I have the same anxiety on health related issues, Angela. Remind yourself of the breathing exercise to calm yourself. Don't be too harsh on yourself...the feeling will pass.Originally posted by angela chriss:
i get all of the same symptoms, i was doing pretty good following the program, then it hits again, im on sessions 4 now. my symptoms now are still the shakey, of uneasiness, worrying, fear of dying, or stroke or heart attack,but now i wake up anxious, and now im having bad IBS. im always gassy, and if i eat i get real bad chest pains. pepcid ac actually helps. so when i lay down, my throat feels like it tightens or swells up. and i feel like i cant swallow, or breathe which causes the anxiety to rush into a panic, what do i do, does anyone else out there feel the same thing?
What are the worse anxiety symptoms that you have had? How did you get them to stop?
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thanks joe, i try not to be hard on myself i just dont know how yet, still learning that lessong, but thank youOriginally posted by Joe P.:I have the same anxiety on health related issues, Angela. Remind yourself of the breathing exercise to calm yourself. Don't be too harsh on yourself...the feeling will pass.Originally posted by angela chriss:
i get all of the same symptoms, i was doing pretty good following the program, then it hits again, im on sessions 4 now. my symptoms now are still the shakey, of uneasiness, worrying, fear of dying, or stroke or heart attack,but now i wake up anxious, and now im having bad IBS. im always gassy, and if i eat i get real bad chest pains. pepcid ac actually helps. so when i lay down, my throat feels like it tightens or swells up. and i feel like i cant swallow, or breathe which causes the anxiety to rush into a panic, what do i do, does anyone else out there feel the same thing?
My worst anxiety symptoms are dizziness I have chronic dizziness it never leaves even when I am sleeping or wake up in the morning which drives me nuts most of the time. It is a constant like someone has put me on a tea cup ride (weird I know).
Then I also have shakiness, dry mouth and alot of heart pulpitations and sweatiness and spaciness. So that is my story and I am working on the program and working really hard to get better. I wish everyone on here the best of luck these body symptoms are hard to say the least. So God bless you all on our journey to better health.
Mimi
Then I also have shakiness, dry mouth and alot of heart pulpitations and sweatiness and spaciness. So that is my story and I am working on the program and working really hard to get better. I wish everyone on here the best of luck these body symptoms are hard to say the least. So God bless you all on our journey to better health.
Mimi
"O God, you are my God. Earnestly I seek you;my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is BETTER than life,my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name, I will lift up my hands." Psalms 63
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Worry, because it's the source of anxiety. Once that's gone, anxiety is gone. Other than I would say getting stomach problems, even though not as "bad" as Heart feelings, etc but once you stress enough, you will develop stomach issues and no longer really care about the Heart Palps. Oh yea throat closing feeling and shortness of breathe sucks.
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I have had horrible stomach pains whre I would just double over and cry, dry heaves, shakes, heart palipitations, feeling like my body was a volcano ready to explode and I just wanted to run as fast and as far as I could, skin crawls, inability to sleep, constant worry, hypochondria. I have ended up in the ER to get checked and of course nothing. Then I ended up agoraphobic so much so that I did not step out of my house to get my mail.
I found the LESS I focused on the physical symptoms, the less intense they would become and the less often they would happen. It is like a mosquito bite, it you do not scratch it, it most likely will not even bother you.
When we pay attention to the feelings of physical symptoms, it causes us to become MORE aware of them, plus every other little normal body feeling we have. We are hyper aware, hyper sensitive and hyper vigilant on every little thing our bodies do. Then we worry about those feelings if they are normal or what is it or when is it going to stop. We pay attention to them more, we then worry about them more, then we become afraid of them, then we dread them, then we fear them even more. Anxiety symptoms, I compare them to as the boogie man underneath a childs bed...it just does not exist. I am not saying that physical symptoms do not, because I KNOW they do. What I am saying here is that we fear a nontangible thing, something that we cannot physically touch or see. Anxiety fear grows out of thoughts, the more thoughts, the more fears. The relaxation tape/cd will help, exercise helps, diet helps, the program helps, therapy can help (which I did as well), meds can help...there are many things that can help, but it will take more than 1 change in life to overcome this. For me I needed a multi prong approach, I needed to commit to the program and getting myself to therapy sessions, to meds, to relaxing, to eating right, to exercising, to calming and reassuring myself instead of fearing and overreacting which made my anxiety and panic worse. There were times I would just cry because it was alot of work, it was alot of time, it was alot of energy and of course I expected everything to work through osmosis and for me to be AOK in a day. THAT will not happen. I needed to learn to be patient, I needed to reassure myself that I was going to be ok, I needed to get out of my house regardless of how I felt, even if it was going to get a morning paper, going to the grocery store for a couple items...I needed to work on myself daily, maitain a positive outlook, have faith that this program and other tools would work, have faith in myself that I was REALLY going to kick this. It is VERY difficult to believe it when you feel like absolute garbage I know, but IT DOES GET BETTER. Make a sticky note with that saying a paste it up everywhere. Also BE PATIENT, as all good things take time. LOOK at yourself as how you would treat your hurting child, how loving and kind would you be to your own child? You mother them, no? Mother YOURSELF for a change! There is nothing wrong with it. YOU need to take care of you in order to take care of others,. (Just like you need to love yourself and be happy with yourself before you can be happy with someone else...SO true!
Come here for encouragement. There are MANY great people here that will boost your confidence when you need it. Most of all, NEVER give up! It does and WILL get better.
I found the LESS I focused on the physical symptoms, the less intense they would become and the less often they would happen. It is like a mosquito bite, it you do not scratch it, it most likely will not even bother you.
When we pay attention to the feelings of physical symptoms, it causes us to become MORE aware of them, plus every other little normal body feeling we have. We are hyper aware, hyper sensitive and hyper vigilant on every little thing our bodies do. Then we worry about those feelings if they are normal or what is it or when is it going to stop. We pay attention to them more, we then worry about them more, then we become afraid of them, then we dread them, then we fear them even more. Anxiety symptoms, I compare them to as the boogie man underneath a childs bed...it just does not exist. I am not saying that physical symptoms do not, because I KNOW they do. What I am saying here is that we fear a nontangible thing, something that we cannot physically touch or see. Anxiety fear grows out of thoughts, the more thoughts, the more fears. The relaxation tape/cd will help, exercise helps, diet helps, the program helps, therapy can help (which I did as well), meds can help...there are many things that can help, but it will take more than 1 change in life to overcome this. For me I needed a multi prong approach, I needed to commit to the program and getting myself to therapy sessions, to meds, to relaxing, to eating right, to exercising, to calming and reassuring myself instead of fearing and overreacting which made my anxiety and panic worse. There were times I would just cry because it was alot of work, it was alot of time, it was alot of energy and of course I expected everything to work through osmosis and for me to be AOK in a day. THAT will not happen. I needed to learn to be patient, I needed to reassure myself that I was going to be ok, I needed to get out of my house regardless of how I felt, even if it was going to get a morning paper, going to the grocery store for a couple items...I needed to work on myself daily, maitain a positive outlook, have faith that this program and other tools would work, have faith in myself that I was REALLY going to kick this. It is VERY difficult to believe it when you feel like absolute garbage I know, but IT DOES GET BETTER. Make a sticky note with that saying a paste it up everywhere. Also BE PATIENT, as all good things take time. LOOK at yourself as how you would treat your hurting child, how loving and kind would you be to your own child? You mother them, no? Mother YOURSELF for a change! There is nothing wrong with it. YOU need to take care of you in order to take care of others,. (Just like you need to love yourself and be happy with yourself before you can be happy with someone else...SO true!
Come here for encouragement. There are MANY great people here that will boost your confidence when you need it. Most of all, NEVER give up! It does and WILL get better.
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Well...my anxiety is always health related...even if I feel the slightest bit off or pain I immediately think that something major os wrong...you see I had an ovarian cyst removed 5 years ago..the first dr missed it and the second dr I saw and insisted that something was wrong found it.... so now whenever I get a pain there(could be menstrual) I think Oh my Gosh...maybe there is another cyst..I dont want to be a hypercondriac so I dont visit the dr every time I think its there and when I do go for my annual there is never anything there...Good luck with everything all the best ....live, love, laugh
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I feel the same way. My throat tightens up all
the time and my mouth gets so dry I feel like I can't swallow. It usually goes from one symptom
to the next. After my throat quits I will have heart palps and then I'll start to feel short of breath. I am always thinking I am having a heart attack. The least little pain causes major panic for me. I sleep good through the night but as soon as I wake up I start to think about what will be wrong with me today and the cycle repeats. I try to tell myself that if this was something serious it would have already done something to my by now. I have experienced these symptoms off and on for several years. I know there alre plenty people out there that can relate to my situation. I have 2 kids and it really makes it hard when I can't even concentrate on them because of my panic.
the time and my mouth gets so dry I feel like I can't swallow. It usually goes from one symptom
to the next. After my throat quits I will have heart palps and then I'll start to feel short of breath. I am always thinking I am having a heart attack. The least little pain causes major panic for me. I sleep good through the night but as soon as I wake up I start to think about what will be wrong with me today and the cycle repeats. I try to tell myself that if this was something serious it would have already done something to my by now. I have experienced these symptoms off and on for several years. I know there alre plenty people out there that can relate to my situation. I have 2 kids and it really makes it hard when I can't even concentrate on them because of my panic.
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That is really inspiring. I'll read this post when feeling down. Thank you!Originally posted by ~*schnauzermom*~:
I have had horrible stomach pains whre I would just double over and cry, dry heaves, shakes, heart palipitations, feeling like my body was a volcano ready to explode and I just wanted to run as fast and as far as I could, skin crawls, inability to sleep, constant worry, hypochondria. I have ended up in the ER to get checked and of course nothing. Then I ended up agoraphobic so much so that I did not step out of my house to get my mail.
I found the LESS I focused on the physical symptoms, the less intense they would become and the less often they would happen. It is like a mosquito bite, it you do not scratch it, it most likely will not even bother you.
When we pay attention to the feelings of physical symptoms, it causes us to become MORE aware of them, plus every other little normal body feeling we have. We are hyper aware, hyper sensitive and hyper vigilant on every little thing our bodies do. Then we worry about those feelings if they are normal or what is it or when is it going to stop. We pay attention to them more, we then worry about them more, then we become afraid of them, then we dread them, then we fear them even more. Anxiety symptoms, I compare them to as the boogie man underneath a childs bed...it just does not exist. I am not saying that physical symptoms do not, because I KNOW they do. What I am saying here is that we fear a nontangible thing, something that we cannot physically touch or see. Anxiety fear grows out of thoughts, the more thoughts, the more fears. The relaxation tape/cd will help, exercise helps, diet helps, the program helps, therapy can help (which I did as well), meds can help...there are many things that can help, but it will take more than 1 change in life to overcome this. For me I needed a multi prong approach, I needed to commit to the program and getting myself to therapy sessions, to meds, to relaxing, to eating right, to exercising, to calming and reassuring myself instead of fearing and overreacting which made my anxiety and panic worse. There were times I would just cry because it was alot of work, it was alot of time, it was alot of energy and of course I expected everything to work through osmosis and for me to be AOK in a day. THAT will not happen. I needed to learn to be patient, I needed to reassure myself that I was going to be ok, I needed to get out of my house regardless of how I felt, even if it was going to get a morning paper, going to the grocery store for a couple items...I needed to work on myself daily, maitain a positive outlook, have faith that this program and other tools would work, have faith in myself that I was REALLY going to kick this. It is VERY difficult to believe it when you feel like absolute garbage I know, but IT DOES GET BETTER. Make a sticky note with that saying a paste it up everywhere. Also BE PATIENT, as all good things take time. LOOK at yourself as how you would treat your hurting child, how loving and kind would you be to your own child? You mother them, no? Mother YOURSELF for a change! There is nothing wrong with it. YOU need to take care of you in order to take care of others,. (Just like you need to love yourself and be happy with yourself before you can be happy with someone else...SO true!
Come here for encouragement. There are MANY great people here that will boost your confidence when you need it. Most of all, NEVER give up! It does and WILL get better.
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thanks joe, i try not to be hard on myself i just dont know how yet, still learning that lessong, but thank you[/QUOTE]
Believe me, I understand. The last couple of mornings I've woken up a bit anxious and busy myself so as to not begin thinking obsessively as I tend to do. It's hard. One moment you may be ok and the next....well, you know.
Believe me, I understand. The last couple of mornings I've woken up a bit anxious and busy myself so as to not begin thinking obsessively as I tend to do. It's hard. One moment you may be ok and the next....well, you know.