Lost
So I am struggling with how these DVD's are going to help me. Everytime I listen to them my heart starts racing and I get scared. I am a 29 year old female that started having my anxiety when I was 21 after I had 3 strokes and heart surgery so I am scared of everything. I feel like I am lost. In the first CD's it talks about these feelings and that they are nothing but the body feelings were real so I do not know if I am having another stroke or am just having anxiety. I need help
If you're getting the heart racing and other types of anxious feelings while you're listening to the tapes then it's probably your anxiety . It's is very common to experience anxiety through this program especially in the beginning. After all you're taking on something new which can be scary. If you're still worried about your health have a doctor check you out to be on the safe side.
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NinjaFrodo
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Wow 3 strokes and a heart surgery at 21. That must have caused alot of anxiety.
Well all i can say is if you said you are scared of everything then anxiety is likely to happen regardless of if you listen to the dvd's or not. You really have 2 choices in the matter. You can push through the anxiety and take measures to help reduce it and yes it will take some time to do so or you can not listen to the dvds and just continue to have the same ammount of anxiety you have for the rest of your life or until you try to correct it.
Mike
Well all i can say is if you said you are scared of everything then anxiety is likely to happen regardless of if you listen to the dvd's or not. You really have 2 choices in the matter. You can push through the anxiety and take measures to help reduce it and yes it will take some time to do so or you can not listen to the dvds and just continue to have the same ammount of anxiety you have for the rest of your life or until you try to correct it.
Mike
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creamcheesepuff
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I dont hassle myself over the tapes at all. You go at your own pace. No one is hovering over you and pressing you about it. Keep focused. Its very hard I know...to control anxiety. Thinking and worrying is considered the enemy. I deal with changing my thought pattern and FORCE my mind to think about something else. One step at a time. Its a rocky road but all you need is a shovel to clear the path and you get through sooner or later.
Sorry to hear that you are feeling lost - a feeling we are all too familiar with.
I can't help but agree with all of the other comments though. When I first started listening to the tapes 2 years ago, I was in an acute crisis of clinical depression. I remember being in the car with my mother listening to the first cd and, just like you, my heart began to race, I started hysterical crying, and had a panic attack.
However, I was able to get past the anxiety of just listening to the tapes. Each day I would try to get through the first tape a little more than the day before. It was too difficult for me to listen to it all at once. But I promise you - pace yourself. Give yourself the time and space you need to be able to stop the cd when you feel yourself getting worked up. when you calm back down, try again. You can do this - I know you can.
Please report back! Want to make sure you are hanging in there.
I can't help but agree with all of the other comments though. When I first started listening to the tapes 2 years ago, I was in an acute crisis of clinical depression. I remember being in the car with my mother listening to the first cd and, just like you, my heart began to race, I started hysterical crying, and had a panic attack.
However, I was able to get past the anxiety of just listening to the tapes. Each day I would try to get through the first tape a little more than the day before. It was too difficult for me to listen to it all at once. But I promise you - pace yourself. Give yourself the time and space you need to be able to stop the cd when you feel yourself getting worked up. when you calm back down, try again. You can do this - I know you can.
Please report back! Want to make sure you are hanging in there.
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Bob-o Bingo
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Suzq29 -- I'm finding each Session is so different from the rest. On some of them, the tape hits me best... on others it's the workbook. Sometimes the tape AND the workbook bless me, but I never seem to know which one will do me the most good.Originally posted by Suzq29:
So I am struggling with how these DVD's are going to help me. Everytime I listen to them my heart starts racing and I get scared. I am a 29 year old female that started having my anxiety when I was 21 after I had 3 strokes and heart surgery so I am scared of everything. I feel like I am lost. In the first CD's it talks about these feelings and that they are nothing but the body feelings were real so I do not know if I am having another stroke or am just having anxiety. I need help
Maybe you should try the workbook BEFORE you listen to the tape? It might soften the impact of what the tape is saying? My latest discovery... I just realized that I had a panic attack when I was at school in third grade! Too bad I didn't know anything about panic attacks or anxiety at the time--not to mention all the methods that can be used to eliminate them!