What helps you with Anxiety ? ---
After a brief conversation with people in Anxiety support room discussing what we use to help with our anxiety - it become apparent they are so many different positive ways we use. So I thought it be useful for us to share them here!!
For me it is very much helping others/ volunteering as well as doing my crafts. -
I have always had issues with anxieties, mostly over my weight and looks, but my friend told me something quite recently, that if we see our inner beauty then it will come outwardly. He's such a wise man, far wiser by far than I certainly am.
@jessica197 Your friend does sound very wise indeed.
Thinking I need to get over it for MYSELF helps me.. everybody leaves eventually, but we'll always be with ourself.. and if we want to be happy we need to stop hating ourselves..
When my anxiety starts to kick in, i just take really long and deep breaths. It helps my body and mindrelax.
deep breathing is so important to get over anxiety/panic attacks someone once suggested to me to actually count to 9 as you breathe in and then 11 as you breathe out.
It seems being happy with oneself seems common theme for helping with our anxieties. Has anyone got any tips how they have achieved this?
Panic attacks: only medications and going to the emergency.
Anxiety attacks: sitting on floor and crying.
Only anxiety: opening a window, drinking lots of water, trying to comfort myself as much as I can in that moment, literally nothing else matters than comforting myself, because I'm scared of puking up.
OCD: nothing. literally nothing. combination of medications and trying to realize that my impulses for doing something are because of my pathology, not because they are part of my personality.
PTSD: ohhhh. again, nothing. just... nothing. sleeping maybe. but then nightmares come. buuuuuu.
GAD: OMG DON'T ASK ME FOR THIS PLEASE
Idk what else is there actually...? But, for anxiety, meds, only meds,meds and meds. And then helping yourself in the way you feel you should help yourself, and not on the way someone told you on Internet how you should do it. Good luck. Find what's the most effective for you.
great article written from a human perspective:
https://www.bubakes.co.uk/blog/whats-going-on-in-there
"This is not an attempt to preach, to educate or to self promote. It is simply a step for me as I aim to do my bit to reduce the stigma around Mental Health."
Amazing article thank you so much for sharing this.
Anxiety is a tough topic to tackle but I have always found that taking a minute to breathe in through my nose and out my mouth for ten seconds always clears my head. With anxiety, the tendency to become overwhelmed clouds almost any judgment and simply taking some time to breathe and allow yourself the chance to gather your thoughts-- does the trick.
Hope this helps:)
@Papergirl5 A fellow listener once shared with me about counting to 11 breething out and 9 in--- it was so useful to me. Who would thought they were so much to breathing accurately when we do it every second of the day. Thank you for your contribution.
I just relised I already posted this further up the thread about the counting thing, haha . I do apologise
I`m new to this anxiety issue. I have neverfelt so afraid and fearful for my sanity. 2 weeks ago I ended up in the emergency room. Meds were the only thing could bring me back from the edge. I`m now back on antidepressants. they are helping a lot. I was also very sick during this time and I`m having difficulty getting well. This is a very scary place
It can be very scary, especially ifbreathing issues come into it. I hope that you can get some hints and tips from here to maybe help? Or have you found things that help you?
thank you for support. I look foreward to following the dialoge to pick up options.
FOR ME : - excuse urself or turn around for a moment .. take a long deep breath .. air in ur nose exhale out through ur slightly closed lips .. (more like whistling ) 3 to 5 times before or during the anxiety attacks .. - then i consciously enlarge my self by emphasizing my chest and stick my hands at my waste or back my back packet .. ( so i can build up confidence wen i turn ) - i occasionally practice my preferred MANTRA for that specific scenario 😅😅 - and if talking urself through the mirror sounds crazy .. well guess what 😅😨 its crazily effective anytym .. anywhere 😊😎 - but first things first .. u have to identify whats causing ur anxiety .. the trigger point .. so that u can prevent singing my favorite song wen im at the middle of something with someone .. i was like .. im like STATUE THATS STUCK STARING AT U :) hahaha 😅 u can dwell on it once or twice a week .. afterall .. crying released stress aand makes ur eyes see more better and clearer .. but dont make it a habit .. or else ul endup singing my song .. hehe .. be like .. looking in the mirror singing .. THIS WHY IM HOT .. THIS IS WHY .. THIS IS WHY IM HOT .. IM HOT AND UR NOT .. :) lets skip the flying .. hehe .. anyway .. all yah guysss ... and specially girlss 😘😙😎 cheerup men .. there's a lot of beautiful thing to be thankful of .. everyday .. everywhere .. coz everyone deserverve a enlightened daay with a smile 😊 hopeu find it funny yet usefull 😊
@frozenfire1003 Finding exact trigger point for my anxiety still proved difficult for me, even though I would say I am quite along my recovery journey. How did you find it?
I love how you bring humour into it, and it sounds like things that you enjoy doing such as signing etc really helps you. That is fantastic ♥
