Mind and Body symptoms due to anxiety and panic. Check it out!
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We can break the cycle if we work the program....and we'll in turn teach our children better ways to cope. We can do this!
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mtaylor36conark
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Hello , I'm new to all of this. But I know I have a lot of anxieties, about everything. Right now my biggest fear is losing my marriage to my wife of 5 years. i try to give her space, but I make the fatal mistake of wanting a quick fix, and i wind up messing everything up, and it hurts that everything is not where it should. When I give her space, the anxiety builds, that I caused a set back, in trying to get things back on track. HELP PLEASE. I don't know what to do. I try to find ways to preoccupy my time, but I'm worried about what's going to happen next, what's going to happen, when i wake up in the morning, while I'm at work HELP PLEASE, feel like I'm loosing my mind. HELP!!!!!
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I feel tingley most of the day. I have to stay busy - I do not work - in order to not feel this. I know it is part of the anxiety
but how do i know that I am getting better? I am on session five and am trying to watch what I eat but i can't cut out all sweets. i do not drink caffeine or alcohol. I just want to make sure that I am getting better and would like to know that I am making progress. It is hard to tell at this stage. I worry all the time about everything and i am trying to repeat positive words over and over when this happens. It has been very difficult for me to write down all the negative thoughts. I try just to write down 3 or 4 at night but most of tehm are the same - Will I ever get better ? How long will it take? Am i making progress? etc, etc.
I just need someone's thoughts or how they did this.Does it take months, years to get better?
susan
but how do i know that I am getting better? I am on session five and am trying to watch what I eat but i can't cut out all sweets. i do not drink caffeine or alcohol. I just want to make sure that I am getting better and would like to know that I am making progress. It is hard to tell at this stage. I worry all the time about everything and i am trying to repeat positive words over and over when this happens. It has been very difficult for me to write down all the negative thoughts. I try just to write down 3 or 4 at night but most of tehm are the same - Will I ever get better ? How long will it take? Am i making progress? etc, etc.
I just need someone's thoughts or how they did this.Does it take months, years to get better?
susan
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Crazy-In-PA
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Thank you very much for posting this list now I dont feel like such a freak. 
I have had a lot of pain in my neck, upper back and shoulders. I had MRI's done a few weeks ago and the surgeon said I now have osteoarthritis in my spine and shoulders and both shoulders have spurs that are nicking or wearing into my tendons. I am now 46 years old and remember getting my first panic attack around age 5 could 41 years of high anxiety and panic have done this to me ? Do you think it can go away in time once hopefully with this program I recover ?
I have had a lot of pain in my neck, upper back and shoulders. I had MRI's done a few weeks ago and the surgeon said I now have osteoarthritis in my spine and shoulders and both shoulders have spurs that are nicking or wearing into my tendons. I am now 46 years old and remember getting my first panic attack around age 5 could 41 years of high anxiety and panic have done this to me ? Do you think it can go away in time once hopefully with this program I recover ?Re: Mind and Body symptoms due to anxiety and panic. Check i
Hi!! This is my first time in online format...One question answered immediately: Where do smilies come from? 
This list is amazing...seems like you are "reading my mail". Fills me with hope that as i work the program and recover i can look forward to relief from some of these symptoms that have had me at home, in bed, literally for years! I've spent the first two weeks focucsing on breathing and walking with a "normal" gait. Already seeing improvement with . chronic pain and panic attack issues. thank you all.
This list is amazing...seems like you are "reading my mail". Fills me with hope that as i work the program and recover i can look forward to relief from some of these symptoms that have had me at home, in bed, literally for years! I've spent the first two weeks focucsing on breathing and walking with a "normal" gait. Already seeing improvement with . chronic pain and panic attack issues. thank you all.Re: Mind and Body symptoms due to anxiety and panic. Check i
Hello;
Our minds are indeed a mystery. I have these glorified day dreams where I have short movies and it is like my mind is communicating with me, "this is your brain on depression." I thought I would share one of them with you all as a way to introduce myself.
In my minds eye, I am sitting in an isle seat on a train car being pulled by a big steam engine, like the trains in the old westerns. I can hear its whistle blowing, the sound of short bursts of steam escaping and I can hear the clackity clack of the wheels as they move over the tracks. I am alone, there are no other passengers other than me, no one to take my ticket, and nothing outside the windows, only white. More like a flat empty lifeless white. Did I mention that everything about me and the train is in black and white?
It's funny, in my mind's eye, I am able to sit in my seat and quite clearly see straight through the train's engine as if it weren't even there. All the way to the end of the track as it meets the horizon, with no problem what soever. And there I see laying across the track is a wide and very high brick wall, in fact a bright "red" brick wall. I don't know why this wall is deserving of being in color while I and the train are not, only my sub-conscious knows.
I can see the brick wall so clearly now, as if I were standing right in front of it. I have seen this wall for decades and it gives me a sense of "satisfaction" to see that the brick was not as red and new as it once was; and like me, it too showed signs of age, wear and tear. Proof to me that it was not "impregnable."
There are large and small cracks running along the wall in all directions and I can see that chunks of brick and bits of crumbling mortar lay broken and scattered upon the ground and across the path that runs along the side of the wall. As I walk the path, I actually enjoy the sound and feel that the small pieces of mortar and brick make as they are crunched and broken into smaller pieces under my shoes with each step I take.
It is only then that I notice there is no sound, not bird, or bug, not even the train. The only sound I hear now is of my own making and no other. I hold my breath. The very air is devoid of movement of any kind. All is quiet and still.
My barriers take many forms, boulders, brick walls and lets not forget the good ole pit. I do have a new one however, I can't swim so my mind has me standing on a ledge and below me is churning, fast rushing water like rapids and of course the ragged rocks below. Sometimes these rocks look like spears pointed at me.
I would like to suggest writing out your bad experiences, it helps me and I think it could help you.
Our minds are indeed a mystery. I have these glorified day dreams where I have short movies and it is like my mind is communicating with me, "this is your brain on depression." I thought I would share one of them with you all as a way to introduce myself.
In my minds eye, I am sitting in an isle seat on a train car being pulled by a big steam engine, like the trains in the old westerns. I can hear its whistle blowing, the sound of short bursts of steam escaping and I can hear the clackity clack of the wheels as they move over the tracks. I am alone, there are no other passengers other than me, no one to take my ticket, and nothing outside the windows, only white. More like a flat empty lifeless white. Did I mention that everything about me and the train is in black and white?
It's funny, in my mind's eye, I am able to sit in my seat and quite clearly see straight through the train's engine as if it weren't even there. All the way to the end of the track as it meets the horizon, with no problem what soever. And there I see laying across the track is a wide and very high brick wall, in fact a bright "red" brick wall. I don't know why this wall is deserving of being in color while I and the train are not, only my sub-conscious knows.
I can see the brick wall so clearly now, as if I were standing right in front of it. I have seen this wall for decades and it gives me a sense of "satisfaction" to see that the brick was not as red and new as it once was; and like me, it too showed signs of age, wear and tear. Proof to me that it was not "impregnable."
There are large and small cracks running along the wall in all directions and I can see that chunks of brick and bits of crumbling mortar lay broken and scattered upon the ground and across the path that runs along the side of the wall. As I walk the path, I actually enjoy the sound and feel that the small pieces of mortar and brick make as they are crunched and broken into smaller pieces under my shoes with each step I take.
It is only then that I notice there is no sound, not bird, or bug, not even the train. The only sound I hear now is of my own making and no other. I hold my breath. The very air is devoid of movement of any kind. All is quiet and still.
My barriers take many forms, boulders, brick walls and lets not forget the good ole pit. I do have a new one however, I can't swim so my mind has me standing on a ledge and below me is churning, fast rushing water like rapids and of course the ragged rocks below. Sometimes these rocks look like spears pointed at me.
I would like to suggest writing out your bad experiences, it helps me and I think it could help you.
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Before I leave I wanted to ask a question of the community. When I can sleep, I do dream but I was wondering if anyone else had this type of dreams.
I am never in my dreams, or rather I am never in my form when I dream. I know its me, but the form is not. I am a man, a woman or a child never me Cathy. I can't remember any nightmares, in fact, I like my dreams.
So have any of you experienced anything like that?
I am never in my dreams, or rather I am never in my form when I dream. I know its me, but the form is not. I am a man, a woman or a child never me Cathy. I can't remember any nightmares, in fact, I like my dreams.
So have any of you experienced anything like that?
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lovetheself
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Dear Jillzmind,
I want to thank you for posting the mind/body symptoms checklist. I can relate to a lot of what you listed on the list. I am so glad to know that I am not alone and that I have a support group of people who understand what I am dealing with. I am now on week 10 of the program and I can say that I now question myself whenever I am not feeling good to see what I am thinking about. It's a journey but I am glad I am on it with so many fabulous people!
I want to thank you for posting the mind/body symptoms checklist. I can relate to a lot of what you listed on the list. I am so glad to know that I am not alone and that I have a support group of people who understand what I am dealing with. I am now on week 10 of the program and I can say that I now question myself whenever I am not feeling good to see what I am thinking about. It's a journey but I am glad I am on it with so many fabulous people!
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I SWEET ALOT TO.JILL.deedee00 wrote:Thanks Jill.
I already have this list from "Google", but it's a good reminder.
This list just reminded me of how I use to sweat profusely! So irritating. While getting ready to go somewhere, I would sweat so much, I felt like I needed to get back in the shower!
Right now it's the frequent urination. Very irritating too. LOL
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alhwalks@yahoo.com
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I think i have suffered from various levels of anxiety and depression all my life. I'm currently suffering a severe one. I'm 53 years old and am wondering if it's too late to change this pattern. Is there any one out there my age who suffered with it most of their life and came out of it? It would be very encouraging to know.