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Lefty, journalling has helped me greatly identify the subconcious patterns that hold me in anxiety. I find that when I write how I feel, why I feel that way and what the truth is that after some weeks of writing daily for 10-15 minutes, patterns start to emerge. such as not trusting people, chronic ...

Hello highanxiety, you said you used to be such a sociable person. Did you experience a traumatic experience? It sounds like something happened to you and changed your life for the worse. It is so stressful to see your future as being catastrophic or "blackness". Do you have the program? Why do you ...

Pecos what an interesting, insightful and informative post, well worth reading and thinking on. I am very glad I read it. I have long believed in the power of the mirror test to discern my true level of self esteem, or how I view myself. What we really see when looking in the mirror is truly enlight...

Rosaslie1, I totally relate. I feel feeble, exhausted, shaky, dizzy, all sorts of that kind of stuff after a panic attack. Remember, this is a fight or flight response gone wrong, this is how you or I would feel after almost getting hit by a bus, finding a tarantula on our arm and flinging it off, o...

Hi Deener, I've had buzzing, or humming so loud in my ears during a panic attack I couldn't hear what people were saying to me or what was on tv that I could hear fine just a minute ago. I do get ringing in my ears sometimes if in a very quiet room. I certainly associate the humming in my ears with ...

Hi Liz, thanks for sharing and caring. Good to hear from you and I'm sending you some encouragement your way as well. I always am encourged after reading for awhile on this forum.

Right on, all good advice and direction from the others, Big-Al, challenge those lying feelings, emotions, thinking that attack your salvation AS SOON AS THEY COME. I have spent many a panic attack sure that God had rejected me, it was just lying emotions and low self worth speaking thoughts into my...

to be sure, it is okay to be green, I sure was when I started posting on this forum. I remember the anxiety I had with my first few posts. I kept wondering if I would say something dumb, or look incompetent. After 30 some posts I feel much more comfortable reading and posting, gets much easier with ...

Hi, thanks for sharing, I know I never feel alone, isolated and separated from people after some time on this forum. Keep reading and posting.