HI COLLEEN,
THANKS FOR THE REPLY. I TRY TO KEEP MY MIND OFF OF MY ANXIETY. IT'S LIKE THAT IS ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT NOW SINCE I HAD MY FIRST PANIC ATTACK. I WAS IN MY CAR THE FIRST 2 TIMES IT HAPPEN, NEEDLESS TO SAY, I NO LONGER DRIVE. I HAD TO QUIT MY JOB AND I'M AT MY HOUSE ALL THE TIME UNLESS I GO SOMEWHERE THAT I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GO. SO THINGS JUST STAY ON MY MIND ALL THE TIME.
I can't seem to believe it's anxiety
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I HAVE CHEST PAINS AND ARM PAINS, I HAVE PAINS ALL OVER MY BODY. IN FACT I JUST RECENTLY HAVE BEEN HAVING NUMBNESS IN MY FACE, THROAT, MOUTH, SEVERE HEADACHES, AND OF COURSE THE DOCTORS CANT FIND ANYTHING. I'LL KEEP GOING BECAUSE I DONT THINK THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANXIETY, BUT I HAVE LIVED ANOTHER DAY. THANKS TO GOD. THAT IS MY BIGGEST FEAR OF ALL OF THIS IS TO DIE, I DONT DRIVE BECAUSE I'M AFRAID I'LL PASSOUT AT THE WHEEL AND KILL SOMEONE ELSE OR MYSELF. I HAVE KIDS AND AM DIVORCED, SO I'M ALL MY KIDS HAVE. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE THESE SYMPTOMS?
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Adele9699,
you are welcome for the reply and I hope that things start getting better for you, I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers try to remember you are not alone. I have had panic attacks also and let this anxiety dictate my life but we have to always remember it is our lives not the anxiety's. Try to take it one small step at a time, I even do positive self talk in the shower to prepare me for the day and I try to stretch to reduce the tension. The relaxation techniques really do help.
You can do it
you are welcome for the reply and I hope that things start getting better for you, I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers try to remember you are not alone. I have had panic attacks also and let this anxiety dictate my life but we have to always remember it is our lives not the anxiety's. Try to take it one small step at a time, I even do positive self talk in the shower to prepare me for the day and I try to stretch to reduce the tension. The relaxation techniques really do help.
You can do it
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I THINK YOUR RIGHT, I STILL HAVE NOT COME TO TERMS THAT I HAVE ANXIETY. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN EASY GOING PERSON. AFTER MY DAUGHTER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A KIDNEY PROBLEM IS WHEN ALL OF MINE BEGAN. I HAVE COME TO TERMS WITH IT NOW, BUT ALL THE ANXIETY HAS STAYED. I STILL HAVE ALOT OF ANXIETY BUT MY PANIC ATTACKS HAS SUBSIDED SOME, I'VE NOT HAD ONE OF THOSE FOR LIKE MONTHS I GUESS. BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA HAVE ONE, WHEN I GET A PAIN HERE AND THERE
I STILL HAVE ALOT OF ANXIETY, BUT MY PANIC ATTACKS HAVE KINDA SUBSIDED, I ALWAYS TELL MYSELF, WHEN I FEEL ONE COMING ON, IT'S JUST ANOTHER PANIC ATTACK, I'M NOT GONNA DIE, BUT I KNOW THAT IS HARD TO DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR HAVING ONE. I'M PRAYING THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP ME IMPROVE MUCH, MUCH MORE. I DON'T WANT TO EVEN REMEMBER WHAT A PANIC ATTACK IS. I JUST WANT TO BE ME AGAIN.
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You mentioned the shower. I know this sounds weird, but after my first panic attack, I actually was scared to death to take a shower. It's like every time I got in, I would think I was gonna have a panic attack and I had to get a clear shower curtain. I have overcome that phobia, but the driving situation is horrible. I can only drive to my moms driveway, if I go past that I start having a panic attack. I do hope your right and this will eventually end!!! I pray to
God it does. Thank you for keeping me in your prayers as I will you.
God it does. Thank you for keeping me in your prayers as I will you.
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i just wanted to say that i also have the same physical symptoms the chest pain, pain in arm, pain in sides of my neck, numbness in all kinds of different areas of my body, shortness of breath, rapid heart beat, irregular heart beat, blurred vision, tightning in my throat, etc. etc. and my doctor also tells me its only anxiety. i of course refuse to believe it so it just gets worse and worse. i know how it feels to think you will die any minute and i know how scarey it truely is and i really do wish i could make it all stop for you and for myself but i havent found my way there yet. please keep me posted if you come across anything that seems to help and i will do the same.
take care, cathy
take care, cathy
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Those are the side effects of anxiety, all the chest pains ect...... that is anxiety. We search and search for a physical problem but it is anxiety. I have been there....I think we all have. That is why I know there is hope in knowledge. Believe that you can and will get past this! We are stronger then the symptoms of anxiety!! There is Hope!! I find my strength in the Lord! This program was a gift sent to me to help me understand and heal!
I pray it will be that for everyone!
Ivy
I pray it will be that for everyone!
Ivy
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The reason/how I found this website was becasue I was having a panic attack and thought it was a heart attack. It was about 2:30 in the morning and I found comfort in posts that I read on this site. I was going to drive myself to the ER and then i read somewhere that if you can drive yourself then your not having a heart attack. You would be in so much pain that you couldn't. I am not sure if that is true but I beleive it and it was all it took that time to relax. I see a doctor reguarly and was told to have asprin in the house and if I feel this way again to take one. It would help if I was actualy having a heart attack and it might just help me mentally too.
I have all these symptoms too that are menioned in these posts. THANK YOU THAT I AM NOT ALONE AND FOR SHARING! It's just pain annoying. I am a Christian and I am afarid to die. I fear death. I just love my human life so much. The physical part of it brings on my anxiety. In fact it is the main factors to my painic attacks. So for me the thing that works for all my daily aches and pains is to know that others feel them too. My family growing up never really spoke to each other. Let alone shared feelings. Plus, I don't think that people talk about their aches and pains much becasue they don't want to be a "downer/complainer." So, I have asked my husband (30) and mother in-law (64) to tell me whenever they have an ache or pain. Any pain or annoyance. This has helped me so much. They get the same aches and pains as we all mentioned here. In fact my husband gets them a lot and it find it so odd that he never talks about them. He thinks everything is just stress, lack of sleep or gas. For my husband they don't phase him....but it makes me feel like I am not alone and perhaps somethings are just normal. Also, I have asked my husband at a time when I felt peace (we would fight during an attack becasue he wanted to help me and wasn't able to) to rub my back or shoulder---don't say anything---just comfort me by rubbing and this has put me to sleep on several occasions or just distracted me enough. Before I would try to talk to him but he would say things to help me but it only made it worse so we have learned it is better not to speak unless I ask for it. At those times I coach him on what to say to me. I just started doing all of this and it has helped for now. So I am running with it! Even if your single prehaps a friend can walk you through it. Someone that is non judgemental and loves you for who you are---so you feel safe. I hope this helps.
I have all these symptoms too that are menioned in these posts. THANK YOU THAT I AM NOT ALONE AND FOR SHARING! It's just pain annoying. I am a Christian and I am afarid to die. I fear death. I just love my human life so much. The physical part of it brings on my anxiety. In fact it is the main factors to my painic attacks. So for me the thing that works for all my daily aches and pains is to know that others feel them too. My family growing up never really spoke to each other. Let alone shared feelings. Plus, I don't think that people talk about their aches and pains much becasue they don't want to be a "downer/complainer." So, I have asked my husband (30) and mother in-law (64) to tell me whenever they have an ache or pain. Any pain or annoyance. This has helped me so much. They get the same aches and pains as we all mentioned here. In fact my husband gets them a lot and it find it so odd that he never talks about them. He thinks everything is just stress, lack of sleep or gas. For my husband they don't phase him....but it makes me feel like I am not alone and perhaps somethings are just normal. Also, I have asked my husband at a time when I felt peace (we would fight during an attack becasue he wanted to help me and wasn't able to) to rub my back or shoulder---don't say anything---just comfort me by rubbing and this has put me to sleep on several occasions or just distracted me enough. Before I would try to talk to him but he would say things to help me but it only made it worse so we have learned it is better not to speak unless I ask for it. At those times I coach him on what to say to me. I just started doing all of this and it has helped for now. So I am running with it! Even if your single prehaps a friend can walk you through it. Someone that is non judgemental and loves you for who you are---so you feel safe. I hope this helps.
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You aren't alone in this at all. I think a lot of us have they "it can't JUST be anxiety" syndrome. What worked best for me is to positive talk to myself. I would tell myself that it is just anxiety, that I wasn't going to ruin my day with worry about it, and then I would get busy with something. More times than not it would go away or lesson. It was getting to the point with me, that even the slightest twinge anywhere would cause me to panic.. I mean the pain could be a .5 out of 10 and I would panic myself into make it a lot worse than it was. I would tell myself c'mon this is barely painful, I won't worry about it until ____ insert symptom here... For example, I have chronic calf problems...my mind always went to having a blood clot. I had ultrasounds done on both legs, came out normal. The tech even said I had beautiful veins. BUT what stuck in my mind is that one tid bit of info from me looking up symptoms (something else we do and shouldn't) is that a lot of times it happens with no symptoms. Even after I got the all clear I was a wreck...any twinge in my leg I would go psychotic with worry. I would tell myself no this isn't a blood clot, I get this all the time, I never once had any other symptoms...I refuse to worry over it until my leg falls off (keep it light it helps). It is a very hard one to overcome, but keep working at it...it does get better.
Someone mentioned something about being afraid of death. I know this is another common fear to us...or for most people for that matter. As soon as my general anxiety left...that fear left as well. I know you said you were trying to overcome that particular fear...I'm thinking maybe focusing on it too much might have the opposite affect. I can always tell when my anxiety is getting the better of me because the death fear returns. Just something to think about.
Someone mentioned something about being afraid of death. I know this is another common fear to us...or for most people for that matter. As soon as my general anxiety left...that fear left as well. I know you said you were trying to overcome that particular fear...I'm thinking maybe focusing on it too much might have the opposite affect. I can always tell when my anxiety is getting the better of me because the death fear returns. Just something to think about.