Does anyone have Severe Anxiety? How do you cope?!
Question: Does anyone have Severe Anxiety!? How do you cope!?
I was diagnosed with Severe Anxiety at 8 and I recovered really welland thought it was over!. I then had a relapse at 11 and it has never really left since then!. I have strategies for coping but I'm just wondering what other people do!? Thanks!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Dont add second fear!. You know when the anxiety hits and the thoughts start, you know the fears we have ready to go in our heads!. What if!.!.!.!.what if!.!.!.!.! Dont add the thoughts stop and breath!. Tell someone that works, sit down understand that the panic goes no further than it is, its only when you add the thoughts it gets crazy!. Have a backup, write down dot points on a peice of paper and whip it out reminding you all of this!. Read books by Dr Claire Weekes she is the expert in panic and her books will help!. And most of all know you are not alone!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I had severe anxiety issues when i was a kid but i seemed to come over all that!. It started again when i was a teenager!. I am 25 now and still have severe panic attacks!. I went to therapy to help me!. Now my panic attacks sorta come and go every so often!.
At the moment its bad, i start to feel panicky when i go to the supermarket but all i think is i have to go do what i need to do!. If i back out and go home it just makes the fear worse and the panic attack will be worse next time!. So i just go into the supermarket and do what i need to do!. The next time i go is not as bad as the first, its like i have proved my negative thoughts wrong!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
At the moment its bad, i start to feel panicky when i go to the supermarket but all i think is i have to go do what i need to do!. If i back out and go home it just makes the fear worse and the panic attack will be worse next time!. So i just go into the supermarket and do what i need to do!. The next time i go is not as bad as the first, its like i have proved my negative thoughts wrong!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
F = False
E = Evidence
A = Appearing
R = Real
Have this on a wall or somewhere where you can see it everyday and go to it and read over and over until you feel better because if you can do this successfully than you got through an attack that wasn't real!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
E = Evidence
A = Appearing
R = Real
Have this on a wall or somewhere where you can see it everyday and go to it and read over and over until you feel better because if you can do this successfully than you got through an attack that wasn't real!.Www@Answer-Health@Com