Anxiety Symptoms

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i stumbled upon this website when i typed in derealiszation a few months ago and thinking it was great but i never saw that part and let me tell you it is fantastic. i get sooo much of those and always think i am dying. its good to read that. thank you for posting that

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Originally posted by Boon:
Dr. Howard Liebgold's book is called Freedom from Fear. You can order it on Amazon or also go to Angelnet.com

I haven't read that one yet. I'll have to look for it. I got the book called "Curing Anxiety, Phobias, Shyness and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders the Phobease Way." which is the one the coach recommended and we've talked about.

Chris, practice putting yourself in anxious situations and let yourself know that you are doing this on purpose so you will not be afraid of the feelings anymore. You're almost there, Chris. I can tell by your posts. Use your calm breath when you feel anxious. Breathe in. Hold for four and then breathe out slowly. Welcome the feelings in. "Ok, do your worst. I'm ready for you." See what's on the otherside of those feelings.

Thanks for your confidence in me! That means a lot. I enjoy your posts a lot. It's funny; I actually don't really avoid situations that I can think of any more. That is something that I've always been pretty stubborn about. Because I'm pretty good at dissociating myself when I a freaking out. . .LOL. My main goal right now is staying in the moment and not "mentally fleeing" situations, if that makes sense. I grin and bear it and don't enjoy as much as I could if I would just relax and go with the flow. That is my final barrier along with not being afraid of panic. Most of the time I don't worry that I'm "going crazy" like I used to, but I do worry about going back to being as panicky as I was severl months ago. No, I wasn't crazy, but I was so miserable. I have actually at times (once this week, in fact) stopped and sat down and said "OK, come on panic. . .do your worst, I'm tired of fighting you" and it does work. Earlier this week I was struggling with that brain fog feeling, not able to focus, feeling like I was walking around in a dream. I was also having a lot of trouble with appetite and dry mouth. That's annoying. But, eventually after I ignored it, it went away. And I still did my job, cared for my kids, and went to lunch with a new friend. Question is, how much more fun I could be having if I didn't worry about the panic attacks or let the anxiety bother me, right?

I went for almost a month without a panic attack and so the one that hit me out of the blue scared me.

Now. . . I need to somehow figure out how not to be scared of that happening again and I will be PERFECT.

Thanks for your confidence. I do feel I have come farther in the last few months than I have in years. It's exciting!