Hi everyone. I'm having a thought problem that I'm hoping you guys can help with. My period of high anxiety which feels like constant anxious thoughts running through my head, started a few months ago after a very stressful winter. I was stressed for a while, but not feeling emotionally bad about it, then all of a sudden I started having panic attacks. I was able to just flow with the first one and then several weeks later I had another one and haven't gotten over it yet.
My scary negative thoughts are somewhat blurry, but I think I'm afraid that since it came out of the blue and I couldn't handle it, then if I quit obsessing and worrying about it now, it might happen again when I'm not expecting it.
I had read a lot of information before all this about panic and anxiety and thought I would be prepared if I had it come back and I guess I'm dissapointed that I really wasn't prepared after all. What if ( I know, the big what if...) after I do all this preparing with this program, it hits me again and I find I'm not realy prepared again?
I hope this makes some kind of sense and someone can give some advice.
Thanks!
need help with my thinking process
I'm not sure I completely understood if you had started the program yet or not or how far you are in it? But I know how you feel, not knowing when you will panic again or knowing if you're prepared or not, or that you thought you were and you weren't able to handle it. For me it has been all about how I talk to myself throughout the day, not just during an anxious episode or panic attack. When I think more positively about everything as much as i can all day I find it is much easier to handle panic and anxiety and talk myself out of it and handle it much better. Anger, frustration, sadness, all those emotions bring on anxiety and if we are calming ourselves throughout the day and trying to look at everything from a brighter point of view, those emotions won't be allowed to take over and cause even greater attacks. I say positive affirmations to myself everyday in the mirror. I know that might sound weird, but I was told by my therapist to say one in the morning, when i wake up, 2 more times throughout the day, and once before I go to bed. She said to use the senses when I say them, hence visualization in the mirror, hearing, and touching, by placing my hand on my chest to feel my vocal chord movement when I speak. I do it four times a day and I take certain times out of the day to only think about positive things. My panic has gone down, and I find when i use session 2 cards to talk myself through a panic attack it is so much easier. The cards and the steps help tremendously, along with the breathing techniques. The key is to know the anxiety will pass and you will be okay, because you really will. I hope this helped a little. Sorry for the novel!
Jennifer
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I also talk more positive to my self alot of the time. And I agree if I don't, that's when I feel anxious. I have read and really recommend Shad Helmstetter's "what to say when you talk to yourself" which has to do all about positive talk and hearing it over and over so it sinks into your subconcious and eventually you won't even have to think it because your subconcious will be. Repetition.