thoughts take over our lives.
Having Anxiety and Panic Attacks can really affect your self-esteem. People saying positive things to you have no real affect, but people saying negative things really hit you hard.
It works very much the same with your thoughts, when you have destructive or worrying thoughts, you tend to focus on them and not the positive and happy thoughts… and then so it goes… off into panic.
Learning to control our thoughts is a step towards beating Anxiety and Panic attacks. In my case I learned that these attacks couldn’t hurt me that was the hard part. I then learned that if I faced my thoughts and the things that made me anxious, I could take control again and not be crippled by my Anxiety Disorder.
Anxiety can be overcome, once you start to get an understanding of what is causing your anxiety, you can then learn some coping skills to help you over come your Anxiety and Panic Attacks.
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Tags: anxiety, anxiety, Dealing with anxiety, Fear, irrational fear, Mental health, Panic Attacks, Panic attacks and anxiety attacks, phobia, Phobia Symptons, Relaxation, Relaxation Techniques, Self-Help
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Sometimes the hardest part of being a dad is my irrational fear of glitter.
lol cute dolls. next time u can't sleep try some relaxation techniques. One of my favorites is to lay down flat on my back. ( i actually hate sleeping on my back but for this it works). Then I focus all of my energy on my body by mentally telling parts of my body to relax. I start at the tip of my toes and work up and the work back down if I have to. It knocks out all the other thoughts in my head and makes me focus on relaxing
Thanks, Beth! I'll try your recommendations tonight.
Got the air-conditioning fixed today so I'm looking forward to snoozing the whole night uninterrupted. ~♥Kittymama
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This has nothing to do with being fucking intelligent, it has to do with being a decent human being like any other reasonable person on this godforsaken rock who realizes that slavery and torturous murder are obviously wrong! You can be the dumbest asshole on the face of the planet and still understand that.
this is a classic thanks 4 posting it……
Your bread looks so fancy! As much as I love baking, bread and yeast still intimidate me… I stick to cookies, cakes, and muffins for now
Sounds like you're having some pretty substantial textual conversations there, but it's some sound advice. Dealing with the anxiety of recovery is a b*tch, but it's also unavoidable. Do your best to stay strong, hun. Doing it at home is so much better than being forced into a hospital. You're in my prayers
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Interesting as people seem to have a mindset about Friday the 13th…movies don't help, eh?
I think an explanation is that anxiety does affect what happens in our lives. (I specialize in stress management and relaxation techniques.) We've been taught “Oh-Friday the 13th – unlucky!” – therein the seed is planted and the blossoming of events begins.
Personally, I don't believe in bad luck. Mama was born Friday the 13th and that was a lucky and
wonderful day for her clan. I celebrate the day! Thanks for the thoughts.
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