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Hello. I have not posted in a while. I have been doing very good except this week was a disaster. For some reason, all this week I have been tired and drabby. I woke up tired for some reason every morning. Then Tuesday, I started to get a twinge right up above my left breast. Of course, I swore up and down it was not my anxiety but something else. I wouldn't even exercise that day on my elliptical in fear of that something would happen. Anyway, Wednesday, the more I thought about the sensation I was feeling, the longer it stayed. Yesterday, I had it a little but I had to exercise to find myself peace of mind knowing that it was not my heart. If course, I did the elliptical for 1/2 hour with no problem. I didn't even get the twinge while I was exercising. My question is: why did my symptoms reappear for no reason? Can anxiety come and go? Thanks for any responses.

the more I thought about the sensation I was feeling, the longer it stayed

Bingo! The more you focus on something, the stronger it will become and the longer it will stay!

Anxiety comes and goes depending on your mindset...what you are thinking.

It's important to challenge yourself when this happens. Learn to spot your negative doubts and fears, then TELL YOURSELF THE TRUTH.

You say, "how can I know it's the truth?".... because anxiety is a liar and by experience you know you are okay.

What if something worse to happen? Well then, it's about letting go and trusting that God or your "higher power" has everything under control.

I really encourage you to challenge your thoughts WITH ACTIONS! PROVE to yourself that nothing will happen regardless of the symptoms you are feeling. Those symptoms are nothing more but uncomfortable sensations, they cannot hurt you and they NEVER lead to anything worse.

This is interesting because I had a similar issue except I had a twinge on one side of my head. Since I have anxiety I of course assumed it was a brain tumor. I eventually forced myself to go about my day and it did go away later on and hasn't come back. My question is the same though. I have had severe anxiety and panic attacks for periods of time and then a long stretch where I am fine, i.e. no panic attacks. I just have never been able to pinpoint what starts it up for me. I just started the program - listened to lesson 1 and have been doing the relaxation tape.