Here's what I experience:
A vague "ughhh" feeling or "oh, no, I'm not right" anxious feeling comes over me and seems to be what remains as my biggest hurdle emotionally. The feeling will stick around and as a result, other thoughts shoot at me to replace. It's usually caused by a stressor, my being tired, frustrated or a bad memory that gets in my mind.
Those of you who deal with more physical feelings, like dizziness that will keep you stuck in your head and feeling like you'll never be normal, would I react the same as you?
Do I treat that dull feeling like I would a physical feeling by just rolling with it? I'm confused on whether to try to replace the feeling itself over and over again or to ignore it and go about my day as best I can.
These are what I've written down to say to myself:
"It's just a feeling that's an old habit"
"The less attention I give it, the less it will bother me"
Any more suggestions?
Do I indeed treat the feeling like I would a dizzy feeling or something?
mental vs. physical?
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This is just a suggestion. I certainly am no expert in this area. I am an expert on having my own uneasy feelings though.
I guess you are saying it is not a feeling of doom (which I have had) but a yucky feeling that nothing is going to get better?
I find talking aloud to myself (only when I'm alone) helps alot. I would say "I am looking forward to having a light-hearted happy feeling in just a few minutes." I would think what that would feel like. I would cut some pictures out of magazines that make me think of happy, cute, light-hearted things and paste them on a piece of paper and hang it up where I could see it most often. I would think of all the "nice" words like "cute, cozy, kind, feathers, etc." and write them on the paper too. When I got the yucky feeling I would say "OK yucky feeling, I'm going to hit you with all these really nice words and pictures and you don't stand a chance!"
I know it sounds a bit corny, but if you think on nice things it is like hitting the "delete key" on bad thoughts and feelings. I have done a similar thing for my "feeling of doom" and it is working so far.....Good Luck
I guess you are saying it is not a feeling of doom (which I have had) but a yucky feeling that nothing is going to get better?
I find talking aloud to myself (only when I'm alone) helps alot. I would say "I am looking forward to having a light-hearted happy feeling in just a few minutes." I would think what that would feel like. I would cut some pictures out of magazines that make me think of happy, cute, light-hearted things and paste them on a piece of paper and hang it up where I could see it most often. I would think of all the "nice" words like "cute, cozy, kind, feathers, etc." and write them on the paper too. When I got the yucky feeling I would say "OK yucky feeling, I'm going to hit you with all these really nice words and pictures and you don't stand a chance!"
I know it sounds a bit corny, but if you think on nice things it is like hitting the "delete key" on bad thoughts and feelings. I have done a similar thing for my "feeling of doom" and it is working so far.....Good Luck